Following a suggestion by Rasmus Fleischer, a leading member of the Pirate Bureau, Torrentfreak concludes: “The Pirate Bay will dissolve, but in its place many “new TPBs” will return, just without the familiar domain name and pirate ship logo. This is very similar to a concept Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde had in mind for the new Pirate Bay. A decentralized setup through which the ‘torrent site’ controls only a tiny part of the ’sharing’ process. At the basis of this new scheme are two … [Read more...]
Strawbale prefab building timelapse – Strohballen Vorfertigung Zeitraffer
Strawbale prefab building timelapse - Strohballen Vorfertigung Zeitraffer This clip is part of film material for a new film about strawbale building: "Houses of straw - Part 2". Become a sponsor for this project! More information about this film: www.ecofilm.de This timelapse clip shows the build-up of a prefab-strawbale building in Germany, in the ecovillage Siebenlinden. Architect: Dirk Scharmer. The wall elements were built in a hall nearby, transported to the spot and built up … [Read more...]
Sheet Mulching: Greater Plant and Soil Health for Less Work
Sheet Mulching by Craig Elevitch and Kim Wilkinson - Permanent Agriculture Resources Why Mulch? Agriculture with mulch in the tropics promotes plant health and vigor. Mulching improves nutrient and water retention in the soil, encourages favorable soil microbial activity and worms, and suppresses weed growth. When properly executed, mulching can significantly improve the well-being of plants and reduce maintenance as compared to bare soil culture. Mulched plants have better vigor and, … [Read more...]
Supporting a local economy….some observations
Last night I attended a gathering of merchants, service providers and others who support local independent businesses in our town. It was a festive affair of about three dozen featuring a pot luck dinner, good conversation, and a few announcements about the emerging organization. From both a personal and professional perspective, I wholeheartedly support and advocate for this type of group and the movement of local "Indies" as they are called. This particular group is aligned with the American … [Read more...]
A French Twist On GDP
Sarkozy proposes measuring happiness. I'm starting to think that French President Sarkozy is a Sightline fan. Last week it was a killer carbon tax proposal; now it's something else near and dear to our hearts: a national measure of happiness as a counterpoint to GDP.Springboarding from a new report prepared by giants of the economics world, Sarkozy is calling for a more comprehensive view of economic well-being, one that puts human well-being in driver's seat.And he's not alone: U.S. economist … [Read more...]
Wewow Ltd. launch specialist, eco-friendly packaging arm – weEco.co.uk
[Bradford, UK - 7th August 2009] -- Bradford-based CD and DVD replication company, wewow Ltd., have announced the launch of their dedicated ‘green' media packaging arm weEco.co.uk. www.weEco.co.uk will showcase wewow's rapidly expanding range of bespoke, environmentally friendly packaging solutions for the optical media industry. wewow have proved that bespoke packaging solutions such as WowPak and WowWallet provide added value to CD and DVD projects and as the demand for eco-friendly … [Read more...]
Why use Compost Tea?
Compost tea is used for two reasons: To inoculate microbial life into the soil or onto the foliage of plants, and to add soluble nutrients to the foliage or to the soil to feed the organisms and the plants present. The use of compost tea is suggested any time the organisms in the soil or on the plants are not at optimum levels. Chemical-based pesticides, fumigants, herbicides and some synthetic fertilizers kill a range of the beneficial microorganisms that encourage plant growth, while compost … [Read more...]
London Vegan Festival
The London Vegan Festival this year took place in Kensington Town Hall, and was absolutely heaving. Usually, the odds of bumping into another vegan are slightly higher than those of two Esperanto speakers meeting, so hanging out in a hall packed full of them was a new experience – as was not having to ask ‘Is there dairy in this?’ at every food stall. Bliss. Almost as soon as someone mentions becoming vegan, people start to get a panicked look on their faces and tend to begin listing reasons … [Read more...]
Hyperlocal file sharing: The Pirate Kiosk brings the Pirate Bay to the streets
Many sites and projects have rushed to the rescue ever since the Pirate Bay announced its intended sale back in June. Opentracker wants to take over the Pirate Bay's tracker duties, and Torrage wants to step in as an independent torrent file hoster, just to name two. And then there is the Pirate Kiosk - an exact copy of the Pirate Bay that's run out of an old newsstand and that can only be accessed via Wifi. pirate kiosk From kioskofpiracy.org: "(A) copy of the infamous Pirate Bay is … [Read more...]
Wikipedia + Flickr = Fotopedia
I am a huge fan of Wikipedia, one of the greatest achievements of sharing; I also enjoy wandering around Flickr, although its lack of over-arching organisation makes that hard to do. Maybe this is perfect solution: Fotopedia, "the first collaborative photo encyclopedia", which uses text from Wikipedia, but only to provide what amount to extended captions for the pix, which are generally very attractive.It's not the first to do this - VisWiki has been around for some time - but Fotopedia seems … [Read more...]
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