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An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability
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Video duration: 1552 seconds

Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental home -- a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, "How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?" Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in progress. [www.whitesagegarden s.com]

Related: garden, gardening, renter, saving, seed, sustainability, sustainable

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hi, I live in very ...
By: chanhyo. on 21 Nov 08, 22:27:09
hi, I live in very small apartment in Germany with a balcony sizing north. Is there any way I can grow my food at home? I cannot move any where soon. Any suggestion? Energy efficiency wise is it smart to grow vegetable indoors or with very little sun.

IF he destroyed the ...
By: carsiotto. on 29 Oct 08, 00:02:51
IF he destroyed the pest, he wouldnt need it predator that would possible destroy the crop. Dont get his method.

you're a grazer.. ...
By: everst. on 27 Oct 08, 05:39:48
you're a grazer.. LOL ASDLHDLFDSFKSF

No, Scott is very ...
By: peakmoment. on 14 Oct 08, 04:37:26
No, Scott is very much still at it. He's changing to a new website. As soon as I get the new url, I'll post it. --Janaia

That's the way to ...
By: Utka9. on 13 Oct 08, 22:33:31
That's the way to go! I started the same experiment 20 years ago. Many of my friends were gradually convinced over the years. It's balancing, healthy and grounding.

I tried to go to ...
By: jbryant13. on 13 Sep 08, 22:16:46
I tried to go to the whitesagegardens . com site and it was down. Is he out of business ?

I GOT MY GARDEN ...
By: LeahTVdotcom. on 01 Sep 08, 11:41:02
I GOT MY GARDEN FINDLY HERE IN HAWAII.!

I thank these ...
By: hobbitpat. on 12 Aug 08, 04:03:50
I thank these people for just taking the time to make this video. thank you!

That is correct, ...
By: Ninyae1. on 09 Aug 08, 12:10:49
That is correct, that was the original American focus, but then thy got onto oil in Pensylvania and that buggared it!

I agree everyone ...
By: cloudberry121. on 02 Aug 08, 05:49:34
I agree everyone should have a veggie garden, if they like. It's lots of fun. Sorry about you losing your chickens, mikedarrow. Nothing tastes better than fresh chicken and kids love to find eggs.

Where did you get ...
By: raje22. on 30 Jul 08, 22:09:32
Where did you get your greenhouse? It looks perfect for my needs! Thank you!

People should start ...
By: RobBryan206. on 26 Jul 08, 00:01:51
People should start sharing space they have available for those who do not have the space to grow their own vegetable's. People working together in Love is a very powerful statemant. Worse case senerio? Too many meal's shared with other's! :)

growing in pots is ...
By: MindTrip888. on 23 Jul 08, 13:39:21
growing in pots is an idea I have been toying with. Living in a flat limits things. But I would ideally like a portable garden, with timing cycles to keep it so you can pick your food fresh each day. But that would require a lot of knowledge and dedication. Another thing I am considering is a solar powered water distillation process for drinking water, even from sea water. But I am thinking the dam water has too many extras, from fluoride to algae, to fertilizer run offs & hormones etc.

this gives me hope ...
By: angelinakitty. on 23 Jul 08, 12:20:44
this gives me hope for the future! for once, someone is doing something totally positive. i hope more people start to try this way of living. we are going to have to CHANGE because time is running out. this is the most important issue right now. living off the land is going to be the only way to survive very soon. amazing. great vid THANKS

Great video thanks! ...
By: furlur. on 23 Jul 08, 10:25:04
Great video thanks! this is a dream of mine too:D

one question any ...
By: izzysmart. on 23 Jul 08, 09:31:16
one question any tips for living in a apartment, no garden, Cannot get an allotement either all full, I have a sodium light could grow indoors, just hate the fact its artifial light.. Need to buy some land and get off the grid for real

fantasic post ...
By: izzysmart. on 23 Jul 08, 09:28:08
fantasic post totally agree

I have a garden ...
By: mikedarrow. on 23 Jul 08, 05:16:42
I have a garden that supplies my family with all our in season fruit and vegetables. we even had chickens for food and a pot belly pig for fertilizer and to to eat weeds and eat unwanted table scraps. But my idiot neighbors called the city and I had to get rid of my chickens

I am well on my way ...
By: Tidnull. on 19 Jul 08, 16:54:06
I am well on my way to something along the lines of my "dream." My neighbors and I even have a bartering system! It does feed the soul indeed.

yea!
By: entertainmentgiant. on 19 Jul 08, 08:32:12
yea!

You'd also enjoy ...
By: peakmoment. on 19 Jul 08, 07:41:34
You'd also enjoy Peak Moment #87, "How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House" with Judy Alexander. We had a good time with her chickens and bees. Begin on your dream now -- even if it's just a pot of herbs on your windowsill. Find somebody in your area doing this and offer to help. Even a small beginning -- begin it, and it'll feed your soul.--Janaia

brings a tear to ...
By: Tidnull. on 19 Jul 08, 06:04:42
brings a tear to the eye.. sustainability is so beautiful. you really got me when you came to the chickens. this is a dream of mine.

This is guy is ...
By: latinamajor. on 09 Jul 08, 02:22:30
This is guy is awesome. If we only had another 50 million people like Scott, we could really turn things around.

I have to say; I ...
By: simplespirit101. on 27 Jun 08, 13:04:35
I have to say; I don't think peak oil is all bad... people need to change, even if they are forced to... Grow food, not lawns!

start by saving ALL ...
By: watchinthegoodstuff. on 06 Jun 08, 12:18:34
start by saving ALL your clippings, scraps, cut branches, dead leaves and everything your neighbors wanna give you...and make some compost piles, the next thing is to grow cover crops to nourish whatever barren spots you have....and finally do a study of what grows well there ALREADY and their growing habits and maximize on that. Finally, get it all organized, in terms of space, existing natural features, and individual plant requirements....and the rest is surprisingly easy...

$Learning from Cuba\$

Learning from Cuba's Response to Peak Oil
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Video duration: 1656 seconds

Peak Moment #27: Megan Quinn of The Community Solution discusses her visit to Cuba, and the movie "The Power of Community". This young woman sees Peak Oil as an opportunity to create the communities we want, but notes that we must reduce our consumption despite environmentalists' assurances that biofuels will save us.

Related: community, cuba, economy, farming, food, local, localization, moment, oil, peak

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The abusive control ...
By: FutureCollapse. on 26 Nov 08, 22:30:35
The abusive control culture would rather commit suicide via global thermonuclear war than live like Cuba.

This video wasn't ...
By: peakmoment. on 23 Nov 08, 06:34:38
This video wasn't about Cuba's political system, but how they responded when the oil imports suddenly stopped, as seen in the documentary "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil." If that happened here in the U.S., would we adapt as quickly as Cuba, or as well?

In Cuba you have no ...
By: IndependantCuban. on 23 Nov 08, 01:53:48
In Cuba you have no freedom! The reason there are farms on every plot of land is because people are hungry. The reason they are conserving energy is because the government shuts the electricity is cut off every night. The socialist government is still there! I believe in learning from what they have done due to necessity. Necessity is the mother of invention. I would not celebrate the 45 years that my family has been separated or the tyrannical grip that binds Cuba. We must free Cuba! Cubalibre

this is some "deep ...
By: truthseeker83. on 22 Nov 08, 00:45:31
this is some "deep ecology" stuff.

've lived in Cuba, ...
By: richi1173. on 03 Nov 08, 04:21:34
've lived in Cuba, it has its strong points and weak points. The most disturbing thing I find is that people support its corrupt and oppressive government- its not even about ideology or anything else. Yes you have ADEQUATE education and healthcare, but what can you do with them? Many Cubans just sit in their rocking chairs and pass the day away because there is no opportunity to fulfill your dreams, or even simple pleasures like speaking your mind. I know, because my dad was jailed for it.

Im not going to ...
By: richi1173. on 03 Nov 08, 04:13:56
Im not going to even start

This gushing over ...
By: J0hnGaltJr. on 26 Oct 08, 09:30:34
This gushing over privations is sickening. You can have your statist utopia, but I am opting out

watch Sicko movie, ...
By: JoelThedude4u. on 21 Oct 08, 13:34:50
watch Sicko movie, then talk

ctwright82: ...
By: mams14. on 09 Oct 08, 01:52:58
ctwright82: Absolutely right!! Cuba is a great example to follow by many countries in the world. With the criminal, pathetic and frustrated economic blockade Cuba has survived and developed alternative and creative ways to provide and covered the population´s needs. Just amazing!! Viva Cuba!!and its Revolution!!

Thanks for speaking ...
By: ctwright82. on 05 Oct 08, 23:41:51
Thanks for speaking out the truth about Cuba. May I add, Cuba has WONDREFUL doctors. That country is the prime example of how we can survive peak oil. People in Cuba, and many other latin american countries live a wholome and rewarding life. We can learn a lot from them.

