Category Archives: Sustainability

Fences that disappear

Posted on February 17, 2009 by jkmcintyre


Trim, layer, trim, layer. That’s the sound of us filling our composting fence.

It took us about 45 min to dig hole, plant post, pack gravel, then string the wire mesh. Subsequently, we fill the fence at our leisure.

Drag over the pile of branches from the Japanese maple, break them down, drop them in. Trim the pine, layer the lovely needled limbs. Cut back the hedge, drop it in. Layer on layer to the top. Continue reading →

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All I want for Christmas is more Stuff – not.

Posted on December 17, 2007 by jkmcintyre


During my lunch break today I indulged in a little reading of my favourite blog: No Impact Man. Colin’s one-year experiment in living zero net impact in Manhattan is over, but he’s still blogging to maintain and encourage dialogue on the subject of sustainable lifestyles. Reading back through December posts, I come across a blog on The Story of Stuff. It is a mini-lecture by Annie Leonard with cartoon animation briefly describing the production of consumer goods Continue reading →

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How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Posted on November 12, 2007 by jkmcintyre

Last night we had some friends over for a slow food dinner of homemade salad, curried pumpkin soup, baked potatoes and yams, and apple pie with organic ice cream, most of the ingredients grown in the Pacific Northwest. Yum. We … Continue reading →

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The Attractive Aquatic Menace

Posted on November 9, 2007 by jkmcintyre

So – I’m asked to review a proposal to restore a small section of a local stream such that one mile of spawning habitat will be opened up to potential salmonids. Cool. Or is it? In developed and developing stream … Continue reading →

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