I want a watercone!!

The Healthy House System: "a Water Treatment System, capable of reclaiming water from sewage."

There is a Toronto Demo Healthy House in Riverdale. It's been a private residence for about 5 years now, so no tours. But this site gives a LOT of information on how they did what they did, plus a list of sponsors, facts & figures, ( Read more... )

Oil Crises
The Long Emergency, a Rolling Stone article by James Howard Kunstler
Life After the Oil Crash, quasi-alarmist in tone, but there are links aplenty for further research
The Olduvai Theory: Sliding Towards a Post-Industrial Stone Age by Richard C. Duncan, Ph. D.
Hubbert peak from Wikipedia

Practical Information
The Humanure Handbook ( Read more... )

If you are already thirsty, it is too late to start digging the well.

So the oil's going to run out eventually, and sooner than we'd all like to think about or admit. Or there'll be another blackout and the power just won't come back on -- or it'll be extremely limited when and where it does return. And where will that leave us? Up shit creek ( Read more... )