Came across this book, so I am sharing in case anyone needs it
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/accessiblegarden0000adil/mode/2up
I came across these instructions to make a Numechron Digital Clock almost completely out of wood, and I thought it was beautiful so wanted to share.
If I can figure out how to add a chime (and how to build the parts without a CNC) I really want to try this.
In Finland, there is a Housing First approach which provides homeless people with housing and support services to help individuals rebuild their lives.
By using this approach, there has been a reduction in homelessness, plummeting from over 20,000 homeless people to less than 4,000 in just a decade.
While Housing First was invented in the USA, Finland has embraced it.
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jt_6PBnCJE&t=54
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbEavDqA8iE
📰 https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/look-finlands-housing-first-initiative
Silta’s community space, where tenants go for gardening or group BBQs
In case anyone is curious about Housing First programs in the USA, here is a video more focused on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nys6iebjHw&t=128
"Sardex, an Italian fintech, created a mutual credit system where businesses exchange goods and services without cash.
This trust-based network has strengthened the local economy and inspired similar models across Italy."
📰 https://positivenewsfoundation.org/video/italys-fintech-innovation-transforming-business-with-sardex/ 📺 https://youtu.be/eeB2tsS6xpM
I started this discussion on mastodon, but want to here too. If you could create the perfect bus stop, what would it have? Here are some of my ideas:
⛑ Safety:
♿ Accessibility:
🚲Other:
Do you have more ideas?
Edit: realized the photo i added is ai, but i can't seem to get rid of it so 🤷♀️
Parts of Sweden use District Heating (heat for everyone comes from the same source), and one location is filling caves with hot water to create a giant network of thermal batteries.
Unused energy in the summer is used to heat the boilers, which can be used to heat the city in the winter.
Somewhere below the Swedish city of Västerås, there's a big man-made cave. During the Cold War, it was used to store oil. But the local energy company decided to clean it, pump it full of water and heat it up. Here's why they did that.
"Indoor plants not only add a touch of greenery to your living space but also purify the air and boost your mood. While traditional soil-based planting is popular, growing plants in water, known as hydroponics, is gaining traction due to its simplicity and aesthetic appeal. In this guide, we’ll explore which indoor plants can be grown in water, how to care for them, and other useful tips for successful hydroponic gardening."
“These two directions require different properties for cool walls,” says Qilong Cheng, a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University who worked on the study as a graduate student at Columbia University. “So we have this two-surface zigzag design, with one surface facing the sky and the other facing the ground.”
The angles, looking a little like the sawtooth roofs of factory rooms, can shave 5.5° Fahrenheit off average indoor temperatures.
Radiation coming up from the ground is reduced or deflected by one material, while heat from the sun is reflected with ultra-white paint.
Haha sadly, hanging your laundry outdoors is illegal here(also, it would freeze in winter), and indoors it takes forever to dry ╥﹏╥
I could be wrong, but I believe pilling is most commonly caused by friction (for example, where your legs rub when you walk), so one thing that would help is not washing clothes that tend to pill with clothes that have hard things like zippers or buttons. The balls might help by cutting down on the time the clothes rub together with the air-gaps they create, but I am not sure.
I have been told before that you can remove pilling with a razor, but please look it up before you try haha.
I like the idea of a wicker basket coffin with natural-fiber clothes....and an added sword just to confuse future archaeologists •ˋᴗˊ•
I am ashamed at myself for missing that opportunity (ノ ゜Д゜)ノ ︵ ┻━┻
You could use Mosquito Dunks (BTI) which uses a bacteria to kill mosquito larvae, but are safe for fish, pets, and adult insects.
You could use Mosquito Dunks (BTI) which uses a bacteria to kill mosquito larvae, but are safe for fish, pets, and adult insects.
Yes, water is very common! Another option I sometimes see is rock incorporated into the build in some way (like a stone wall).
Here's an example:
Sadly, I do not. However, both those are community owned, so if you are convincing enough, maybe your community could come up with something haha
Not sure! It does not say on their website. Here's the info they have:
Partners with Sun invented and patented the first Industrial Solar Oven. The Solar Oven has been successfully tested and launched in the year 2022. The Solar Oven cuts up to 80% of the bakery’s fuel bill and improves its production efficiency, increasing its profits and savings. The Solar Oven is embedded with IoT technology to optimize energy consumption and production processes
There is also a video here, if you just want to see more of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MEw6TFSu-E
Haha agreed! I often have “why did we stop doing this” thoughts.
I think you’ll also find Transom windows interesting, as well as Qanats paired with wind towers. 🙂
Yes you’re right. 😆 I apologize: the articles keep calling them A.C’s, and it didn't help that I live somewhere where very few people own any sort of AC or swamp cooler so I didn’t catch the difference.
My town in Alberta, Canada. It actually used to be banned in a lot of Canada, like all of British Columbia, and Ontario. Old-fashioned people think it makes a neighborhoods look "trashy" and start going on about property value.
It's sort of like how a huge amount of apartment buildings don't allow anything on balconies because it's "unsightly."