I bought a pespi in ...
By: eventvisionsinc. on 05 Oct 08, 23:23:39
I bought a pespi in cuba made in usa...I wonder how the stores have USA product..wake up

Why then does it ...
By: kiriakufromcyprus. on 17 Sep 08, 10:49:49
Why then does it have one of the world's best education and health care system? It might be poor because of the 45 year economic strangulation by the US but it continues to survive, and create a stable economic base and environmental sustainability

Yea. Cuba's opinion ...
By: STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY. on 17 Sep 08, 01:58:22
Yea. Cuba's opinion of anything is worthless. IT'S A SHIT HOLE!

ATTENTION: ...
By: fooschnikens. on 28 Aug 08, 03:53:20
ATTENTION: Apparently chevron oil (corrupt American oil company) bought the rights to NiMH battery technology so they could prevent auto manufacturers from using it to build more efficient hybrid vehicles and force us to keep buying gasoline. The name of the company that produced the NiMH batteries used to be Ovionic Battery Systems, but Chevron and Texaco bought the company and changed the name to Cobasys and made it impossible for auto manufacturers to buy the batteries. Search it for yourself

Hi technoskeptic: ...
By: peakmoment. on 25 Aug 08, 06:24:55
Hi technoskeptic: if peak oil scares you, it means you understand its implications, and that's a huge step ahead of most people, I think. I think your diagnosis of our ecological problem is right on. Nature bats last, as they say. If humans don't come into balance with nature (sustainable) voluntarily, she'll force us to. I think we see that already happening...

I really enjoy your ...
By: technoskeptic1. on 25 Aug 08, 04:38:20
I really enjoy your videos, Peak Moment! I have only recently become aware of the peak oil problem, and it's scared me quite thoroughly. I actually think many of our ecological problems are an outgrowth of our belief that the laws of nature don't apply to us. I hope we make it through this OK. Peace!

You got it! Peak ...
By: peakmoment. on 21 Aug 08, 06:44:53
You got it! Peak oil, peak resources, yes. And also that peak moment when we "get" the bigger picture beyond our small-self, day-to-day concerns. That we're part of something bigger. What an incredible time to be alive: we were born for these times, and there's a lot to be and do. Thanks for watching and supporting and doing all you do.

Hello Peakmoment. I ...
By: morbessa. on 20 Aug 08, 10:44:17
Hello Peakmoment. I enjoy your videos - keep 'em coming. I also like the name. 'Peak Moment' It's kind of a double meaning. It refers to peak oil of course, but it also conjures up the feeling of that momen when one experiences clarity. Kind of a peak experience a la Abraham Maslow. Very cool.

Well Ray Kurzweil ...
By: DavyXYZb. on 19 Aug 08, 06:29:47
Well Ray Kurzweil reckons that nanotechnology will take care of everything. These peak oil doomsayers are just out to sell books and make money through other means. And no a lot of the debate does not come down to mere survival

- but does in fact ...
By: DavyXYZb. on 19 Aug 08, 06:29:18
- but does in fact come down to preference. For instance take Jim Kunstler- the whole debate for this man is simply about aesthetics- both in urban and rural areas, peak oil theorists like this seem to enjoy the idea of a return to dense packed towns and small scale peasant farming. I think it could be that Americans

are naive, and ...
By: DavyXYZb. on 19 Aug 08, 06:28:12
are naive, and money has gotten to their heads- they actually believe that a life after "peak oil" would be some pre-20th century utopia. This is nonsense because my grandparents and greatparents had to dig up entire fields by hand- just like our ancestors did in the 19th century and prior to that- and my grandmother had to walk 5 bloody miles to school, and my grand-dad cycle 6 miles to work in the old mill. Is this something that you as an American (the most pampered race in human history)

would actually look ...
By: DavyXYZb. on 19 Aug 08, 06:27:21
would actually look forward to? And i'm not attacking anybodys preferences for food types, but I think the whole theory that organic food is healthy and better compared to industrial farmed food needs to be challenged because food today is in fact healthier than ever- comparing to some of the crap that my grandparents had to eat (organic- not that they thought of it as such). And don't think that localisation is always good- if anything parochialism and small town gombeenism will flourish.

Technology is not ...
By: peakmoment. on 19 Aug 08, 06:08:15
Technology is not the same as energy. Nanotechnologies still require energy input. Nothing we've developed yet has as much energy density as well as portability of oil. In the documentary "The Power of Community" which Megan talked about, we see how Cubans survived the sudden withdrawal of oil from their country. It was survival not necessarily preference.

Am I the only ...
By: DavyXYZb. on 19 Aug 08, 05:47:03
Am I the only person who thinks this gal is cute. However though- I think shes talking through her feckin arse. She doesnt take into account nanotechnology orientated industry and electricity- even if all of the "alternative" energies cannot match up to the current rate of oil production, nanotech will allow us to keep this rate, and even grow. P.s. Why does her ladyship Mrs Quinn and the other beatnicks think that a return to the Middle Ages is a good thing? Living as peasants a good thing!!???

Morning peakmoment, ...
By: FreesWorld. on 17 Aug 08, 15:10:26
Morning peakmoment, I teach geology at a community college in El Paso, TX. Most of my students have never heard of peak oil, but most are aware of climate and population problems. We get into all these topics. I've seen several of your videos and have enjoyed as well as learned from each. Thanks for your work.

How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?
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Video duration: 1672 seconds

Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system - watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort.

Related: bees, catchment, chickens, composting, donella, food, gardening, home, irrigation, meadows, rainwater, vermiculture, worms

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Fuck yes.
By: Tonyinrosnemex. on 01 Dec 08, 04:29:43
Fuck yes.

everybody should ...
By: pwnstr08. on 11 Nov 08, 08:53:50
everybody should have a garden like this and be self sufficient

Wow,what the rest ...
By: qualqui. on 10 Nov 08, 01:40:36
Wow,what the rest of us are missin' out on! Since viewin' from the start like i felt an attraction to the great outdoors, so i guess the easy part is mother earth is in each and every one of us, just gotta let her grow and be beautiful! 5 stars peakmoment and thank you very much for sharin' this AWESOME vid!=)

I agree that ...
By: peakmoment. on 31 Oct 08, 05:46:16
I agree that overpopulation and consumption are decimating planetary ecosystems beyond their ability to renew, and we are in the next planetary extinction. I'm not sure whether humans will be entirely decimated unless Gaia herself does it. We clever monkeys are amazingly adaptive.

What we are quickly ...
By: OregonDARRYL. on 30 Oct 08, 18:39:15
What we are quickly approaching is the end of mankind. We have proven ourselves to be no more intelligent than cancer cells, which are so ignorant that they continue to reproduce, and consume, until they destroy their host and thus themselves. The monkey never learns.

Considering how ...
By: carsiotto. on 29 Oct 08, 00:23:55
Considering how about 90% of the population lives in or near a city, do you have any ideas for an urban garden????

Most plants will ...
By: judge6754. on 15 Sep 08, 00:45:49
Most plants will not take up these bad things thank goodness. But, they will get in to you thur other ways. so, ho=w do you check your soil as you sujest , i need help .

check out on ...
By: frozentootsiepop. on 04 Sep 08, 14:02:41
check out on youtube "The produce garden". It's a guy living in Australia who has video on growing all sorts of vegetables and making organic fertilizer, tea, soap, etc.

It doesn't matter ...
By: paintballingguy. on 03 Sep 08, 08:19:13
It doesn't matter what your gender, I'm just glad to see people getting back to nature.. This video is insperational, I am totaly getting a garden going next year.. Any good resouces you could reccomend? websites? books?

There are fast ...
By: kaisenji. on 25 Aug 08, 07:14:00
There are fast growing tomato varieties for cool weather too. Same for cucumbers-look for varieties that work for cool weather.

The guys are ...
By: peakmoment. on 22 Aug 08, 06:43:22
The guys are gardening, too. Take a look at Peak Moment #51 "An Experiment in Backyard Sustainability", with Scott McGuire; #106 on Community Gardens with Patrick Marcus; #117 with Bicycling Horticulturalist Ryan Nassichuk; and our latest #123 "Cultivating a Suburban Foodshed" with Owen Dell.

this is a great ...
By: cobainzlady. on 22 Aug 08, 03:23:28
this is a great garden, i love it. but where are the men? do we have to become brawny overworked tired shorthaired women to do this? no, i hope not. PEOPLE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE YARDS OF HOUSES AND EVEN FARMS, OFTEN HAVE LOTS OF OLD SPRAYS AND POISONS IN THE SOIL, LEFT THERE FROM YEARS AND DECADES AGO. WHEN THEY WERE NOT YET ILLEGAL, AND EVEN THE MORE RECENT ONES. SO HAVE YOUR SOILS TESTED ALL AROUND EVERY SQUARE METER OF EARTH YOU PLAN TO USE, IN YARDS.

Or in a box of sand ...
By: NoirMusic. on 21 Aug 08, 17:46:39
Or in a box of sand in the cool....

Know your land.... ...
By: NoirMusic. on 21 Aug 08, 17:27:41
Know your land....if folks reading this are up north Tomato and cukes are not a great choice...

