Archive for July 2011
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell reflect on Paul’s relationship with his very different brother, who visited for a week and a half. They talk about building a positive relationship with someone who has different values based on points of common… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell discuss chapter 5 of Gaia’s Garden, by Toby Hemenway. The chapter was on catching, conserving, and using water. Toby writes of “the 5 fold path to water wisdom,” which includes: 1) having rich soil with… Read more…
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Paul talks with Whip in Bigfork, MT about the ants and aphids on his apple tree. Ant and aphids have a relationship, which he describes, and then he goes into organic vs. permaculture solutions (diatomaceous earth and polyculture). He proposes… Read more…
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Paul, Caleb, and Krista review the movie “Water Harvesting” with Geoff Lawton. They discuss Caleb and Krista doing permaculture in a gravel pitponds and dams–particularly how they need crowns on top. Paul likes his ponds to have water running into… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton, Jocelyn Campbell, and Dave Bennett review chapter 4 of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway. They discuss “dirt” vs “soil.” Paul brings up a recording he saw recently of Alan Savory on desertification, which covers the importance of grazing,… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton, Jocelyn Campbell, and Dave Bennett read Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway and review it chapter by chapter. The forward talks about creating an ecosystem in a jar, and the preface introduces the “meadow-inspired food garden” in which it… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell spend a little time discussing Paul’s podcast style, and then move into intentional community. They use the examples of different communities for different points. They describe Damanhur, a very large community of artists in Italy… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell review the film “Pyramids of Waste,” aka “The Lightbulb Conspiracy.” The main topic of the movie is planned obsolescence, on an international level. They share how a printer will stop printing after a certain page… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell review the films Supersize Me and Fathead. In a nutshell, Supersize Me follows a man who eats fast food for all meals and is intentionally unhealthy, and Fathead follows a man who eats fast food… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell review Atlas Shrugged, the movie, as well as its original book. The two of them strongly disliked the movie, although it is interesting how they portrayed it concerning peak oil in more modern times. They… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell laugh about two summer solstice events they attended in Seattle. The first was with a Transition Town group that sang and drummed together. Not Paul’s thing. They then decided to ask Paul to lead a… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell discuss intentional community. Paul takes a look at human nature, and thinks that not everyone is pure and noble “when shit hits the fan.” He does a little math, showing how with 12 people there… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and friends Rob, Krista, Suzy, and Caleb do some Q & A in the Iron Horse Pub. They cover Sepp Holzer’s approach to fish food in aquaculture, some pond-damming know-how, Sepp Holzer on ponds and the monk, intentional… Read more…
Paul Wheaton discusses the work of Sepp Holzer with a group that just watched the film “Aquaculture.” The group discusses sealing ponds (similarly to how pigs do with their wallowing puddles), making lakes (and dams), and Sepp Holzer’s income. And… Read more…