Archive for January, 2010

Notes From Urban Homestead 1-27-10

What’s going on in sustainability:
As I said in the last blog, the winter time for me is a time of great reflection and planning. After witnessing a huge boom to the Iceland economy, an NPR reporter once asked a resident the cause of Icelandic success to which the man responded, “It’s our cold winters. We [...]

Notes From the Urban Homestead 1-20-10

What’s going on in sustainability:
Hopefully many of you will be able to make the Bee Keeping event in Germantown tonight. For more information, please look at the last blog.
As for this blog, I would like to offer something that has been on my mind for some time, and resurfaced last night while brewing beer and [...]

Notes From the Urban Homestead 1-13-10

What’s going on in sustainability:
Although a week and a half in Vermont can really tempt the sustainable person to pack up and move the homestead to the Green Mountains, I can honestly say that I’m very excited to be back in Philadelphia. I’ve only been back for one day and already I’m overwhelmed with all [...]

Notes From the Urban Homestead 1-06-10

I won’t be doing a normal post this week, as I am currently in the midst of a very intense writing retreat at Goddard College. I’ll be back next week with our first forray into a sustainable New Year. However, I’m in the writing mood and want to tell a quick story.
Last night while standing [...]