People lets do it ...
By: Peraj82. on 15 Aug 08, 16:43:01
People lets do it We do not need to be perfect like this but we should start it even with some Tomato seeds you can buy some seeds online with few$ and get the best fine crop out of it I reccomend tomatoes and Cucumbers as they are so easy to grow, rewarding and enjoyable

revolutionaries :) ...
By: kingneddy. on 15 Aug 08, 03:30:11
revolutionaries :) im doing this!!

Very nicely done, ...
By: johnbleeker. on 13 Aug 08, 05:45:41
Very nicely done, thanks for posting/sharing

Great stuff! I'm ...
By: pappamikki. on 11 Aug 08, 20:46:51
Great stuff! I'm inspired. Greetings from Finland.

There's a family in ...
By: peakmoment. on 11 Aug 08, 06:03:25
There's a family in Pasadena that has transformed their yard into an amazing edible garden. We're interested in taping programs anywhere that interesting grassroots action towards sustainability is happening. Send us your suggestions.

I am VERY IMPRESSED ...
By: anonymous4849. on 11 Aug 08, 01:36:58
I am VERY IMPRESSED! Good for you and your large garden and self sutaining lifestyle! I wish you the very best in all you do! I hope others will follow this fine example of what you're doing to better yourself and the good earth.

I would like to ...
By: kaisenji. on 09 Aug 08, 22:56:12
I would like to know if you guys have been down to Southern California? We definitely could use more active people in sustainable living when so many think life ends and begins with a green, perfect, fertilized, dead looking (read: lack of insects) lawn.

Good idea! So 5 ...
By: kaisenji. on 09 Aug 08, 22:52:55
Good idea! So 5 months ago you made this comment. What did you grow?

I like your videos, ...
By: flatfacefred. on 01 Aug 08, 21:51:26
I like your videos, I especially like how long they are. All the other videos on here seem to be quite short and don't go into enough detail. Keep it up! :-)

If you enjoyed this ...
By: peakmoment. on 28 Jul 08, 07:44:12
If you enjoyed this Peak Moment video, be sure to also watch #51 "An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability" and #100 "Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg"

really inspiring - ...
By: 5starrater1. on 28 Jul 08, 07:32:16
really inspiring - thanks

Self-sufficient Small Farms
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Video duration: 1733 seconds

Peak Moment 6: Small acreages can produce a lot! Janet Brisson shows the home-canned and dried vegetables, fruit, and beans she cultivates along with chickens and bees. Renee Wade talks about practices that suit the land: her drier property is better suited to raising goats.

Related: farm, farmer, food, local, self, small, sufficiency

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I guess what I'm ...
By: siedletc. on 03 Dec 08, 23:48:24
I guess what I'm trying to say is: We should be resourceful and sensible because being so is the right thing to do, always. Instead, sheeple are driven fad to fade; from $150/brrl and local commerce to $40/brrl and turkish figs in a month's span. Let us value Integrity, in all WE do, rather than expiation under the oppression of remorse and fear. So what global warming was a bit sensationalistic. Does the lack of imminent destruction change what WE have learned?

I agree wholly in ...
By: siedletc. on 03 Dec 08, 23:25:24
I agree wholly in that most resources are finite - the manifestation of which takes many of our lifetimes. When I was younger, I remember being dejected over an idea I had that there were no 'unclaimed, unexplored' places left in the US. My father looked at me and scoffed. "You've forgotten just how small we are," he said.

He meant 38% of the ...
By: siedletc. on 03 Dec 08, 23:24:56
He meant 38% of the US is still unexplored; that the world's population can fit into RI; that humans could disintegrate 100mil gal/wat per day from the pac and only a ft in sea level is lost after 100 years. We humans would be hard-pressed to deplete this beloved Earth before the sun repletes it. This doesn't absolve us from stewardship - we can't "pee in the rain barrel cause outhouse smells." Simply, beware those whom would control you excusing fear and panic. I'm preaching to the choir.

I guess I see ...
By: peakmoment. on 03 Dec 08, 18:44:50
I guess I see things differently. The writers of The Limits to Growth noted that some resources on this planet are finite, not renewable in any but geologic timeframes. Now we're seeing many of them becoming harder to find (and more expensive)--and sometime they'll be considered too expensive to extract.

I never believed ...
By: siedletc. on 03 Dec 08, 14:21:23
I never believed the 'scarce resource' model of the world - but even as oil bottoms in price, modern Americans are loath to be wasteful. The motto driving conservation even in a climate of $40/brrl oil is still 'waste not, want not'. Such is a refreshing reprieve from our parents' "if it feels good, do it" and "burn, baby, burn!" I suspect the manipulated price crash in commodities is designed to consolidate power; but WE the People have finally awakened to the game. Evil looses. WE prosper.

Food, water, energy ...
By: siedletc. on 03 Dec 08, 12:32:08
Food, water, energy production, as well as waste management on the neighborhood level is how WE the People will win back our country. Make no mistake, our woes is not due to a failure of Our Constitution or free enterprise. It was Our failure to exercise our independence. WE sold ourselves into slavery - into living at the end of chains, at the whim of the dumb driven mob manipulated by evil and selfish beings. WE fell for the Dem/Rep rouse; the racism farce. Divided WE fell. Now WE stand.

is the world at an ...
By: tasha122277. on 05 Nov 08, 22:00:42
is the world at an end yet? Im stockpiling my shoes in case we run out of food.

Excellent!
By: eircom2222. on 20 Oct 08, 00:47:56
Excellent!

Humans function and ...
By: JNdigital. on 09 Oct 08, 22:29:53
Humans function and survive more successfully in community groups than alone. Small scale, self-sufficient farms & communities is a concept that can benefit the members of the group, surrounding neighbors and the land in a profound manner. Sharing knowledge and info can only help create more successes and networks, as well as improve methodologies and ideas

Although we haven't ...
By: peakmoment. on 05 Aug 08, 06:36:39
Although we haven't yet done any how-to-garden shows exactly, you'll find more specifics on Peak Moment #51 "An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability" and #87, "How Much Food Can I Grown Around My House?".

i agree with ...
By: smokedaddyo. on 04 Aug 08, 00:20:46
i agree with previous comments that i would have liked for the video to be more of a how-to home gardening video, minus the iraq war propoganda that we get from all the major media outlets. other than that, thanks

Yes im still trying ...
By: Shadowrom. on 06 Jun 08, 04:41:20
Yes im still trying to work on the proper seeds for my climate, but i tell you it does come with its frustrations. Seeing the end results however is priceless. Knowledge is key.

Hi, This is one of ...
By: peakmoment. on 04 Jun 08, 06:12:09
Hi, This is one of our earliest programs. We no longer have the news guy on our shows. Thanks for your feedback.

Great stuff, great ...
By: Shebaqueenof. on 03 Jun 08, 15:33:33
Great stuff, great info... just work with the energy news guy... the reading is very flat... it seems like a small thing but whatever we can do to get more people to listen ... it will be worth it

Like Cuba and other ...
By: peakmoment. on 02 Jun 08, 06:07:54
Like Cuba and other countries in the tropics, you have the advantage of all-year-round growing. Sounds like you're doing the right thing, and you're very wise. Do you plan to start saving seeds?

On the extra plot I ...
By: Shadowrom. on 01 Jun 08, 10:54:13
On the extra plot I have 2nos. 4feetX4feet coup that neatly fits the last plot and is automatically fertilised by the chickens. We have sunshine all year round so, our harvests are roughly double of what you get in colder climates. The most important concept in this sort of compact gardening is to always know the right seeds to plant for maximum harvest. I usually get them seeds from the local Agri University. It really works. I have 4 adults and 1 kid in my home.

Im from Malaysia, ...
By: Shadowrom. on 01 Jun 08, 10:52:24
Im from Malaysia, and the self sufficient farm is still a distant idea to most asians in urban areas. Most are caughtup with the so called "growing economy" hype surruounding us at the moment. I for one believe self sustainable farming should be for every commuity so to keep us in touch with the land and the satisfaction it brings. I have a house with about 4 nos. 4feet X 8feet plots, and i rotate them for beans, roots or leaf vegetables.

remember folks! ...
By: distractedk. on 09 Mar 08, 03:30:32
remember folks! For stem plants make sure your compost is broken down by bacteria! (use leave mixed with fresh grass) If it is a bush plant, make sure it is fungi based. (mix clay with sand and then top with wood chips or mulch).

All these talking ...
By: scorpiometaldog. on 25 Feb 08, 08:23:24
All these talking heads videos are not really that helpful.Direct, to the point "How to" videos are what is needed! Show how to so we can do something about what most already know. Or at least keep the "why" to the point & succint, with majority of videos including the more inmportant "how to" create, cultivate & sustain our small farms, household food gardens for city & noncity dwellers, making of energy sources,etc. This is what is actually useful to do something @ it all. Otherwise thank you

why not harvest the ...
By: yesokdogod123. on 06 Feb 08, 19:30:52
why not harvest the bear

keep up this kind ...
By: vudumojo. on 25 Jan 08, 18:19:10
keep up this kind of work please, and stea away fro the "community'ism garbage. GET ready for a depression that will make the reat Depression" look like a Sunday-picnic, or worse. Own your land, get rid of all bank debt, forget about tax breaks, own your land even if it's a worn trailor on a half acre, preferably in BFE, get away from congregated areas of people. Comminism is not the answer and never will be.

