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	<title>Trailer Park Girl</title>
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		<title>Permaculture Basics: Energy</title>
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(”Energy” segment that I put together for a Permaculture Basics  Weekend)
• “Renewable energy” typically refers to solar power (which can be  further divided into photovoltaic and passive solar); wind; biomass  (wood, dung, etc.); hydroelectric; and human power. Because energy goes  into everything we make or do, its on-site/local generation and wise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Sustainable Food!</title>
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In my previous entry I mentioned the Sustainable  Food Center. This is an Austin-based nonprofit whose mission is to  “create a Food-Secure community by improving access to local, healthy,  and affordable food for children and adults in Central Texas.”
SFC carries out its mission by offering free classes in gardening and  food-preservation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=176</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Permaculture Events in Austin</title>
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- On Saturday May 10, the Sustainable  Food Center, a heroic Austin nonprofit, is hosting a workshop on  food preservation (canning, freezing, drying) herbs, fruits, and  vegetables. It’s from 10 a.m. to noon. at Camacho Activity Center on  Robert Martinez in East Austin. Free, but registration is required.  Contact Emily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=178</link>
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		<title>Pocket Neighborhoods</title>
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You may have heard me talk about tiny  houses (also known as pocket  pads). Now I hear there’s at least one person out there designing pocket  neighborhoods.
The development of tiny homes sold out quickly. This reminds me of a  quote I’ve heard, to the effect that people who say that some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=180</link>
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		<title>I Brake for Loquats</title>
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Yesterday I was pedaling home from somewhere. When I was within a  couple of blocks of home, I happened to look down and see a telltale  small, orange-yellow oval shape on the pavement. A hallmark of April in  central Texas, those little squashed ovals. About the size of a huge  olive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Green White Knight in the ‘Hood</title>
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An interesting trend has hit our South Austin neighborhood. Seems  that some super-wealthy, eccentric, and very GREEN old geezer has been  buying up one big, boxy mega-mansion after another, as fast as they can  build ‘em. You know the mansions I’m talking about: the massive, shiny  cubes that have been replacing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intentional Community and Edible Lawns</title>
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In the sustainability sphere, I recommend two free, public events  coming up this week:
1) Austin  Permaculture Guild’s talk/presentation on intentional community,  co-housing, eco-villages. Slides, video, discussion.
Date/time: Wednesday March 12, 7pm
Place: Habitat Suites Hotel, 500 E. Highland Mall Dr.
More info: 512-619-5363 / www.permie.us
2) Reception to kick off Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #5, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=186</link>
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		<title>Permaculture Basics Weekend May 17-18</title>
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The Austin Permaculture Guild is having its next Permaculture Basics  Weekend this spring, May 17-18. Class is all day both days, and will  include lecture, discussion, and group exercises. For more information,  check out www.permie.us
Hope you’ll join us! It’ll be fun! Oh, I should mention, I’m going to  be one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=188</link>
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		<title>Library Trippin’</title>
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So here I am in the downtown library, not my neighborhood SoCo  branch. Downtown library is nice, big, clean, well-stocked (full of  language tapes among other things!), but NOISY. First there’s some  French woman on a cellphone, recounting her woes at length in detail to  the customer-service flunky of some vacuum-cleaner-bag [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=190</link>
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		<title>Coffee Cup Wisdom</title>
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(Written on my student’s take-out cup from Starbucks): “So called  ‘global warming’ is just a secret ploy by wacko tree-huggers to make  America energy-independent, clean our air and water, improve the fuel  efficiency of our vehicles, kick-start 21st-century industries, and make  our cities safer and more livable. Don’t let them get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dfly.us/blog/?p=192</link>
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