Over the past few weeks, as we have moved in and settled into our new house in Port Alberni, I’ve been exploring ways to conserve energy. I intend to be in the house for the Long Haul… and since we will, over the next few weeks and months, be painting, roofing and doing yard work …
Category Archives: Environment
French win ITER Fusion reactor site
After a rather long and nasty battle, a site has finally been chosen to host the ITER Fusion reactor. (Audio Podcast Available) ITER is an international consortium consisting of the EU, US, China, Russia, France, the UK, and Japan. France and Japan had been the last two countries battling for the prestige, and jobs, that …
Underground Urban Farming in Tokyo
The first time I saw an Urban farm was in Tokyo. I was visiting my friend there and across the street, in what would have been just an empty lot in Canada, was little farm plot. (Audio Podcast Available) There are thousands of them throughout Tokyo… they are immaculately tended and, according to my friend, …