Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Guerilla Gardening -Seattle

On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without BoundariesGuerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto  Guerrilla Gardening: How to Create Gorgeous Gardens for Free
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"

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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

Friday, August 06, 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!
Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet SystemsEnvirolet DC12 Waterless Composting Toilet System (12VDC Battery), WhiteNature's Head Dry Composting ToiletSun-Mar Excel Non-Electric Self-Contained Composting Toilet, Model# Excel-NEThe PETT™ Portable Environmental ToiletBetcha' 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!

Thursday, August 05, 2010

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!