Farm work, even " ...
By: LIBRISFIDELIS. on 13 Jan 08, 01:18:54
Farm work, even "garden home farming", is a lot of work, but it can be a lot of fun and full of satisfaction. There are books on how to run a sustainable farm or "hobby garden farm" on as little as one acre, all the way up to hundreds of acres. Green Party of the United States had a dozen such books at their National Meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania last July.

I worked on a small ...
By: LIBRISFIDELIS. on 13 Jan 08, 01:18:21
I worked on a small "real" farm for a summer in Nampa, Idaho. I was amazed how the lady who owned the farm did not utilize regenerative nutrient resources that were available because the farm was actually producing them, nor did she practice proper soil conservation when releasing the water from the flume into her pasture for her animals and meadow grasses. I suppose that is why she threw me off the farm, she was a very obstinate old lady who did not want change on her farm.

This is a ...
By: LIBRISFIDELIS. on 13 Jan 08, 01:17:30
This is a preliminary glimpse into the idea of a small family "garden-farm". A lot of what it takes to run a farm is not present, but this gives an idea of the ingenuity for a small "garden-plot farm". Larger farms get very technological (even GPS on tractors with soil and moisture analyzers as you plow).

No one should be ...
By: Rawmodel. on 15 Nov 07, 17:20:07
No one should be eating cattle...Meat production is one of the biggest hoaxes we keep believing in. The 6000 number was read by Rick, the "family" farm in San Bernardino County... Scott McGuire is the prime example of what we need. Id prefer to see a million of his type replace the dairy farms of this country. Dairy is useless to humans, besides for selling it to others. Peak Moment rules youtube for sustainability issues!

Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time
Posted by: peakmoment

Video duration: 1456 seconds

Peak Moment 37: Jan Spencer shows his quarter-acre permaculture project transforming a typical suburban lot. Lawn and driveway were replaced with fruit and nut trees, vegetables, brambles, and native habitat, plus a 3500 gallon rainwater catchment system, a sunroom heating the house, and a small detached bungalow to increase residential density.

Related: food, garden, gardening, jan, permaculture, renewal, spencer, suburb, suburban

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I think capitalism ...
By: caucazoidandroid. on 09 Jul 08, 07:48:45
I think capitalism and free enterprise are totally different things. Someone selling or bartering a bit of excess kimchi in return for another vegetable or specialized service sounds more like mutualism. The point is the resources (land, water, factory, etc) should be controlled by direct democracy, while the labor put into the land should be directly owned by the laborer. If you work for yourself, then you are in charge of yourself. If you work for someone else, it's wage slavery.

Thanks so much, ...
By: ozinba. on 30 Jun 08, 03:52:45
Thanks so much, peak moment. You always cheer me up after I freak out about peak oil and collapse, and all the panic and aggression that you can find. People get scared, angry and aggressive when they are faced with peak oil and climate change and all. You can read a lot of that in blogs and other places. But you are building alternatives, with calm and peace. Thank you.

Sounds like a good ...
By: peakmoment. on 11 May 08, 18:20:10
Sounds like a good balance - I'd value something similar. As we have less energy, life will of necessity become simpler. Going solar does make life simpler (we're off-grid). But it'll be important to have low-tech options, like hand tools, especially as liquid fuels get pricier and rationed.

How very Buddhist. ...
By: NoirMusic. on 11 May 08, 16:28:16
How very Buddhist. :) I think culturally speaking we've created enough complexity to see that simplicity IS the way to go, however we do have the benefit we can keep certain aspects of the modern. My ideal would be a solar powered farm with chickens and lots of growing space for food while still be able to access the internet to share ideas and get help from like minded people. I don't think I'd want to go completely low-tech myself.

I didn't realize ...
By: Bullettube. on 12 Apr 08, 17:21:20
I didn't realize that it was so dry in Eugene. I save maybe 250 gals of water for a possible dry spell and have fallen back on it only a couple of times where I live. Except for tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, none of my veggies need a lot of water.

I totally agree. I ...
By: peakmoment. on 07 Dec 07, 02:52:16
I totally agree. I think our wants-based culture is based on addictions--you keep wanting more and more, but getting it doesn't satisfy the need. I think "more stuff" makes up for a need for love, connection, security, belonging, sharing.

yes, and in my ...
By: tennigkeit24. on 07 Dec 07, 01:14:38
yes, and in my opinion the major difference is in between a needs based economy, where we are all taking care of each other and our needs, and a want based economy, where we are all competing with each other.

The complexity of ...
By: lrvives. on 29 Aug 07, 09:39:58
The complexity of the resilience of this edible botanical vegerarian polyethylene garden made with chicken manure is really devastatingly funny LOL Look at the language of this video...ugh!!

I think the ...
By: peakmoment. on 23 Aug 07, 03:38:13
I think the capitalist system encourages monocultures (or specialization), as you say, but nature goes for diversity and resilience. I believe many tribal cultures have some trading, but the less they needed to trade, the less vulnerable they were.

I'm so glad to see ...
By: pookiecatblue. on 22 Aug 07, 12:23:09
I'm so glad to see this concept taking hold here in the U.S. We need a lot more of this. This is LOGICAL and much more ENJOYABLE. I wish things were more like this during my entire lifetime, but I guess better late than never!

He goes into ...
By: numberJ5. on 23 Jul 07, 02:26:10
He goes into specialization when he talks about trading kimchi for something else. Does that go against the concept of permaculture? If he finds that he is profitable in producing kimchi, why would he produce other less profitable products? He has a comparative advantage in producing kimchi. This is the way the capitalist economy and monocultures got their start. This is my dilemma, is permaculture a totally outside of the system life? Or do you have to depend on the market system to survive?

Thanks, I will take ...
By: PoiZinConTrol. on 26 Jun 07, 11:58:04
Thanks, I will take a "peek".

Go for it! Makes a ...
By: peakmoment. on 26 Jun 07, 07:04:56
Go for it! Makes a lot of sense not to sink energy into a lawn, but to make little habitats, grow some food, plant some fruit/nut trees. Take a look at our Peak moment show #51, An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability. And keep posted--we'll have more Peak Moment shows on this theme.

This video makes me ...
By: PoiZinConTrol. on 25 Jun 07, 17:43:57
This video makes me want to tear out my lawn, which costs too much to maintain anyway, and plant food plants. (Chickens would be nice too)

So that's Eugene. ...
By: katavar. on 17 Apr 07, 23:04:58
So that's Eugene. Now lets see what can be done on the desert.

very nice!
By: cbhoodrider. on 05 Mar 07, 20:25:26
very nice!

PEAKIN!
By: MarQu3. on 26 Feb 07, 13:26:29
PEAKIN!

Grab your shovel ...
By: peakmoment. on 24 Feb 07, 02:36:53
Grab your shovel and hoes, and go for it! He took a permaculture course and has really applied it. Especially digging up the driveway and then re-using the concrete for the "water feature" you see at the end. Resourceful!

I want to be this ...
By: AboutitThink. on 23 Feb 07, 17:11:55
I want to be this guy!

great garden best ...
By: bearsagainstevil. on 11 Dec 06, 07:14:36
great garden best wishes

A Natural Builder Creates an Ecovillage
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Video duration: 1323 seconds

Peak Moment 38: Tour an urban ecovillage on less than two acres only five minutes by bicycle from the center of Eugene, Oregon. Builder Robert Bolman uses natural materials like sensitively-harveste d wood, earth and straw in the several beautiful, well-insulated, non-toxic structures surrounding the central shared gardens.

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Thank you very much ...
By: RobMonty248. on 22 Aug 08, 00:03:54
Thank you very much though also some of the ideas at the end would threaten the rich people who own things.. Thats a problem that can go in many angles unfortunatly. We all must choose on our own to live this way and maybe it will just catch on? Offering the Govt ways to get rid of them is something they usually see as war tactics unfortunatly again. He was right though, in a way, It Is up to us to change the world, with action. I am working on my own garden to start helping out, thank you much

Take a look at Peak ...
By: peakmoment. on 11 Aug 08, 05:59:54
Take a look at Peak Moment #87 with Diana Leafe Christian, author of "Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities" and "Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community." She has a free bi-monthly Ecovillages newsletter at EcovillageNews (dot) org

Ah, scale: there's ...
By: peakmoment. on 11 Aug 08, 05:57:47
Ah, scale: there's the rub. No, with declining energy and resource depletion, we won't have the luxury of tearing down and building all over. Nor would we want to waste what's already here. We'll need to re-use materials--as Rob has done in part--and bring the handwork and care to what we build. I think those might be the buildings we'd feel better in.

