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Best $20 Father’s Day gift for peak oil
Unless dad wants to look like Mountain Man Jeremiah Johnson, he'll need a way to shave after peak oil. Photo: RLHyde via Flickr. For $20,000, what peak-aware dad wouldn’t want solar panels installed on...
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Swords to plowshares and missiles to cold beer
So many beers, so little time. So you do need the right bottle opener. Photo: MrB-MMX via Flickr. When I reach for a cold microbrew, I have to admit that I’m offended by screw-tops. I want to have to...
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Six ideas for a low impact holiday
Artist StudioMomelissa hand stamped these gift tags from recycled boxes using her own hand carved stamps. Strung with organic cotton strings. So DIY! Photo: StudioMomelissa via Flickr. For many of us,...
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The Happy Hoarder: Fire in the belly
Everyone loves a good fire. Photo: AndrewMalone via Flickr. If there’s one thing that stirs the Happy Hoarder’s anxiety it’s wondering where my sources of heat and light are going to come from in the...
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The Happy Hoarder: Waxing poetic
Lighting a candle for the apocalypse. Photo: Roger Glenn via Flickr. You may have noticed that The Happy Hoarder has a thing for being able to see in the dark. I’d hoard solar if I could afford the...
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Yes, you can bake bread
There’s nothing quite like the joy of fresh baked bread. Photo: SurlyGirl via Flickr. My husband and I are on one heck of a family resilience bender. When we first got married almost three years ago,...
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The Happy Hoarder: Feed bag edition
A well stocked pantry is a thing of beauty. Photo: "Canning for a New Generation." Of all the things the Happy Hoarder fixes his sights on to prepare for the coming supply shocks, none is as important...
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No more excuse to wait on going solar
I work in solar energy, but I couldn't install panels on my own house. So I put this solar phone charger on a kitchen mitt out on the porch instead. I move it so it tracks the sun for maximum charge....
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The daily grind, Amish style
Lehman's Own Hand Cranked Grain Mill, $199.95. For people who are into re-skilling and building household resilience, an essential source of non-electric and hand-cranked gadgets is Lehman’s. With a...
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Raising a garden bed: build or buy?
The local Transition group’s brand new community garden needed raised beds. So we tried a couple different ways to get them. As part of our local Transition group’s efforts to make local food more...
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