Steve,
the book I was talking about was called 'Solviva'. You can get some of the
info. from the book at the web site below. One idea I had would be to also
plant cottonwood, aspen, and/or other very fast growing trees at the margins
of your Bioremediation area, and that way you can grow
I did find it once hiding on a shelf in local library, town of 10,000,
so it's been around. Kind of an interesting book, if a bit dated now.
Author was Duane Elgin, IIRC
Maybe you can get some funding from the Gates Foundation and the
Carnegie Foundation (if still around) for your local
It's a possibility I will look into.
Steve Spence
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 01:08 am, Steve Spence wrote:
For the next 6 months, we will be collecting rain water for drinking
and washing. We will be collecting heat from the sun and from a wood
fire. We will cook with wood. We will generate electricity from the
sun and wind for lights,
Greg,
Are you looking for anything in particular? I do some small scale
bio-remediation using straw and sawdust/shavings to grow mushrooms, it then
becomes compost for my garden.
The sawdust is something I like better because I can get as much as I want
for free. I need to pay for the
I been trying to collect info on it and it's usage on the small scale, ever
since I read a book Slovinia ( I think it was called ) that mentioned it.
Greg H.
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fred,
what type of mushrooms are you using to remediate, and what is it that your
remediating? sorry if i came in kinda late on this one but was just curious.
josh
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I have been playing with woodchips contaminated with oil and gasoline. The
experiment that I have been working with came from a project that Paul
Stamets has been doing.
See: http://fungi.com/mycotech/mycova.html
So far the strain of oyster mushroom that I have will eat just about
anything.
You'll first re-discover the library. Carnegie did one good thing, at
least, in his life.
On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 01:07 PM, Steve Spence wrote:
I haven't, but I will. Anyone want to send me a copy? I have no budget
to
buy any more books.
I am most enamored with Jenkins
I too love composting all biologic outputs. It means that I am not tied to
the septic system, which I now use for grey water. It is also nice to have
facilities at the back of the land, so I am not constantly driving back and
forth when working back there. [Bushes don't work too well for
I'm looking at a constructed wetlands (pond) for grey water, and harvest the
cattails and water hyacinths for the compost bin. This will attract a lot of
wild life for our enjoyment.
Steve Spence
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Great idea! I didn't know about alternative building methods, compost
toilets, biofuels or anything else healthy when I put my septic in. It is
a jet style, with aerator and pump that uses lots of electricity the way
they set it up. We replace their aerator with one for a large aquarium,
I have been looking around the internet for info about Bioremediation, for
some time, and have not found much on the homeowner scale. About every thing
so far, has been on the industrial / commercial scale. Have you found much
for the small scale use of Bioremediation? If so were?
Greg H.
The local library is pretty sparse. The only book they had for solar or
renewables was an old copy of the realgoods sourcebook. They have a
interlibrary loan system, and there are 4 colleges within 20 miles, which
should have decent libraries.
Steve Spence
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My family and I go camping often, and I've often wondered what it
would be like to live in the great outdoors. No public power, no
well, no sewer, no common conveniences that we have been led to
believe are necessary. This is the beginnings of my Living with
Less diary. It's sort of born of
great idea, thanks.
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Good luck.
Have you read Voluntary Simplicity?
I
On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 08:08 AM, Steve Spence wrote:
My family and I go camping often, and I've often wondered what it
would be like to live in the great outdoors. No public power, no
well, no sewer, no common conveniences that we
I haven't, but I will. Anyone want to send me a copy? I have no budget to
buy any more books.
I am most enamored with Jenkins Humanure (have autographed copy).
Composting all biologic outputs saves me over 6000 gallons of water per
person, per year.
Makes rain water recovery much more
Great idea. This to me is the ideal lifestyle (short of returning to hunter
gathering). A lifestyle I myself am working towards(funny how in our society
living in the city one needs to work towards having less). Also working on
convincing my partner about it as well.
I eagerly await further
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