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Peak Moment - Natural Buildings for Urban Living Pt1

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 1:24pm
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Wanting to demonstrate that “cities can be less impactful on the planet,” natural builder Lydia Doleman bought and remodeled a Portland house to demonstrate her values. Composting toilets reduce water usage while feeding the soil. Growing food shortens dependencies. Building materials were recycled and/or less toxic. She revised the floor plan to create spaces which encourage shared living rather than separate spaces. She also built Portland’s first permitted straw bale residence a cob studio and. Take a tour with Lydia in part 2.

Peak Moment- Bag It, Packaging Bulk Food With Nitrogen - Jim Wray and Lorraine Webb

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 1:15pm
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Nevada County locals Loraine Webb and Jim Wray demonstrate the how and why of packaging bulk foods with nitrogen. They're using equipment available for community members to use at minimal cost. Jim demonstrates packaging: make plastic bags using a heat sealer, fill with foodstuffs, suck out the oxygen with a small vacuum, then replace the air with nitrogen and seal.

Peak Moment - Creating a Home Graywater System - Trathen Heckman

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:57pm
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Trathen Heckman takes us on a step-by-step tour of how to make a safe, ecological and legal suburban home graywater system. Follow the water as it drains from the bathroom tub (and sink and laundry) through a unique valve leading into the backyard garden. It flows into an optional wetland and underground pond for filtering. The water is then piped below ground to several destinations in the yard, where it will supply water for plants growing above it.

Peak Moment - For the Love of Trees Jerry Becker

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:32pm
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Though born and raised elsewhere, Jerry Becker is now a de facto indigenous member of Oregon's Elk River watershed. The credo he lives by is Respect. He and his family have lived lightly "long before it was cool." An ecoforester, Jerry manages the woods sensitively with an eye to its wholeness.

Peak Moment - Building Ecologically Sensible Home and and Gord Baird

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:30pm
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Wanting to live a "reasonable, comfortable life" in tune with nature, Ann and Gord Baird are building a "net zero energy" home on rural Vancouver Island. Their plans: a thick-walled cob house with passive solar heating. Wind and solar panels to provide electricity. Solar thermal hot water for domestic use and radiant heating. Composting toilets to enrich the earth for orchard, gardens and chickens. Rainwater catchment and a well for domestic and irrigation water. Follow their progress at www.eco-sense.ca.

Peak Moment - Energy Independence Americas Road Not Taken Glenn Rambach

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:25pm
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Energy researcher Glenn Rambach's charts show how America budgeted for energy independence following the OPEC embargo in 1973. Then the Reagan administration switched to having "the market" create research incentives, so federal funding declined severely. He says we've lost 30 years, are spending in the wrong places, and need to get back to serious research in energy development.

Peak Moment - Economic Localization - A Community Rediscovering Itself

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:23pm
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In this freewheeling conversation, Jason Bradford and Brian Weller, co-founders of Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL), discuss local food security, creating a farm at a nearby grade school, being rooted in community, urban / rural friction in wealth and land use, regional trading partners, reinventing local public transportation, and more. (www.willitseconomiclocalization.org).

Peak Moment - Practical Tools to Grow an Intentional Community

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:20pm
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Communities Magazine editor Diana Leafe Christian concisely spells out what the successful 10% of intentional communities do: common vision and purpose, fair participatory decision-making, clear agreements in writing, good balance of right and left-brain knowledge, methods of staying accountable to agreements, criteria for new members, good communication and processing skills. She also discusses peak oil effects on the wider community. (www.creating-a-life-together.org).

Peak Moment - Post Carbon Cities - Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 11:29am
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Smart municipalities are planning and preparing for energy vulnerability and climate change. Daniel Lerch, manager of the Post Carbon Cities project, has prepared a guidebook including case studies of cities large and small planning how to maintain essential services in the face of energy and climate uncertainty. (www.postcarboncities.net).

COVID-19 Community Report March 2, 2021 - Student Voices Pt1

Submitted by Autumn Labbe-Renault on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 10:16am
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COVID-19 Community Report - Episode #54 - March 2, 2021 - Student Voices Pt1

This is a video made using the audio content from the KDRT 95.7 LP-FM show, found here:

http://kdrt.org/audio/covid-19-community-report-march-2-2021-student-voi...

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hosted by Autumn Labbe-Renault, Exectutive Director of Davis Media Access, on KDRT 95.7 LP-FM. Tuesdays, Noon-12:30pm.