Note the crack in the ice covering this melt water pool. Right now hydroelectric power comes from turbines running on liquid water. Here is a different energy source, which we would do […]
Alternate Hydroelectric Power Sources
Accidental Invention
It was created at considerable expense to protect a somewhat unhappy hydrangea from deer. This is what landscaping can be when you’ve spent your million bucks on the house and then what. […]
Zero Carbon Farming in the Okanagan
This week, I will be discussing options for reducing climate risk in Okanagan farming. The Canadian government is interested in protecting the atmosphere from carbon emissions. I am interested in that and […]
Gravity Engines
Rocks aren’t all born alike. Here’s one from an old glacial river running along the ice that once filled this valley. Note what a light snowfall has done here. The stone has […]
Rain Collection Technology Revisited
To catch the rain, you don’t need a bucket, a plate, a cup, or any other receptacle at all. As Horsetail teaches, spikes will do, rough spikes that provide enough surface that […]
Never Trust Electronic Communication
So, I phoned ahead, right, and asked for a strip of land to be tilled for my baby trees. What I didn’t know was that there was a 3/4″-thick piece of rebar […]
Cold and Warm Climate Adaptations 2
Earlier today, I mentioned that we could develop the cold/warm climate adaptations of our grasslands into new technologies, especially if we shed the idea that technology is a gadget-driven art. That would […]
The Role of Poetry in Industrial Development
I showed you some beautiful patterns that poetry was able to read from natural processes. Here are some further patterns, that extend them into useful manipulations. Notice that these, too, are not […]
A Simple Thing We Can All Do to Start Repairing the Earth in 2019
Let’s say you want a device that will quickly catch snow, turn it to water and catch it, without power. Let’s say you don’t have a big roof you can use. Something […]
An Introduction to Slow Technology
Here’s what a leaf can do to water. And here’s what a rock can do. Here, a closer look. And here’s what air can do without any help. Water changes form. Here’s […]
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