These Solar Roads Could Power An Entire Country
A small US-based company called Solar Roadways are developing a solar road surface that, if installed on roads nationwide, has the potential to produce more renewable energy than the entire country...
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The World’s Largest Rooftop Farm Sets the Stage for Urban Growth
Although the trend is only just starting catch on in the States, European countries adopted green-roofs years ago as a way to provide insulation, create habits for local wildlife, improve oxygen levels...
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Garden Didn’t Take This Year? Here's How To Join a CSA!
Although the Internet is full of information that can make gardening seem like some shadowy art form that only a select few are capable of pulling off successfully, the truth is that growing fresh...
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The Ugly Truth about Technology
We love technology at Resilient Communities. The way I see it, any cool gizmo or gadget we can use to further our efforts in self-sufficiency, the better off we are. Granted, many of these...
View ArticleDon’t Throw it Away…Bring It to a Repair Café
What do you do when one of your chair legs breaks, your microwave stops working or the vacuum cleaner no longer works like it used to? For most of us, the answer is straightforward. We throw the broken...
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Does Death Loom Over the CSA Already?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a hot topic and has been for a few years as the demand for locally grown produce has skyrocketed throughout the country. I am 100% in favor of joining a CSA (or...
View ArticleIs True Self-Reliance a Myth?
Self-reliance is a wonderful ideal that is hardwired in the American psyche. Stories of the pioneers who went west and set up homesteads give us a romantic feeling that can draw us toward a rural way...
View ArticleHarvesting the Three Sisters Garden for Self-Sufficiency
There was a time long ago when most Americans planted, cultivated, harvested and ate their own crops. The fresh bounty of nutritional foods grown in fertile fields formed the foundation of American...
View ArticleWhen the Power Goes Out, People Go Out
Yesterday at about 15:40 local time, San Diego lost power—along with many other parts of Southern California, Arizona, and Mexico. Our power was out for 11 hours. The experience was fascinating for me,...
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Don’t Throw Away Your Wealth
I met Dr. T.H. Culhane a couple of years ago at a National Geographic conference. He is on a lifelong mission to help the world’s poor, both urban and rural, bootstrap themselves out of poverty and...
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