Today I decided to do something to change the world. I built a solar clothes dryer. It wasn’t my first, and it only took about an hour to put it up. One thing is for certain, it’ll save money and won’t foul up the air and water. Here are step-by-step instructions for how you, too [...]
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Filed under Environment,Journal,Take Action
Hanging Out to Dry
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jul 10th 2010
Filed under Journal
Finding our Magic Land
September 2004: We had just finished our 2nd cross-country bicycle ride (from San Francisco to New York City) in August when the Realtor called to say he found a buyer for our cottage in Fort Erie Canada. The bad news was that the buyers wanted to expedite the closing and we were stranded on Stanton [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jun 28th 2010
Filed under Design,Innovation
Human Powered Lawn-mower
Ted Wojcik of Ted Wojcik Custom Bicycles designed and built this pedal-powered lawn mower with a fixed gear in it so it can go forward and backward — which is essential when using a push-mower. When you stop pedaling, it stops moving so it doesn’t require brakes. I doubt if it would be a good [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jun 17th 2010
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Welcome to Built from TRASH!
// < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = "pub-6956232819465524"; /* 728x15, created 6/8/10 */ google_ad_slot = "7744669726"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 15; // ]]> This blog tells the tale of how we built a house using as construction materials, old tires, newspapers, bottles, used lumber, scrap metal and a free house trailer. When we bought the land, [...]
3 Comments Papercrete Maven on Apr 11th 2010
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