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An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1552 seconds Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental home -- a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, "How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?" Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in progress. [www.whitesagegarden s.com] Related: garden, gardening, renter, saving, seed, sustainability, sustainable

How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House? Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1672 seconds Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system - watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort. Related: bees, catchment, chickens, composting, donella, food, gardening, home, irrigation, meadows, rainwater, vermiculture, worms

Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1456 seconds Peak Moment 37: Jan Spencer shows his quarter-acre permaculture project transforming a typical suburban lot. Lawn and driveway were replaced with fruit and nut trees, vegetables, brambles, and native habitat, plus a 3500 gallon rainwater catchment system, a sunroom heating the house, and a small detached bungalow to increase residential density. Related: food, garden, gardening, jan, permaculture, renewal, spencer, suburb, suburban

Self-sufficient Small Farms Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1733 seconds Peak Moment 6: Small acreages can produce a lot! Janet Brisson shows the home-canned and dried vegetables, fruit, and beans she cultivates along with chickens and bees. Renee Wade talks about practices that suit the land: her drier property is better suited to raising goats. Related: farm, farmer, food, local, self, small, sufficiency

A Natural Builder Creates an Ecovillage Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1323 seconds Peak Moment 38: Tour an urban ecovillage on less than two acres only five minutes by bicycle from the center of Eugene, Oregon. Builder Robert Bolman uses natural materials like sensitively-harveste d wood, earth and straw in the several beautiful, well-insulated, non-toxic structures surrounding the central shared gardens. Related: bolman, builder, building, community, ecovillage, intentional, maitreya, natural, robert

101 Solutions to Global Climate Change Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1680 seconds Peak Moment 26: Author Guy Dauncey's lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition. Related: change, climate, dauncey, energy, guy, moment, oil, peak

Go Electric: Bike Commuting Made Easy Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1657 seconds Peak Moment 40: Catch Sally Lovell's enthusiasm for her electric-assist bicycle. Her comprehensive primer covers bicycle types, battery recharging, practices and products for security, inclement weather, and road safety. Gotta love that trailer for hauling stuff! Related: bicycle, bike, commuting, electric, energy

	Alcohol Can Be a Gas, Part 2 Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1679 seconds Peak Moment 79: David Blume, Founder, International Institute for Ecological Agriculture, Soquel, California Related: alcohol, biodiesel, ethynol, fuel, liquid

Peak Oil, Peak Coal, and Beyond Posted by: peakmoment Video duration: 1679 seconds Peak Moment 63: Hot topics from Richard Heinberg: record-high U.S. fuel prices; the ethanol big-business boondoggle; coal projected to peak about a hundred years early (around 2020); what the climate change discussion is missing; and the benefits of "going local." [www.richardheinberg .com] Related: change, climate, coal, ethanol, gasoline, oil, peak, prices