Hello, peak. This ...
By: PlanetThoughts. on 09 Aug 08, 14:18:48
Hello, peak. This stuff is wonderful. But, as a solution to sustainable building, do you have a sense how this could be scaled to the great mass of humanity, especially the "advanced" world. I guess we can wait till the suburbs crumble and replace them with this kind of construction - but we may need to wait 50 years. I personally would love to live in a house and community like that.

wow i learned some ...
By: odin422. on 30 Jul 08, 06:32:52
wow i learned some vital things

Great stuff
By: odin422. on 30 Jul 08, 06:17:59
Great stuff

I think it's the ...
By: likskirtspleetscreen. on 06 May 08, 14:45:41
I think it's the only way for the world to survive. But here in Italy there isn't so much people whom think this way. Do You know if there is any book about ecovillages? Or any web site where i could find it?

Right now petroleum ...
By: peakmoment. on 06 May 08, 00:32:10
Right now petroleum shingles. Wished for metal roofing, but we have so many skylights that it's cost-prohibitive.

What do you use for ...
By: margot980. on 05 May 08, 08:17:43
What do you use for roofing?

I expect they eat ...
By: peakmoment. on 05 May 08, 02:52:15
I expect they eat their dandelions--they're quite resourceful. How I wish we could use dead grass stem roofing. We're in wildfire country, so we'd need to find another system.

Lovely. Some of ...
By: margot980. on 04 May 08, 07:30:57
Lovely. Some of the simplest and still standing cob cottages were built very quickly to take possession of a piece of land --- hundreds of years ago. They sometimes still have a duckpond, where the soil, and pebbles (for the foundation)were dug from. By quickly, I mean two days. The thatch (just long, dead grass stems)came later, once ownership or whatever had been established. Dead grass stem roofing lasts much longer than petro duroid "shingles". Do these people eat their dandelions?

Arms are for ...
By: bodhipeace. on 10 Apr 08, 00:35:35
Arms are for hugging, don't be scared. I was cracking up at the sustainability lite part.

I enjoyed this, but ...
By: Noz7777. on 06 Apr 08, 07:30:50
I enjoyed this, but would have enjoyed it more if it weren't so 'hippie'. Not that I mind hippies, but I got a little freaked out when he was talking about touching each others' skin... At any rate, good on them for looking to reduce the burden on the environment. I would prefer to see them grow a lot more food - permaculture style to reduce maintenance.

take a look at Peak ...
By: peakmoment. on 31 Mar 08, 07:03:17
take a look at Peak Moment # 83 and #84, also about intentional communities.

Anyone in colorado ...
By: fieryflyingserpent. on 31 Mar 08, 05:16:52
Anyone in colorado want to start a serious community like this? I'm game for a good idea.

I am looking to ...
By: neverbeenfree. on 24 Feb 08, 04:19:40
I am looking to join a community, and the most important aspect for me is cool people. This dork is really creepy, but he's like the big kahuna because he can build. The woman interviewing him is terrible, but maybe she is freaked out by his weirdness. I would run screaming from this place. The woman picking through the discarded vegetables is like an animal.

This is exactly the ...
By: beege19. on 16 Feb 08, 00:36:04
This is exactly the sort of thing I plan on doing once I turn 18 and get out of the house, build a cob house and organically farm 100% of my food with enough to sell to cover living expenses. It's inspiring to see others with the same initiatives.

I'm really happy to ...
By: aNaturalist. on 01 Jan 08, 02:50:41
I'm really happy to see people like him and his peers attempting to live sustainably. I really like natural building, especially with cob, and I'm all for organiccally grown food. How about his ideas on the local economy. I like what he has to say. Keep it local.

More power to the ...
By: Ninyae1. on 30 Dec 07, 11:55:23
More power to the localised economy. The growth economy has begun its last throws. Energy descent is already impacting bigtime. The prediction is that when oil hits $180 per barrel, the economy will no longer be able to sustain the individual. Time to make the transition right now.

can this place be ...
By: nectarineblue. on 22 Aug 07, 19:27:48
can this place be visited.. Im in Salem..

Use less, waste ...
By: onewholearth. on 17 Aug 07, 10:37:45
Use less, waste none. Eco light or eco heavy just get it done.

wonderful video. I ...
By: pchenoweth. on 09 Aug 07, 02:41:22
wonderful video. I love Rob and everything that he has to teach about saving our enviroment.

In many cases, ...
By: robertbolman. on 31 May 07, 19:58:59
In many cases, environmental tax reform in and of itself would indeed be regressive. I would always wish to structure it so that the first $20,000 (+-) of income would be exempt from income tax. That way a family living a modest lifestyle and not driving a car would be rewarded by paying very little in taxes. Also, essential good such as food coudl be exempt (especially if it's organic). Environmental tax reform could be structured so as to enthusiastically embraced by the working poor.

He lost me with the ...
By: toothache43. on 31 May 07, 15:40:34
He lost me with the regressive tax proposal at the end.The sort of people who take Hawkin seriously are the sort of yuppies who send away for a twenty dollar pair of "stove gloves" they could buy in a bundle at a flee market for ten bucks.When 5% of the people drive control more than half the wealth,will they really make changes because of a SALES tax?No, but it sure as heck will effect the working poor.

The ecovillage is ...
By: peakmoment. on 28 May 07, 06:28:11
The ecovillage is west of downtown, about 5 minutes by bike.

MagneGas: From Sewage to Fuel Tank
Posted by: peakmoment

Video duration: 1743 seconds

Peak Moment 25: Watch Ron Cole demonstrate converting any water-based liquid to a gas similar to natural gas--and then drive off in the compressed-gas vehicle so fueled! He envisions its use in sewage treatment and neighborhood 'gas production' units that could plug into the natural gas grid.

Related: energy, flex, fuel, gas, magnegas, natural, oil, peak, sewage, treatment

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Still doesn't ...
By: AidenBrinnian. on 02 Nov 08, 12:57:55
Still doesn't change the fact that he stole his research and claimed he invented it. Plasma arc technology in the manner santilli produces is not efficient at all, and he can't even build a simple device that doesn't 1) overheat uncontrollably 2). has a gas that smells worse then a babys butt, and his tanks will prove how clean it is on the inside, 3) builds SOPHISTICATED devices that look like a couple of monkeys put it together. He never post a machine running and he doesn't produced numbers

You can use the ...
By: phillipah7. on 10 Oct 08, 10:42:58
You can use the same fuel to run this amall plant. It can run itself ,suppled by itself.

There were more ...
By: KarlMalOWN. on 23 Jun 08, 14:54:32
There were more than three people researching, patenting, and developing prototypes, for this technology. Santilli developed a much more efficient version of the plasma arc generator and therefore the production method of Magnegas is the one on the rise.

Santilli is a Fraud ...
By: AidenBrinnian. on 20 Jun 08, 22:42:42
Santilli is a Fraud who stole his research from William Richardson. Only after Santilli was hired to verify Richardson work did Magnegas Machinery come on to the scene. The electric arc concept was STOLEN and then twisted to suite his Hydrodinc Theory. I love how they never show the machine fully operational. His machine is a rejected inefficient design of Richardson's. Compare the patent dates and Santillis Employment Record with TTL at the time. You might be shocked

can anyone say GEET ...
By: dorro1971. on 09 Jun 08, 17:39:32
can anyone say GEET ?

Ron replied ...
By: peakmoment. on 14 May 08, 22:38:29
Ron replied privately that 100KWh produces 1600 std cu ft of liquid in 1 hour, equivalent to 8 gallons of gasoline energy (13KWH per gallon). As interviewer, this was one of my early conversations; I think I'm a bit better at asking technical questions since. There were no political or business agendas.

He never really ...
By: itisphoto. on 14 May 08, 18:30:02
He never really answered the question of how much electrical energy generates how much gas (BTU to BTU). This woman is the wrong kind of person for this interview. Perhaps the station was being politically correct; I'm not sure.

Now find a way to ...
By: samoht1977. on 22 Jan 08, 11:19:47
Now find a way to unplug it from mains (by using solar, for example) and there you go! remember: there's no over-unity: just learn to exploit the largest fusion reactor that man could put his hands on: it is called "S.U.N." (Super Ultra Natural) ;)

great job. I wish ...
By: jclabart. on 17 Dec 07, 03:47:21
great job. I wish you a long life, hoping that the oil freaks keep there head hunters away from you. thank for your contribution to a better world.

Very well done show ...
By: fdzwes. on 02 Nov 07, 00:37:28
Very well done show! Many Many questions answered. You have put the internet to its best possible use. What a wonderful country with wonderful people!

