Forum: Project Avalon General Discussion
11-24-2008, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,187
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Forum: Project Avalon General Discussion
10-28-2008, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 9,460
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Forum: Project Avalon General Discussion
10-28-2008, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 9,460
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
10-21-2008, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 15,142
Foldable Houses
Lots of good info on this topic. Thanks, Sylph 16, for posting the links to the simple foldable buildings manufactured in Canada. I wonder why more aren't content with simpler, smaller dwellings? ...
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Forum: Project Avalon General Discussion
10-06-2008, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 183
Views: 33,573
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Forum: Visions of the Future
10-05-2008, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
10-05-2008, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,447
Such a Timely Reminder...
Thanks for naming what many of us are feeling. Yes, somewhere in our spiritual journey, we learned to zero in on the place within the body that holds our discomfort. It is such a simple tool, but...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-28-2008, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,901
Dwelling portably
One enterprising couple has been living in the mountains of Oregon by choice, in temporary shelters, for years without being detected or run out of their habitat. They have been editing a...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-28-2008, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 16,457
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-28-2008, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,190
Website for 34-room Retreat Center
We no longer own the 34-room complex we built, but I found a website with pictures to give you some idea of the land, the layout, and what we did with it:
www.oaksresortnc.com
It was part of a...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-28-2008, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,190
Re: Radiant zones - land ideas
Seva, have you ever visited Jacques Fresca's The Venus Project, in Venus, FL? If you are close enough, it would give you GREAT INSIGHT into what is possible. He and his partner built several...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-28-2008, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,334
Where to buy Washing Soda???
I have looked EVERYWHERE for the washing soda. Anybody got a good lead on where to buy it?
Plain old baking soda is excellent as a toothpaste, and as a scouring agent. I use a container with...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-28-2008, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,646
Re: Preparing to Live with the Natural World
For years, I lived quite content in the Appalachian mountains on the North Carolina/Georgia border, making peace with the noisy crickets who sought warmth in the winter, or lady bugs so prolific they...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-27-2008, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 16,457
Keel-kooled refrigeration
Most refrigeration systems require a condensing unit that throws off the heat. The keel-kooled unit is installed underneath the boat so that the heat disipates in the water. The colder the water,...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-26-2008, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 16,457
Re: Need advice - How to live Non-Electrically
We live quite well now "off the grid" on our boat. We utilize wind and solar to run lights, tvs, fans, laptops, refrigeration, whatever our power needs. Yes, as long as it is available, I LIKE my...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-19-2008, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 15,142
Re: Hobbit 'Habitat' House
You've already discovered the way to do it. Of course nobody would say a word about you building your daughter a playhouse! And who would know if you moved into it and rented out your main house? ...
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Forum: Archived Threads - Read Only
09-19-2008, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,581
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Forum: Archived Threads - Read Only
09-18-2008, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,542
In the middle of the Foreclosure Belt
When I bike around the local neighborhoods here, I see grass growing out of bounds, newspapers piling up around driveways, and vacant houses row after row. It is foreclosure city, second highest...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-18-2008, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 15,142
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-16-2008, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,599
Domes for the World - Eco-Shells
Another project provides long-term shelter for hurricane and tsunami victims in Haiti and in Indonesia. The Monolithic Dome Institute teaches the local people how to construct the shelters - you can...
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-15-2008, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,891
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Forum: Preparations / Advice
09-12-2008, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 16,177
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Forum: South America
09-11-2008, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,257
Re: Costa Rica Info on coming in by sailboat
We'd like to come to Costa Rica by sailboat. Are there other boats moored in the bays, not docked at marinas? Are there good sea breezes so one does not need air-conditioning? (We don't need it on...
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