Guerilla Gardening -Seattle

 
On my walk back to my apartment from the postoffice in Capitol Hill/Seattle I found a garden. Situated in an open space on the other side of a parking lot. LOVE IT! GO SEATTLE. THERE SHOULD BE NO LAWN (in the traditional sense). WHY in the WORLD should we have a lawn that requires chemicals.......... to be green?
Repeat after me "NO LAWN--PLANT GARDENS--NO LAWN--PLANT GARDENS"

DICK's of SEATTLE!--COMPOSTING!

Gotta LOVE the fact that a fast food restaurant is composting and recycling ALL of their waste. They don't even have a container marked 'trash' anymore! Dick's Drive-In Restaurant! COMPOST THIS totally approves what you doing!! Oh and I have to say that the real-deal potato fries are not only hot but really good!

Gotta Love Denver! RIDE THE ZIP BIKES!

The other week I was out visiting my sister and brother-in-law who live in Denver. DENVER has got it goin' on I say! RIDE THE ZIP! (red) BIKES! The bike sharing program! Basically it is a zipbike! You become a member of the program and then you can rent the bike! It comes with a cool heavy duty basket and a lock! Read about the RED BIKE PROGRAM HERE! HOW COOL IS THAT! I love this idea. WE NEED IT IN SEATTLE. Dang..........if Denver can do

it ..........COME ON SEATTLE!

Photo by Tracy..........8/2010

LOO WATT---CHECK IT OUT!

http://www.loowatt.com/index.html

UPDATE!  LOO WATT has a NEW website!  Check it out!

Great job Virginia Gardinier! This industrial student designer has created LOO WATT a composting toliet that creates energy! Create energy from your poo! ROCK ON! Check out Dwell.com's video "The Bathroom Re-invented".

Earlier this year I posted a entry on composting toliets. I had found loowatt----but it was under construction! NOW it is READY to GO!

The exterior of the toliet is made out of manure as well.........a composite!! I have my friend Teppei to thank for sharing this video with me! Thanks Teppei!

Betcha' didn't know that you can buy all of these toliets (with the notable exception of the Loo Watt) on Amazon.com!  I wonder if they qualify for free shipping?  Click on the image above for more details!

Tini Tiney Homes---YES! FINALLY!

GO JAPAN!

Check out these amazing small homes. One of which is built on just 40 square feet (the size of a small parking space!)

Photo on the Via house blog.

Swap out the VW for an electric (solar re-chargeable) car and I'm in!