This man is a ...
By: warchild81. on 24 Aug 07, 23:30:06
This man is a genius I would like to discuss with him about Fusion

its nice to see tho ...
By: SupYannis. on 28 Jun 07, 13:32:07
its nice to see tho 30 years after these things being materialized and infrastructure can allow individuals -afford do their own experiments if they care to. seems to me we harneshed combustion engines couse when they were presented to us we accepted the amount of power produced to our needs, nowdays my guess is needs are more in awarness of what it is that we use to serve our needs, seems air or hydrogen transportation serve

i read once LA ...
By: SupYannis. on 28 Jun 07, 13:31:36
i read once LA GRANDE AVENTURE DE L'ESPACE (COPYRIGHT BY ROMBALDI,PARIS) it means the big adventure of space first published around 70's, there they mentioned about fuel injection through arcs , very powerfull method of propultion,

The energy required ...
By: roncole4. on 21 May 07, 16:53:59
The energy required for the test unit shown is 21 kwh. Fuel output for this unit is one gallon-gas-equivalent/hr.If the local electricity cost is 10 cents per kwh, the fuel cost is 21 (kwh) X $.10 = $2.10/gal-gas-equiv. The ratio for the industrial units is 150kwh for 10 gge or 150kwh X $.10 = $15 for 10 gge = $1.50/gal This wouldn't include delivery costs & retail markup but it also factor in the the income received from waste disposal. Ron Cole

Cool process, but ...
By: segarza. on 01 May 07, 14:27:12
Cool process, but why go thru all that effort to produce this fuel from renewable electricity when you could just use the electricity directly, and without the hydrocarbons? Can't the waste water just be run thru an bio-digester to produce methane?

indeed iwas ...
By: tomterahedrob. on 12 Mar 07, 07:21:51
indeed iwas confused.How can Ifind more about this?seems to good to be true or maybe its super inefficient

well since it only ...
By: madjimms. on 10 Mar 07, 08:46:43
well since it only needs water (ant i assume basic maintenence, possible additives?) you could make this in the ocean or large lake with some wind power/a wave generator thingy i saw on PBS that uses waves...

Actually, I think ...
By: peakmoment. on 10 Mar 07, 07:58:28
Actually, I think you may be confusing this with biogas digesters, which have been used in India and elsewhere to make methane gas--an excellent low-tech process. MagneGas requires a large input of electricity (via the arc welder in the demo), which is a process developed only in the last few decades.

this has been done ...
By: tomterahedrob. on 07 Mar 07, 09:22:41
this has been done in India for decades.

how can i get in ...
By: adzug. on 02 Jan 07, 21:50:10
how can i get in touch with cole or a representative from his company?

how much energy is ...
By: adzug. on 20 Dec 06, 17:17:40
how much energy is required to complete the process of making the gas? what is the amount of energy put into the manufacturing as opposed to the output of energy? shouldnt there be tons of financial investors if this is a viable means of supplying america with a new energy source?

I really hope this ...
By: PlugInPrius. on 17 Dec 06, 10:46:36
I really hope this man and or his technology succeeds! Very Very Soon!!!

Waking Up to Peak Oil
Posted by: peakmoment

Video duration: 1714 seconds

Peak Moment 10: After sisters Loretta and Karen O'Brien learned of Peak Oil, their lives became transformed as they worked to gather their family, learn permaculture, move towards more self-sufficiency, and deal with emotional challenges.

Related: action, emotional, oil, peak, permaculture, personal, response, women

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Could you give a ...
By: ScarletLetterR. on 29 Sep 08, 02:56:05
Could you give a list of the books they talked about?

...or the forests ...
By: withindarkness. on 04 Jul 08, 09:13:30
...or the forests we rely on for oxygen, erosion resistance, clean water... all the indirect things besides food.

thank you for this ...
By: ddviolinist. on 20 Mar 08, 01:11:09
thank you for this video.

I think I've heard ...
By: peakmoment. on 10 Mar 08, 17:36:39
I think I've heard that hand pollination is far less effective than insect pollination. Not sure how well humans would do pollinating vast fields of corn or wheat or rice.

Did Einstein factor ...
By: OghamTheBold. on 10 Mar 08, 14:23:57
Did Einstein factor in the availability of small paintbrushes when he derived his bee theory?

Oil comapies cant ...
By: KingMucktoad. on 25 Sep 07, 05:39:21
Oil comapies cant raise prices, for profts, if they want to with or without peak oil, if they do governments will be forced to order swiching to alternative fuels, to keep the econmy going, peak oil is real this time around, definetly. You're still right not to trust those bastards though.

BLESSINGS YOUR WAY !
By: iamshaman2000. on 18 Jul 07, 11:19:34
BLESSINGS YOUR WAY !

It helps to ...
By: peakmoment. on 07 Jun 07, 02:20:14
It helps to remember WHO has the power: the moneyed elite, and the corporations. Congress, by and large, does their bidding. It makes no sense in terms of the planet, its people, democracy. But it makes perfect sense to those immersed in an economy based on infinite growth--an economy that cannot continue. Hang in there!

You're absolutely ...
By: peakmoment. on 07 Jun 07, 02:18:48
You're absolutely right -- it ain't FAIR! You're more aware than many, and there's a price for being ahead of the curve. You are a model for others. When gas prices go up, you'll pay less. Or maybe you'll be the first in your neighborhood to develop car-sharing.

Last year, the ...
By: pba11. on 06 Jun 07, 15:25:47
Last year, the congress voted against mandatory MPG, voted for drilling for oil in the Artic Nat Wildlife Refuge, Ford dropped its hybrid ideas, and what else - drilling off the coast I think? In one week, they said we don't need to control consumption but we need more oil. IT MADE NO SENSE TO ME. I was nearly ready to have an aneurysm.

Yes, I agree that ...
By: pba11. on 06 Jun 07, 15:20:17
Yes, I agree that oil IS finite. My only real concern is whether we are being manipulated/duped into accepting higher prices at the pump by this talk of PEAK OIL. We do our best to reduce my family's oil consumption - originally motivated by money and co2 concerns. I see fatcats driving HUGE SUVs. SELFISH PIGS! and then I say, well perhaps since they are so selfish, they deserve to pay $600 a barrel. But why me with my 50+ mpg car :-?

The infromation ...
By: peakmoment. on 06 Jun 07, 00:54:50
The infromation about peak oil is coming largely not from the industry itself, but from former oil-industry geologists like Colin Campbell and investors like Matthew Simmons. Richard Heinberg is a very credible writer/educator, who is gathering information and bringing it to the public (Powerdown, The Party's Over). Given that oil is a finite resource, logic says that someday it'll decline. The question is when--and, are we ready for that, given our total dependence on it?

Having grown up in ...
By: pba11. on 05 Jun 07, 22:41:16
Having grown up in the 70s and heard all this before, having been promised fusion by this point in time (and seeing no realization), how do we know this peak oil situation is FOR REAL this time around? I'd don't argue that the US economy and dollar is ready to tank. But how do we know this isn't some dastardly lie made up so that big oil can charge $600 a barrel because they can claim PEAK OIL? So we have to pay more and they profit more? I don't trust those bastards at all!

Unfort. there's ...
By: ToddBoyle. on 16 May 07, 23:46:43
Unfort. there's more hydrocarbons than the atmosphere can tolerate the CO2 from burning! The corps want cap-and-trade, to squeeze money out of us for "CO2 rights" which they then buy and sell among the corporate sector. We want to TAX HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION hard!

Another good video ...
By: ToddBoyle. on 16 May 07, 23:45:24
Another good video is "Money and Debt" by Paul Grignon, and "Fiat Empire". Both new 2006/07 both awesome. See also the website, "slave revolt" for lots of banking videos.

Thanks for the ...
By: SlowGlass. on 06 May 07, 06:14:22
Thanks for the great video

Good point. Our ...
By: peakmoment. on 15 Apr 07, 23:37:12
Good point. Our monetary system requires exponential growth, which is on a collision course with finite resources. M.King Hubbard, who discovered the peak oil decline, saw that 50 years ago.

Good source of news ...
By: lorax2013. on 15 Apr 07, 03:33:44
Good source of news - but there is one more critical issue related to PO that rarely gets covered. Our debt based currency system is incompatible with declining resources. This will cause a currency collapse. To learn how to prepare for this search the video "real story of money"

MOBY - An Inner City Community Garden Project
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Video duration: 1641 seconds

Peak Moment 33: This Vancouver, B.C. neighborhood is building community while transforming an abandoned lot in a crack neighborhood into a flourishing community garden. Join MOBY-lizer Jason O'Brien and folks of all ages for cob clay-stomping fun accompanied by music in an inner-city urban garden below the elevated skytrain.

Related: back, city, cob, community, crack, garden, inner, moby, my, own, urban, vancouver, yard

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BC is indeed ...
By: jojo808. on 11 Oct 08, 02:39:02
BC is indeed lightyears ahead of Seattle. I get free Cobb..etc emails every other week, always hoping its somewhere in town.

Hey, That's my ...
By: ethanduded. on 27 Sep 08, 09:01:53
Hey, That's my little son (red pants and one dirty boy) in the background helping with the clay. This is great! He'll love this video. We had a great time! MOBY is a wonderful community garden.

another wonderful ...
By: chasemon42. on 03 Aug 08, 16:21:57
another wonderful video, again, yalls work is great. This is pretty incredible what MOBY has accomplished any word as to how the veggies are tasting now. These folks really are taking the road less traveled!!!

Anytime concrete ...
By: haddascream. on 20 Jul 08, 22:04:42
Anytime concrete gets torn up for greenery it makes me happy.

