Greentime Epidose #3 – Something Growing Out Back
Thanks so much for all the support and all the viewer email we’ve gotten! We dig into our mailbag this week, and then after that show off our next project to try and lighten the burden on the world– a new set of vegetable and herb gardens in our apartment. They’re still quite new, but we give some ideas on how to grow food in an apartment cheaply and with limited space.
Links to websites submitted by viewers:
- Josh’s vegan tasting menu (very tasty)
- The Mouth Revolution (very silly)
- Livestock’s Long Shadow (very informative)
Remember, if you have pictures or a link or a question or anything else that you’d like to share with us, you can always email us at greentime@weatherlight.com!
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (protected) (.m4v)
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jp said,
April 7, 2007 @ 7:26 am
We got the podcast this morning, and watched it. It is kind of jerky, even on our fastest Mac – not sure why.
Great cat facetime at the end! Hi! Hi!
We just did the first phase of our rooftop garden this afternoon (well, the first new phase – I want to do an Extensive Rooftop Garden on the terrace.
We took pics – I will post them and send you folks the link.
Rhett said,
April 7, 2007 @ 7:41 am
Thanks for the heads-up, JP. We’ll have a look at the problem. Was it the main Flash video on the site, or did you watch the .mov or .m4v format? That will help us pinpoint the problem.
Rooftop gardens are amazing. Sadly, we can’t do rooftop gardens in a rented apartment! Perhaps there are ideas we can adapt there to our own uses, though.
We look forward to the pics!
jp said,
April 7, 2007 @ 11:22 am
It was the podcast. The other ones don’t do the jerky thing.
We just started our Rooftop Garden test project today!
http://picasaweb.google.com/jpglutting/RooftopGardenPilotProject
Heather said,
April 12, 2007 @ 10:18 am
hey guys- major applause for your vlogging. I’m just starting on my own path toward better green living & like you all, I am very interested in matters of urban sustainability. I believe that cities could help us go green by consolidating resources , building intimate communities & leaving more undeveloped land (very nec. as the earth’s lungs, water filtration & production sources, etc…).
Well planned & green designed cities can make our footprints smaller!
Thanks again for this valuable outreach you are doing-
Heather
Rhett said,
April 12, 2007 @ 10:36 am
Heather, thanks so much for the support and the kind words. We agree very strongly with you that cities can help us all go green. In fact, we believe that denser urbanization needs to be something looked at in a green future. It does consolidate resources and let us live on less land. I really think it would be awesome to see dense condominium communities and apartment complexes begin their own gardening, energy, and food production co-ops because I believe such things are now within reach and represent better choices than the current model of suburban residential development and long distances between the place where food is produced and where it is consumed. Also, transit-focused development needs to be a priority for modern cities. It’s always amazing visiting South Beach, where people skateboard in the streets without fear, when we live in car-centric Ft. Lauderdale.
Just peeked at your blog. You have some great links for things like soap making. We may have to start mining you (with credit, of course) when we start doing more DIY projects. Great to have you on board!
Heather said,
April 12, 2007 @ 11:23 am
“I really think it would be awesome to see dense condominium communities and apartment complexes begin their own gardening, energy, and food production co-ops”
Absolutely, I look around at my own neighborhood & think about how so much space could be put to better use– grow food not landscaping! I live in a fairly green town (Austin, Tx) & even here I see just how much faster we could be pushing & educating toward local economies, public transit (my partner recently started telecommuting- she’s in tech writing so that’s an option for her unlike many- & we are going to sell the lease on our car or turn it in early & take the hit so we can go car free. We have two small electric scoots & between that, walking & public transit, we are doing just fine), and just being more self reliant & less taxing on the planet’s resources. It has the great self benefit of feeling very empowering too, doesn’t it?
Anyway- thanks again. I will def. keep watching the vlog.
Rhett said,
April 12, 2007 @ 12:05 pm
You see a lot of needless landscaping here in South Florida…trust me. The hilarious thing is that the landscaping trees are often coconut palms, and people will go around picking them and then try to sell the coconuts on the sidewalk. In SoFL, everything is for sale.
Amy gets to telecommute, too. I work about 4 miles from where we live, so I’m actually investigating alternative commute options now. I’d ride my bike, but I’d be sweaty when I got to work. Our buses are not really very reliable, either. I’m looking at buying an electric scooter, actually, so I’m curious which ones you own and what you think of them. I’d like one that’s street legal, but many of them are heavy and we live on the second floor, so I don’t know how we’d be able to charge one. How do you guys make it work?
Heather said,
April 12, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Wanna buy the one we are selling on Graig’s? :p (joking, I know shipping the sucka would be a nightmare). Seriously tho- if you can lay your hands on one of these,:
http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/296063271.html
they are the lightest we’ve found, weighing in at 34 lbs. Easy to get on buses (& legal too since it’s electric not gas) & up the steps to our 3rd story apt.. Folds up into a tight little bundle that plugs in anywhere & takes up almost no room in the house. The downside is that I can’t find replacement parts anywhere in the U.S. … grrrrr (when will the U.S. market get the same options that the Asian markets do for electric powered personal transport?)… which is why I’m selling it & why we converted over to Schwinn Stealths. Stealths are also street legal (at least here they are) & even come with seats, but not nearly as luggable up stairs & so we have found it sadly nec. to rent a garage for them, which I also use as extra space to dry / store herbs.
I have plans to get into canning & preserving so the garage space will be utilized for that as well.
Even with the cost of extra storage space- the money we’ll save by giving up our car & more importantly, the lessening of our impact on the environment, makes up for it.
Cat said,
April 24, 2007 @ 6:24 pm
Oooh, what a tasty dinner!!
Thanks for the Greentime love!