Saw this on Boing Boing and had to share

"The Liberator project aims to make an "open source" compressed earth block machine that can turn out 3-5 blocks per minute for a total cost of $1,000-$1,350. That's enough blocks to build a new house every day, turning dirt into shelter. The project page does a good job of making the case for the efficiency of compressed earth blocks, challenging some of the conve… Continue

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Is Frozen better than Cartoned Orange Juice?

NYTIMES BLOG POST about Energy use for errands, and in food production

I find this topic endlessly fascinating, and slightly scary. Just as we make headway with people understanding their impact will we confuse and distract them with fuzzy science?