It's possible even ...
By: peakmoment. on 04 Aug 07, 17:32:24
It's possible even in the city to be in touch with nature, building community and having fun!

great video, makes ...
By: fleshsniper1. on 04 Aug 07, 10:21:18
great video, makes me smile

Thank you for all ...
By: Kajawenja. on 07 May 07, 15:38:54
Thank you for all these wonderful videos, Janaia and team!!!

June 20-29, 2008 -- ...
By: ashevilliage. on 28 Apr 07, 15:18:25
June 20-29, 2008 --- Ashevillage Building Convergence (ABC) Asheville, North Carolina Inspired by City Repair's 'Village Building Convergence' in Portland, Oregon, planning is underway for the Ashevillage Building Convergence '08 - a 10-day hands-on citywide event in Asheville, North Carolina. Through a participatory process, the simultaneous installation of beautiful on-the-ground community projects will be created.

neat
By: NorthCoastStudent. on 30 Mar 07, 03:59:16
neat

That's the fun--cob ...
By: peakmoment. on 25 Mar 07, 03:13:55
That's the fun--cob is for everybody, for the people: degrees not needed. Your little boy having fun, along with the other children, made our taping visit so special.

very nice
By: alerick68. on 24 Mar 07, 06:12:14
very nice

this is great! I ...
By: alpinevisions. on 21 Mar 07, 23:46:59
this is great! I had so much fun cobbing last summer. BTW, that's my little boy running around in the background. Only 3yrs old, and he's becoming a cob engineer.

It's great to see ...
By: Bridger987. on 25 Feb 07, 04:04:38
It's great to see community projects like this. On a sidenote... Micheal Franti RULES!

The Elephant in the Peak Oil Living Room
Posted by: peakmoment

Video duration: 1669 seconds

Peak Moment 60: Richard Katz and Dennis Brumm burst the technofix dream-bubble by naming the hard stuff: the lack of sufficient alternatives to oil and gas at the enormous scale needed. Overpopulation exceeding the planet's carrying capacity. Potential collapse. But wait! they close with ideas for positive individual responses. [www.sfbayoil.org/sf oa]

Related: awareness, energy, francisco, oil, overshoot, peak, population, san

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Actually, you ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 22:50:49
Actually, you brought up the local 'floods' in the UK. I merely corrected your error. You mention the IPCC's 0.8+ projection. It's wrong. The increase 2008 Jan - Jun was 0.1+ with a steep - trend. Source: ground-based (HadCrut) and satellite (UAH LT). By 2010 we see a projected DROP in global temperature. However, from 2000 CO2 production has INCREASED. This is total inconsistent with the 'IPCC theory'. You know what should happen? The theory should be proven false. Wonder why it is not?

We have different ...
By: peakmoment. on 15 Aug 08, 19:40:22
We have different positions, which I expect not to change. I may not be good at repeating their facts, but I turn to scientists and researchers like I've cited here, as well as on Energy Bulletin, for their research. As well as my observations: locally our Sierra Nevada snowpack has reduced 20%. I think you are looking at local effects (of course towns will flood when built below the floodplain), but not seeing the bigger picture of accelerating increasingly violent weather events.

You mean Richard ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 17:18:25
You mean Richard Heinberg's facts. Don't you? I don't see any 'facts' that you've provided of your own. You remind me of something my Grandfather used to say. "Anything is possible; so long as you don't know what you're talking about".

Flooding in the UK! ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 16:59:08
Flooding in the UK! Ha! Bad choice love. We're all fully aware of the none Al Gore reasons for this. This was caused by two major factors. 1. The compromisation of floodplains due to terrible town planning. Houses were actually built BELOW the water table! 2. Strong rains and high tides. You'll note that Lancashire had much HIGHER levels of rainfall in the same period but ZERO flooding. Reason: floodplains. Now I KNOW you never study your facts.

Bloody hell. How ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 16:52:49
Bloody hell. How thick are you? I mean you loose the arguement and then switch it. You WERE talking about 'extreme weather', so don't change tack because you're wrong. IPCC scientists? What about the 31k+ ACTUAL scientists who signed a petition to the UN regarding false statements regarding CO2. Arctic seas opening?! Like they do EVERY year you mean. Record breaking temperatures? What, from records dating back just at best 120 years! ..... next post for the rest.

My information on ...
By: peakmoment. on 15 Aug 08, 16:22:29
My information on oil is taken from Richard Heinberg's Powerdown, where he discusses why oil the role of oil in human history...Look at this from risk management perspective: if my facts are right and we act to reduce GHG, we may avert catastrophic tipping point. If wrong and we don't act, we risk tipping earth's climate beyond survivability for many higher life forms. Do we want to take that risk?

1. I'm not talking ...
By: peakmoment. on 15 Aug 08, 16:16:31
1. I'm not talking local climatic affects (tropics/temperate zone). Worldwide, scientists in the IPCC and climatologists like NASA's James Hansen are reporting 0.8 degree rise in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels; sea levels rising, glacial retreat in the Himalayas; arctic seas opening in summer; sea levels rising; record-breaking temperatures and flooding in the UK & US in the past 5 years, and more.

What amuses me ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 10:22:41
What amuses me about your arguments is that when you misquote or state a false fact. You never admit that their is a flaw in your logic or statement. You mearly move onto another premis as though it was your original point. "Oil is the most concentrated portable liquid energy source humans have found" - Give me a break! Sorry to get personal, but why should I continue this discourse. No matter what I can prove, you'll always have 'faith' in Al Gore, James Lovelock et al.

1. Sorry, no. James ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 10:17:45
1. Sorry, no. James Lovelock does get some kudos for his inventions and chemistry work. But he's no climatologist. Hurracaines, for example, are created due to extremes in temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric density between the the tropics and the cooler Southern air. Closer temperatures reduce this effect. Global temperatures are falling (check your data). 2. So you solution is what? Condemn the world to mud huts so you can air-conditioned your house?

1. My understanding ...
By: peakmoment. on 15 Aug 08, 01:09:50
1. My understanding from independent scientist James Lovelock (The Gaia Theory, The Revenge of Gaia) is that higher levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases cause the geo-climatic system to destabilize. 2. Combine consumption x global population (which includes increasing numbers of people aspiring to middle class consumption in the so-called developing countries) = increased consumption, demand on planetary resources, an stress on planetary sinks (for wastes).

2. Consumption is ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 00:54:56
2. Consumption is an interesting issue and I would hardly disagree that too many resources are wasted. But technology has provided for so very long the tools to increase, optimise and provide alternatives the we can only just touch in these tiny boxes. For example, BMW is now producing large amounts of interior plastics, sound profing and so forth from sustainable hemp. But not from the food element of hemp, from the waste parts. This is where I see technology improving and balancing demand.

Hello Peakmoment, ...
By: ascolti. on 15 Aug 08, 00:51:02
Hello Peakmoment, thanks for replying. In response to your ever moving goalposts. 1. Extremes in weather conditions are brought about by differences from temperate to tropical weather systems. These have been LOWER in the last decade, despite Katrina. Source: UK Met. Office (World) 3. Wrong. Gasoline max power air/fuel mixture 12.5:1 releases Circa 20 MJ (19k BTU) of energy. Ethanol at preferred max power mixture of 6.5:1 produces 25.7 MJ (24.4k BTU) and methanol at 4.5:1 AFR 29.1 MJ (27.6k BTU)

1. The issue with ...
By: peakmoment. on 11 Aug 08, 05:49:59
1. The issue with global climate is not temperatures per se, but with increasing destabilization, bringing more extremes in weather conditions. 2. The issue is not simply population but consumption of resources. 3. Oil is the most concentrated portable liquid energy source humans have found. One quart can push your Saab 10 miles. Pretty efficient.

Just a couple of ...
By: ascolti. on 09 Aug 08, 14:36:39
Just a couple of things. 1. Global temperatures are FAILING, they have for the last six years. SOURCE: Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS 2. Population is souring. Except birthrates in West countries are falling, in some countries to an extreme. SOURCE: BBC, UN 3. Oil actually hasn't got a great conversion to energy. Technology won't help us? What? So we are unable to make things more efficient? Use less energy? My rather sport Saab 93 does 40mpg. A US hire car I drove recently did 22mpg TOP. Why?

Oil is a declining ...
By: peakmoment. on 03 Jul 08, 05:28:30
Oil is a declining resource. Unlike forests or soil, it's not renewable. So "peak oil", the point where demand exceeds supply, is caused by humans using more and more of it with our increasing population and consumption. Research by Richard Heinberg, author of Peak Everything, indicates we have far less coal and nuclear than is commonly believed. Both will peak within the next few decades.

Here is some news ...
By: gonjokie. on 02 Jul 08, 16:31:05
Here is some news for you. Solar panels will be cheap enough for everyone to own within the next 10 years, it is a baby technology. Peak oil is the fault of environmentalists, like you. Let us drill new places and off shore and build new refineries, your going to loose another election to another republican idiot. Coal and nuclear could power us for thousands of years! Global Warming is crap too, main reason its crap? Because global warming causes co2 to rise not the other way around.

