In December 2009 world leaders meet in Copenhagen to agree on a post-Kyoto policy for tackling climate change. One billion people voting with their light switch during Earth Hour will create a powerful mandate for our leaders to take strong and decisive action on climate change in Copenhagen.
Earth Hour is asking bloggers to help spread
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Simple pleasures gain ground | csmonitor.com
a growing group of Americans who are finding it cathartic to unplug from the digital grid, at least temporarily. While there is no exact data to track how many people are forming knitting groups, hosting house concerts, or organizing family game nights, it is possible to connect the dots between
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The people who work  for the rural water association that supplies water to the area around Two Mile Ranch have had a rough beginning to the new year.

December 31, some of their equipment which helps purify water failed.  Since then, they’ve placed a boil water advisory, and I imagine they have been working some long
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You remember the tv commercial, don’t you.  Sally Struthers, of All in the Family fame, doing the voice over
Do you want to make more money, of course, we all do.
and then the screen scrolled text listing:
High School
TV/VCR repair
Computer programming
Electrician
Animal Care specialist
Auto mechanic
PC repair technician
Book keeping
Legal  Assistant
Medical office management
Hotel/Restaurant mangement
Electronics

What I didn’t know as I watched
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We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love
We’ve got a wave in the air, radar love.
-  Radar Love  – Golden Earring (Hay and Kooymans)
If you live in an partially off grid farm, or you dont have a television or get poor reception, keeping an eye on the weather can be a challenge.  But if you
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In this second part of the 3 part series, there is another option for the disposal of waste.  Incinerating toilets burn everything, leaving minimal or no ashes and what remains is clean.  Ecojohn and Incinolet are two of the better known makers.
The essentials of operation are the use of a paper liner in the bowl
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A composting toilet is not an outhouse.
In a traditional outhouse — either in open ground hold or a concrete holding vault or tank, the waste collects and over time, turns septic.  Much of what contributes to odor is the waste being wet, and as a result, many people dislike outhouses.  There are great outhouse designs
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Even though every person and animal on the planet creates waste, it is an awkward silence that typically follows the beginning of a discussion about toilets, outhouses, and alternative toilets.  In certain public health circles, its every day chatter, but for most of the western world, toilets and their use are not part of regular
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