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August 26, 2015
Community, Edible Landscaping, Farms, Gardening, Gardens, Harmful Chemicals, Health, Locavores, Permaculture, Sustainable, Technology, Uncategorized
Consumables, Edible Landscaping, Greening Home, Healthy, LEED, organic, Sustainable
What does it really mean to be green, everyone seems to have a different idea of what green is? We use the term green for everything such as buildings to drinks, home furnishings to laundry detergents, electricity to mouthwash. Let’s…
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October 12, 2014
Community, Our House, Permaculture, Sustainable, Uncategorized
carbon foot print, economy, millennial's
I have three millennial’s that I call my sons, like most parents I am concerned for their futures wanting them to have more than we did growing up. So I have tried to study their patterns of communications, buying, their…
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Administrator
September 12, 2014
Biodiesel, Design, Sustainable, Technology, Uncategorized
Alternative Fuel, M1009, Waste Vegetable Oil, WVO
I know it has been a long time since I updated you on the progress of the waste vegetable oil project vehicle, but that has been for a few very good reasons. The most important reason is the fact that…
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Administrator
August 28, 2014
Harmful Chemicals, Organic, Sustainable, Uncategorized
autism, food safety, home safety, organic, recycle
Every day I look at the news headlines and I wonder if everyone has just gone insane. Some days I do wonder. There seems to be a definite chasm between government, big business, and conventional agriculture versus the non-conventional agriculture,…
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January 7, 2014
Community, Design, Edible Landscaping, Gardens, Permaculture, Sustainable, Uncategorized
Great Lakes Permaculture, PDC Class, Permaculture, Training, Weekend PDC
Weekend Classes Due to busy schedules and the strong interest in a weekend class, Great Lakes Permaculture will be providing a weekend set of classes starting in April 5/6, 12/13, 26/27, May 3/4, 10/11. The classes will be on Saturday…
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December 23, 2013
Design, Solar, Straw Bale, Sustainable, Technology
Brian Waite, Crucks House, green building, straw bale, zero energy
We have talked about straw bale houses before, they are energy efficient and can be easy to build depending on your preferences. I am happy to say that my youngest son Joel is planning a straw bale home in the…
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August 27, 2013
Edible Landscaping, Gardens, Permaculture, Sustainable, Uncategorized
Edible Landscaping, figs, Perennial Plants
Figs are an ancient fruit that stir strong emotions with many immigrant groups that settled to this country, but the love of this delectable fruit goes back in time much further than a few hundred years. One of the earliest…
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April 14, 2013
Farms, Permaculture, Sustainable, Uncategorized
Forest, Mushroom
Sister Jane Omlor 419-448-7485 Franciscan Earth Literacy Center 194 St. Francis Avenue Tiffin, Ohio 44883 www.felc.sfctiffin.org The Franciscan Earth Literacy Center has teamed up with Great Lakes Permaculture to provide a two hour seminar on “Forest Farming in Northwest Ohio.”…
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April 13, 2013
Community, Sustainable, Technology
Algae
Germany has many technological advances when it comes to energy efficiency, net zero housing, and energy production systems, but a housing project powered by algae has to be one of the most unusual ideas that have come from them in…
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March 20, 2013
Farms, Gardens, Permaculture, Sustainable, Uncategorized
medicinal mushrooms, Mushrooms, Mycelium
I admit that I have a limited knowledge of the mycelium of fungus, but the more I study the more I am fascinated by what it does and what we can do with it. How did I get to the…
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