February 2012
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Mamis Garden: Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will... →
mamisgarden:
Lloyd Alter Design / Kitchen Design January 27, 2012
Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would…
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“…It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as...”
– Comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Privilege: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
THIS. Also, this erasure isn’t innocent. This is how power is built for them to come in and “save a hoe” with their non-profits and access initiatives....
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“A North Carolinian by birth, Mr. Sutton learned to distill in Cocke County,...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/us/popcorn-suttons-whiskey-once-moonshine-is-now-legal.html (via nomadfarm)
Herbal Healing: DIY Herbal Shampoo →
herbalhealing:
This is an all-natural, chemical-free alternative that cleans your hair, but doesn’t strip it of its natural oils like most shampoos. All of the ingredients can be founds in natural foods stores. If your hair is exceptionally oily, you might want to replace the jojoba oil with rosemary essential…
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Dead for 32,000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is Revived... →
“Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic [plant], the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel [i.e., a chipmunk] in its burrow on the tundra of northeastern Siberia and lay permanently frozen until excavated by scientists a few years ago.”
imagine (le) mile-end.: Interventions - Planters.... →
imaginemileend:
A great artist-led, citizen participation project in Toronto that is meant to inspire people to start taking care of their public spaces, and maybe having some fun in the process. From their website:
“We all have stakes in our shared environments, and this public project…
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