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Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of science stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Feb 10, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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A few years ago I started a garden project in my friend Ann’s large yard in San Antonio. The yard was previously mostly dead Bermuda grass lawn and a few struggling shrubs. My friend wanted something different, colorful, good for birds and pollinators,...
by Gardening Toad
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on Tue Feb 06, 2024 at 11:54 AM PST
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This is the letter for week 9�of a weekly climate strike that went on for 4 years in front of SF City Hall, beginning early March 2019. �For more context, see this story . �For an annotated table of ...
by birches
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on Sat Jun 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Please allow me to open by acknowledging the many millions who cannot afford to shed tears over middle class drama such as mine. Everybody deserves food, shelter, health care and autonomy. There has been enough to go around for as long as we know, just...
by greenandblue
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on Sun Apr 16, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Before telling my story, allow me to direct your attention to the upcoming Beyond Growth conference, May 15-17, 2023 hosted by the EU Parliament and the 9th International Degrowth Conference 2023 Aug29-Sept02 out of Zegreb, Croatia. Degrowth goes back...
by greenandblue
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on Sun Apr 09, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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GOOD NEWS: 10th ANNUAL FLORIDA LOQUAT FESTIVAL IS COMING UP MARCH 18, 2023 New Port Richey, Florida Frances Ave. Park ~ 6156 Louisiana Avenue, 34653 Ecology Florida and New Port Richey FarmNet with support of the City of New Port Richey, will host the...
by jtietz
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on Sun Mar 05, 2023 at 01:58 PM PST
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FOOD SECURITY, part 1 of 4: Production Food security is a topic that has received increasing coverage in the media and increasing interest among the public over the last decade or so. While each ...
by Curious therapist
288 comments
on Sat Aug 06, 2022 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Geotherapy not geoengineering, please. "Geotherapy refers to the process of restoring the earth’s health by strengthening natural biogeochemical and physiological mechanisms that regulate the earth’s planetary life support systems and control global...
by gmoke
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on Mon Mar 29, 2021 at 09:36 PM PDT
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I grew up on a farm in the loess hills of northwest Missouri where the river bottoms and tillable hillsides were covered in rows of corn, milo, soybeans and winter wheat. For recreation on a Sunday afternoon, my family would get in the car and drive...
by Ezekiel in Exile
54 comments
on Thu Aug 22, 2019 at 04:54 PM PDT
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Welcome to DK Preppers: A place to discuss practical ways to get through emergencies, both short term and long. Topics may include skills for growing, storing and sharing food, lost and historical skill sets, sustainability issues, living and leaving...
by AuntieB
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on Sat Mar 25, 2017 at 08:37 AM PDT
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Sixty five percent of California prisoners - including those who've served their time in San Quentin across the Bay - end up back in prison.
That is insane, not to mention costly. These are people who could be leading lives beneficial to society,...
by jpmassar
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on Mon May 02, 2016 at 11:23 AM PDT
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Planting Justice is a Bay Area organization that is doing amazing work. It's created over 250 edible permaculture gardens in the Bay Area. To create, maintain and farm these gardens they've employed - at a living wage of $17.50/hr - men transitioning...
by jpmassar
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on Tue Apr 19, 2016 at 07:20 AM PDT
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Mature hugelkultur bed after 20 years
I have 5 Ponderosa Pines at the end of my yard. Sure, they're great for shade, but what do you do with trees that shed long needles all over the place and ...
by Gwennedd
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on Sat May 23, 2015 at 05:00 PM PDT
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An urban ecosystem
If you’ve ever tried to grow anything in your garden you’ve probably had your share of unrealized visions. In your rookie year perhaps the tomatoes never turned red or the ...
by citisven
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on Fri Apr 17, 2015 at 04:27 PM PDT
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Personal Note: I have experienced a devastating data loss regarding my now six-year long book project (don't ask - data encryption gone wrong). I was holding back on publishing this diary, thinking ...
by One Pissed Off Liberal
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on Thu Mar 05, 2015 at 10:25 AM PST
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And Squirrels even get a mention....
I was going to just make a comment on one of the comments to yesterday's diary entry, but it got so long I figured I should be better served to make it a diary ...
by SemperEducandis
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on Wed Jul 30, 2014 at 11:23 PM PDT
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And not minding a bit. Loving it, actually!
That price is partly monetary, partly "sweat equity."
The money is for the propane, the slightly-higher power bills from running the stove to process ...
by SemperEducandis
92 comments
on Tue Jul 29, 2014 at 09:13 PM PDT
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EVERYONE should try to garden SOMETHING, even if it's just a couple of tomatoes in pots on the verandah. Some of us get to take it just a =bit= further than just a bit of a garden.
A bit more than ...
by SemperEducandis
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on Thu Jun 12, 2014 at 11:34 PM PDT
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(Cross posted from Permaculture News' forums. I usually don't cross post things, but this time I want to... well save time. I hope you all understand. I'll still check out the comments of course. I'...
by FinchJ
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on Thu Jun 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM PDT
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Ray Archuleta, a conservation agronomist with the National Resource Conservation Service, spoke at the National Conference on Soil and Cover Crops in Omaha this year.
Ray delivered an authoritative ...
by FinchJ
26 comments
on Wed Apr 09, 2014 at 03:08 AM PDT
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