Last night, Elisia and I attended a meeting of the West Virginia Legislature’s Select Committee on Marcellus Shale, which was held in the Robert C. Byrd auditorium in Clarksburg, WV. […]
How To Cut & Pack a Tire
It is nearly impossible to fill a tire without cutting out the top wall. If you don’t, it takes twice the time and effort, and when the clay dirt settles, […]
Get Off Your Duff & Don’t Rest on Your Laurels
This the story of Duff & Laurel*, a rather apathetic and passive couple who slog through life unenthusiastically. As a young woman, Laurel had been involved in a community action […]
A Realistic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Natural Resource Extraction in WV
As a citizen of West Virginia, I want our state to have a vibrant economy so that every person living here is able to provide for their families. Equally important […]
Don’t Just Gripe, Do Something!
As I am writing this post, oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico (resulting from the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig) at a rate never before seen. […]
Our Papercrete Recipe
When we were researching papercrete, we found many different recipes and mixer-types. After trying various recipies and because we have a clay-based soil on our land, we settled on the following […]