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Yuki Jizo: For Martin Luther King Junior Day

January 17, 2011 By gmoke

"Jizo is an important bodhisattva, an incarnation of the Buddha that has voluntarily renounced Enlightenment in order to guide lesser beings through the realms of creation. Jizo is thought to take particular pity on the souls of dead … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: martin-luther-king, peace, poetry, random

Climate Collaboration Contest

October 11, 2010 By gmoke

I voted for the 350 alternative, the closest this simulation can get to zero emissions, and entered a zero emissions scenario in the last iteration of Climate Collab.  The new program is more detailed than the last but there is still a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, collaboration, ecology, environment, gaming, mit, random, simulation

End Poverty in California

September 28, 2010 By gmoke

End Poverty in California [EPIC] was the platform of Upton Sinclair's campaign for the Governorship of California in 1934.  Sinclair had won the nomination of the Democratic Party although he had been a member of the Socialist Party … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1934, barter-clubs, california, cooperatives, democratic-party, depression, fdr, national, poverty, socialism, upton-sinclair

Tech@State

August 4, 2010 By gmoke

I learned of this series through Jan Chipchase, formerly of Nokia and presently with Frog Design, http://janchipchase.com/2010/0... His presentation http://designmind.frogdesign.c... - text and slides http://www.ustream.tv/recorded... - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cell-phones, economics, haiti, information, jan-chipchase, money, random, state-department, technology

Northeast Biodiesel Groundbreaking August 3, Greenfield, MA

July 26, 2010 By gmoke

What this means for you and for Co-op Power: 1.) We're turning our member equity into a business that will give us a clean energy product many members can use directly to fuel their vehicles or oil heat systems. 2.) If you're a member, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biodiesel, cooperatives, ecology, energy, environment, ma, massachusetts

Weatherization Barnraising Results

July 13, 2010 By gmoke

Here's the announcement and work plan that HEET sent out before the event: Weatherization Barnraising Saturday, June 26th 12:30-5:00 p.m. Attic air-sealing Saturday, June 19th 9-2 Cambridge YWCA Emergency Family Shelter 3 Bigelow Street, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, massachusetts, renewables, weatherizaton

Global Swadeshi: Flat-Pack Emergency Home

June 9, 2010 By gmoke

Add a hand-crank or pedal-powered generator to the solar and you have a reliable supply of electricity day or night, by sunlight or muscle power, a secondary solar source.  Solar IS Civil Defense Add a bicycle and you have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-defense, disaster, ecology, emergency, energy, environment, preparedness, renewables

Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on June 13

June 8, 2010 By gmoke

Our band, the "Band Joists" will play again Learn new skills in lowering energy bills Meet new people in a non-socially awkward setting cause you're all holding hammers and busy working Help the Democracy Center, a nonprofit that houses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, massachusetts, renewables, weatherizaton

How to Change US Energy in One Growing Season

May 28, 2010 By gmoke

2.  Continue with weatherization and solar community events.   Cambridge, MA has been doing monthly weatherization barnraisings since the summer of 2008.  Since then, at least 18 other nearby and distant communities have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, doe, ecology, energy, environment, national, renewables, weatherizaton, white-house

Thought Experiment: Fastfood Containers Recycled into Solar Devices

May 20, 2010 By gmoke

All that I know about simple solar is online at http://solarray.blogspot.com/2... http://solarray.blogspot.com/2... Solar IS Civil Defense cross posted to dailykos.com, eurotrib.com, globalswadeshi.net, and greenmassgroup … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, energy, environment, random, recycling, renewables, trash

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