water filtration how-to

what you need to do is mix some clay with coffee grinds, mold it into a cylinder with one capped end, place it on a dung-heap and light the shit on fire. This "fires" the clay like a kiln. The coffee grinds get burned out leaving a structure of pores that are small enough to let water pass through, but too small for the passage of E.coli etc.

This is a low-tech, low-cost method of filtering water.

check out the link to where I read this:

H20 filter from scratch

things to do in 2005

-start a garden plot in a community garden. Engage the help of various interested individuals. Grow heritage seeds. Produce some amount of food. Learn how to garden using vegetables and herbs that complement each other and prevent infestations naturally.

-Develop a cooking class schedule. tour schools. enable discussion formats on a website or through this blogspot.

-Volunteer at a soup kitchen.

-take cooking classes, media courses, and continue to research herbs, foods and ecology.

-Make music with my computer; buy a soundcard.
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-Curate the "Kid Art" show.

-Finish and find a place for the "exotic" art show.

-learn to crochet. sew spring slothes. make vegetable dyes. Silkscreen the Food series of prints for T-shirts.

-create the web-site that will host all projects. Post pictures and art works.

Boycott listings: just the beginning

Hey-lo, if anyone reads me, I shall like to share a list of suggested boycotts.

First on the list: T.V. dinners: no nutritional value, environmentally rude, depot of chemical companies byproducts. Consumption that keeps people numb and dumb. Contributes to a weak and defenceless body, and mind.

Anti-perspirant: active ingredient Aluminum. Clogs pores in a Lymphatic zone. The hair there means you can rest assured we were designed to sweat from our armpits. The aluminum may seep into the lymph...links to Alzheimer's, other ingredients are petrochemical.

Petrochemical ingredients in general: avoid! if you do not suport war for oil, don't use the war's dirty little products. Do not eat them in your food, wear them in your clothing or apply them to your bodies. don't ingest them as "medicine". a list of the known petrochemical infiltrators is forthcoming. This is all off the top of me head.

Please read all ingredients labels. In general they should be very simple, especially when it's food. Most words should be recognizable. in the case of shampoos, etc..the ingredients are tricky. But a quick google can answer your questions.

I need robotic help

could my dishes just do themselves? could the meals plan and prepare themselves? could a robotic kitchen be the answer to my woes? I, nutritionist, spend hours in the kitchen each day. I insist on cooking all of my own meals save maybe one per week. I am broke so I have to. This is fine, I plan ahead, I make pots of soup, I soak beans....I have some tricks. But you know, it's damn hard doing it for someone else as well. Breakfast lunch and dinner for two everyday. I have become a working wifey. I need time to tap on my keyboard and ramble through interesting links online. I need time to finish my art projects that are stewing and stewing dry. I absolutely need time to develop my plan of action, the best one I have had my whole life....