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 Investing like an Ecosystem: On Solar Heating

Investing like an Ecosystem: On Solar Heating

November 6, 2015

In one of my past blog posts, Investing Like An Ecosystem, I wrote about strategies that promote resilience and anti-fragility. One of the key areas of investment involved asking yourself one [...]

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 Our Permaculture Homestead – Video Tour

Our Permaculture Homestead – Video Tour

February 10, 2015

Join us for a beautiful and info-packed video tour of our permaculture homestead! This is a 3-part series where we explain and explore our: – thriving food forest complete with fruit trees, [...]

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Gains From Catching Rain In Drains: A Video Explanation Of The Rain Tank Project

January 30, 2014

This summer we installed our last major rainwater harvesting feature on our property.  This rain tank is unique because it is integrated into our hardscape (patio) so it’s completely [...]

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Retrofitting a Small Town

October 22, 2013

For the last four years, I have been dreaming of retrofitting a small town with a group of like-minded individuals with a diverse set of skills. I talk a lot about this in my courses, and it [...]

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Bury Your Energy Bills in The Solar Coffin

August 7, 2013

Recently, I was in Invermere again and I visited a friend’s house with a unique take on solar air heating. He has coined his invention the Solar Coffin. This device heats air up to well [...]

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 Come On Out, The Water’s Fine: Rob Talks Rain Tanks!

Come On Out, The Water’s Fine: Rob Talks Rain Tanks!

June 5, 2013
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 MEGGA-Watt? Rise of the Food Garage

MEGGA-Watt? Rise of the Food Garage

May 2, 2013

Today I had the privilege of interviewing Rene Michalak who has started an innovative project called The MEGGA WATT project which is an acronym for The Micro-Energy Generating Garage Assembly [...]

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Stay Tuned For Details Of Our FREE Eco-Transform Talk Right Here In Calgary!

February 1, 2013

After receiving rave reviews from our Edmonton friends we have decided to share our FREE presentation on how we are transforming our little Calgary urban lot into an eco-paradise!   [tab [...]

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Heating The Greenhouse Rocket-Style… The Adventure Continues

January 29, 2013
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The Proof Is On The Roof – An Update On Our Solar Hot Water System!

January 29, 2013

We have had the solar thermal system installed now for almost six months and it has performed flawlessly. Moreover our gas bills have never been so low, in fact most months we are paying more in [...]

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 Our New Hot Water System: How and Why We Went Solar

Our New Hot Water System: How and Why We Went Solar

July 24, 2012

Over the past few years, our goal has been to slowly retrofit our 25 year old house into a little urban permaculture homestead. Most recently, we brought in Simple Solar to install a solar hot [...]

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 The Eco-Transformation of our Home

The Eco-Transformation of our Home

November 9, 2011

For the last three years we have been working hard to convert our Calgary inner city home into a thriving permaculture project complete with a front yard food forest, water-harvesting features, [...]

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 Our $25 Composting Toilet

Our $25 Composting Toilet

September 22, 2011

I'm not sure why it took us so long, but we finally have installed our new composting toilet - which cost us $25 to build. All we are missing is some sawdust, which I plan to pick up this week-end.

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Verge Permaculture’s Urban Gardens in 2011

August 18, 2011

2011 has been an exciting year of observing and interacting with the ecosystem that surrounds our urban home. There have been many successes, and many great learnings! Here is a slideshow that is [...]

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Life at Zaytuna: Closing the Loop

April 11, 2010

(This article on composting toilets was written by our friend, co-conspirator and travel buddy, Lindsay Dailey) In a world where less than 1% of the planet’s fresh water is available for human [...]

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