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podcast 530 – Permaculture Smackdown 2 – Part 2

Published 3 years ago in Podcasts - 0 Comments

Episode two of the Permaculture Smackdown continues with Opalyn Rose, Katie, and Mark. In this part the questions are posed by Paul’s patrons. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies.

224 – Poop Beast Part 2

Paul Wheaton and Heath Carrey continue their discussion on sewage treatment and poop beasts that started in podcast 223. They continue with their concerns on using the wood from the poplar project because of the pharmaceutical, the chemicals, and the heavy metals that could be present in the poop Kool-Aid. Heath talks about what the poplar project […]

223 – Poop Beast Part 1

Published 11 years ago in irrigation , Permaculture , Podcasts , Poop Beast - 0 Comments

After visiting Missoula’s wastewater treatment plant, Paul and Heath Carrey from Montana organization of Soil scientist talk about human bodily waste management and poop beasts. They talk about the poplar project of the Missoula wastewater treatment plant to process poop Kool-Aid by putting it on a plot of poplar trees as a way to reduce the amount of […]

149 – No Soap or Shampoo

Published 11 years ago in less toxic living , Podcasts - 0 Comments

Paul Wheaton and Alex Ojeda talk about going without soap or shampoo. Paul talks about being poopaphobic. Alex talks about urine. Paul talks about peeing outside. Paul talks about saponin plants, and people using antibacterial soaps that go down the drain to their septic systems. They talk about water softeners. They talk about drinking various […]

Tags: greywater , soap , water

121 – Natural Swimming Pools Part 1

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Paul Wheaton talks with Anna Birkas about Natural Swimming Pools, the subject and the DVD. In the DVD, David Pagan Butler made a beautiful natural swimming pool in England. Anna mentions Michael Littlewood’s books on the subject, which she is more familiar with. Anna specializes in rain water and grey water. There are two parts […]

077 – Creating an Oasis with Grey Water 2

Published 12 years ago in homesteading , Permaculture , Podcasts - 0 Comments

Paul Wheaton and Kelly Ware read chapter 2 of Art Ludwig’s “Create an Oasis with Greywater.” It starts with clarifying what your goals are, and what your workable situation is. Paul and Kelly talk about how a working leach field is important if you have a septic system. Saving water is important both for those […]

076 – Creating an Oasis with Grey Water 1

Published 12 years ago in homesteading , Permaculture , Podcasts - 0 Comments

Paul Wheaton and Kelly Ware read Art Ludwig’s “Create an Oasis with Greywater.” It is the world’s most popular greywater book. Paul mentions the Wheaton Eco Scale, and how Art Ludwig is at Level 9. The book describes “how to choose, build, and use 20 types of residential greywater systems” in different contexts (urban to […]

047 – Gaias Garden chapter 5

Published 12 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts - 0 Comments

Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell discuss chapter 5 of Gaia’s Garden, by Toby Hemenway. The chapter was on catching, conserving, and using water. Toby writes of “the 5 fold path to water wisdom,” which includes: 1) having rich soil with lots of organic matter, 2) deep mulching 3) locating plants according to water needs 4) […]

045 – Water Harvesting, Ponds, and Alternative energy

Published 12 years ago in missoula , Permaculture , Podcasts - 0 Comments

Paul, Caleb, and Krista review Geoff Lawton’s movie, “Water Harvesting”. After a little initial joking about Paul’s ‘water sound effects’, the three of them introduce themselves and then discuss the dinner they had along with having watched the movie. Focusing then on the topic, Paul gives an overview of the events of the movie. This […]

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017 – Food Matters, Cancer, Local Organic Nutrition, Toilets, Water

Paul and Jocelyn start out by talking about the documentary “Food Matters” Jocelyn fell asleep while watching it, Paul says “I watched the whole thing!” But first, they plan to also talk about water conservation. Also, Paul is setting up an email thing-a-ma-jigger and you should sign up (Ed: the dailyish email list, highly recommended). […]

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