We're lucky to have ...
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By: ThLuckyOne. on 25 Jun 08, 14:43:12
PeakMoment! WOW! BLESS YOU for this offering and THANKS to Ms. Donaldson and to Mr. Brumm and Mr. Katz. These folks are clearly articulating what I've been fumbling around with trying to say for the past 30 years. We CAN slowly, simply reduce our numbers and our consumption. We CAN learn to value each other and our relationships as opposed to valuing "things". I hope you don't mind if I subscribe! ;=) Great job! THANKS!

Good illustration ...
By: Cushy321. on 25 Jun 08, 00:06:02
Good illustration of why the political system is too short-term.

Things look a bit ...
By: Cushy321. on 25 Jun 08, 00:04:52
Things look a bit better for France who generate 80% of their current energy by nuclear fission. But they decided this in the 1960's and they have built and established the Nuclear industry on the back of a cheap oil economy in the 1980s. We would then have to consider that it's practically impossible to mine uranium without using oil - especially if ALL the world were trying to do EVERYTHING using Uranium fission the demand would be very high.

Electricity cannot ...
By: peakmoment. on 15 Jun 08, 05:58:35
Electricity cannot fuel airplanes, diesel trucks, and heavy equipment. Nuclear has a high carbon emission in its mining, production, transport, as well as unsolved radioactive waste challenge, potential terrorist concerns, declining uranium supplies (soon), long time to build.

If anyone reads ...
By: SSgtParmer. on 14 Jun 08, 22:45:51
If anyone reads this, please explain why we can't just use nuclear energy to do everything. For example, nuclear energy provides electricity so people could just plug in their cars at their home to recharge overnight, and everything could be powered with nuclear fuel, which is available in abundance. What am I missing here?

Those are two big ...
By: valhala56. on 25 May 08, 10:49:06
Those are two big ol boy's there, the woman is hot.

we are doomed, ...
By: cds10690. on 07 May 08, 18:38:24
we are doomed, unless we all pull together it's time we started living working and existing in our own towns and cities

west kirby wirral ...
By: jimtheartist1. on 21 Feb 08, 03:04:06
west kirby wirral merseyside u.k. is now a transition town in response to peak oil and i found a film about Cuba inspiring I hope my song a prophecy will reach you as there seems to be a possibility of creating green streets that are allotments where local demand for local growth might enjoy jimtheartist1 on youtube

The Portland Peak Oil Task Force
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Video duration: 1677 seconds

Peak Moment #31: Propelled by passage of the Portland Peak Oil Resolution in May 2006, a citizen's task force is developing recommendations for the city. With Brendan Finn, chief of staff to Commissioner of Public Affairs, and task force member Randy White. Their recommendations summary and full report are at www.portlandonline.c om/osd/index.cfm?c=4 2894.

Related: decline, energy, force, oil, oregon, peak, portland, resolution, task

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It's the Compost! Creating Abundance at K-JO Farm
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Video duration: 1678 seconds

Peak Moment 55: Karen Biondo and Joe Walling take us on a tour of their incredible backyard farm on Vashon Island, Washington. Pet the goats, see chickens dusting in divots, and crunch a carrot. See how Karen's colorful paintbrush combined with Joe's creativity with salvaged materials and hot compost are creating playful beauty and plentiful harvests.

Related: backyard, compost, farm, island, k-jo, reuse, salvage, small, vashon

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very natural, i ...
By: hatchgrey3. on 24 Aug 08, 17:34:18
very natural, i love it coz its very informative.

K 'n Jo are two of ...
By: blueraymel. on 10 Nov 07, 02:08:59
K 'n Jo are two of the loveliest people I've ever seen on Peak Mo. Thanks for sharing!

Now that's a lot of ...
By: tarazod. on 26 Sep 07, 04:53:19
Now that's a lot of chickens!

Thanks for thinking ...
By: peakmoment. on 06 Sep 07, 07:37:49
Thanks for thinking of their well being! We asked them to take off their hats for the videotaping so we all could see their faces.

Modern " ...
By: vudumojo. on 01 Sep 07, 23:20:21
Modern "Dairy-Products" are the leading cause of all heart disease, MAKING cholesterols build up in arteries because *homogenization* reduces the molecules in milk so small that they *scar* artery walls, as do all *hydrogenated* oils(another man-made process). Additionally, cholesterol is *good* for the body, if you don't want to dry up like a prune with bad joint problems, shriveled skin and internal organ malfunctions.

Get a big straw hat ...
By: vudumojo. on 01 Sep 07, 23:18:50
Get a big straw hat. Sunscreen causes cancer. Don't *constantly* wear sunglasses. Eyes/skin = entrances for Vitamin-D.

Thanks for the ...
By: peakmoment. on 25 Aug 07, 06:12:53
Thanks for the reminder for everybody spending a lot of time outdoors-- to remember to wear sunscreen, especially midday in summer. I think we did!

make sure you wear ...
By: longtang1234. on 24 Aug 07, 17:02:01
make sure you wear sun screen when you are on Vanshun island. It shines real hard there and you get cancer. Were you guys wearing it?

I think "resilience ...
By: peakmoment. on 21 Aug 07, 05:32:17
I think "resilience" is a key idea -- the more options one has, the better. Katrina taught us not to depend on the government. We'll need local currencies, etc. to help us exchange locally. What is it about Peak Oil that you don't agree with?

So awesome. To be ...
By: vudumojo. on 19 Aug 07, 06:45:35
So awesome. To be clear. I'm not in agreement with the concept of "peak oil", but for any national emergency or monetary collapse, and to stay out of the governments pocket(FEMA) and stay self reliant, you guys are so great for making these videos. It's my dream to do these things here in Louisville Kentucky if I can. THANK YOU!!!!

cool nice layout :D ...
By: shortcut007. on 15 Apr 07, 17:14:02
cool nice layout :D awsome ppl :) we need more like them! awsome clip ,very infomative ,worth watching again! :P

fantastic u guys, ...
By: alger71. on 14 Apr 07, 01:03:43
fantastic u guys, its shows what can be done with smart design and just a few acreas

best video yet
By: cbhoodrider. on 12 Apr 07, 01:15:00
best video yet

Human-Scale Tools for a Sustainable World
Posted by: peakmoment

Video duration: 1675 seconds

Peak Moment 67: At Smith and Speed Mercantile on Orcas Island, hand tools line the walls and tables along with organic wool comforters and non-toxic paints. It's an extension of Kathleen Smith and Errol Speed's off-grid homestead where they work at "the speed of living," using hand tools that reconnect them to the earth.

Related: and, hand, mercantile, smith, speed, sustainability, tools

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Kathleen and Errol ...
By: tuco98245. on 17 Sep 08, 23:42:58
Kathleen and Errol are the nicest people, and the best neighbors. They genuinely believe in what they are doing and it is almost impossible to go into their shop and not be inspired. I would hope that the local community and tourists alike support this couple and their quest.

its kinda weird,in ...
By: ariz9996. on 29 Aug 08, 12:20:31
its kinda weird,in my country (indonesia), we really try to change all our work tools to machinery. people buy tractors, hand tractors,cultivator, chemical fertilizer and pesticide. i had a company producing bokasi and business not soo good round here. anyway.. try to do abit for the world. peace

Peakmoment is such ...
By: tokyogopop. on 20 Jul 08, 06:08:01
Peakmoment is such an invaluable resource! Inspiring AND educational. I have slowly worked my way through many of the episodes. I loved this one in particular. Goes to show that we as humans still have the ability to look back (and forward at the same time) and realize that we CAN survive without fossil fuels. Soon, we may not have a choice......

I think people are ...
By: postpeakman. on 18 Jul 08, 06:28:15
I think people are beginning to question the viability of living in cities, that's all...

love this program
By: 888zzz. on 04 Jul 08, 18:05:32
love this program

ive watched a lot ...
By: freewithfire. on 09 Jan 08, 02:25:49
ive watched a lot of these videos and this is my favorite so far. It makes me want to visit their island and learn everything i can from them!

Thanks! I'll keep ...
By: NicholasJBrown. on 17 Dec 07, 14:42:54
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind :D

Plenty more to come ...
By: peakmoment. on 17 Dec 07, 06:42:00
Plenty more to come...we've just produced our 89th program, so take a look at past programs. You can subscribe to our occasional e-newsletter at peakmoment (dot) tv. Shows are also on a couple dozen community access TV stations...contact us if you want to put programs on your station. info (at) peakmoment (dot) tv.

I especially like ...
By: NicholasJBrown. on 16 Dec 07, 20:33:15
I especially like this one, the peak oil and mostly the Alcohol episodes. I hope there are more to come because I am subscribed!

Our goal is to ...
By: peakmoment. on 20 Nov 07, 07:57:34
Our goal is to bring forward stories of people working towards sustainability, wherever they are, in whatever forms they're trying. Many of our programs so far are set in rural areas because we traveled to such places in the Pacific Northwest in 2006. Our vision is to tape more in cities and suburbs. We welcome ideas for guests and projects, esp. in N. America. --Janaia (host)

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