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Richard Teasta on Composting

Richard Teasta from Richard Teasta Naturals shares with Birn Activist on how about his family’s three system compost set-up. There are a number of different techniques that people use when they start composting, each one has it’s own set of advantages and disadvantages depending upon what you expect from the final product. I have found [...]

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A Great Speech

A Great Speech

It is without a doubt one of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was given by none other than a comedian by the name of Charlie Chaplin.  The speech itself is from the film The Great Dictator (1940) where Chaplin plays a poor Jewish barber mistaken for Adolf Hitler. Something to think about this [...]

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Dust Factory Vintage Making a Difference Through Textile Recycling

Dust Factory Vintage Making a Difference Through Textile Recycling

Dust Factory Vintage in San Diego, California has been making a difference when it comes to recycling textiles for redistribution into the retail market.  “The fashion industry continually repeats itself with a 15 year gap between what is Hip and what is not.” said on of Dust Factory Vintage founders John Charles, “Those in the [...]

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GMO Film Project

GMO Film Project

Do you know what GMO stands for? If you do not you are like most American’s that have no idea what it stands for either. Neither did the documentary film maker of the GMO Project until his discovery of GMOs through the symbolic act of poor Haitian farmers burning seeds in defiance of Monsanto’s gift [...]

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Home Made Aquaponics

Home Made Aquaponics

So this is what people have sent in for their home made aquaponics units. These are smaller diy units that people have built in their back yards or apartments. rel=”shadowbox”

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Escondido Tilapia Farm

Escondido Tilapia Farm

Recently I made a trip out to Escondido, which is in East San Diego County  to visit the fellas over at the Escondido Tilapia Farm. Out there they have a sustainable set up to raise Tilapia for local fish farmers and urban aquaponic fanatics like myself.   Compost Pile Water Heating System The tiplapia are [...]

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Earthquakes and Survival Kits, Not Scared Just Prepared.

Earthquakes and Survival Kits, Not Scared Just Prepared.

The earth has been shaking and rattling especially in the Pacific on a fault line that experts refer to as “the ring of fire” that encircles the entire Pacific Ocean. About a Year ago Chile had a massive earthquake that most of us still remember, then we another large earthquake in New Zealand not that [...]

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Aquaponics Technology

Aquaponics Technology

The practice of Aquaponic farming is not a new technology, it dates back to the Aztecs, but recently it has has been re-discovered. Aquaponic farming combines the techniques of Aquaculture (fish farming) and Hydroponics (plants grown in water) to create the most sustainable food production system on earth. The system works by using a type [...]

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Raising Tilapia

Raising Tilapia

Tilapia (pronounced /təˌlɑpiə/) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fishes from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapias inhabit a variety of fresh and, less commonly, brackish water habitats from shallow streams and ponds through to rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Most tilapias are omnivorous with a preference for soft aquatic vegetation and [...]

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Applied Aquaponics

Applied Aquaponics

Applied Aquaponics is indeed our inspiration. They are doing exactly what we see doing and have help us to realize that our vision and dream are realities. The Casa De Esperanza project was a large aquaponics project installed at a home for battered women and children just outside Ensanada, BC. They combined the simple aquaponics [...]

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I am a big fan of organic gardening, I also like sharing with those around me on how we can grow our own.

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