Sovereign Energy > Moving Heat > Grid-Independent Cooking Systems
Introduction to Grid-Independent Cooking Systems Cooking food is an activity shared by all of humanity on a daily basis. We either do it ourselves or have someone (or increasingly, some thing) do it for us. It’s fun to cook hot dogs on a stick over a campfire, but it is hardly feasible as a daily…
Floating Wetland Gardens In Pantry Ponds For Resilience, Function and Yield Stacking ~Epi-079
Floating wetlands are a “new” old technology that is well worth looking into if you are doing aquaculture at just about any scale – from small backyard tanks a few hundred gallons in size, on up to multi-acre ponds and lakes. Floating wetlands take the essential functions provided by wetlands and concentrated them into a…
Primer On Green Septic Systems
What Are Green Septic Systems? Green septic systems utilize aerobic biology to fully digest and break down sewage effluent, utilizing it as a fertilizer to grow valuable herbaceous and woody biomass. What Are The Components Of A Green Septic System? A green septic system utilizes traditional greywater and blackwater collection plumbing, a traditional septic tank…
037 – DeGoogling Round 1 – The Phone
In today’s show I detail my journey into what will be a multi-year endeavor – completely de-Googling my life. For us to live as sovereign human beings this day in age, we have to consciously design our digital lives to maintain appropriate levels of privacy and security amidst the ever-rising tide of surveillance and tracking.…
Wicking Beds For Water-Efficient Bottom-Irrigated Raised Bed Gardens
What is a wicking bed? A wicking bed is a self-watering planting bed that uses capillary action to wick water up from a bottom reservoir to irrigate the root zone. The plants utilize the water as they need it, which maintains the saturation gradient that drives the capillary action. Wicking beds are very self-regulating, and can…
