jim bledsoe

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since Aug 22, 2016
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Hi all, 
i am an avid cyclist, embarking on an urban farming experience.  i did a PDC with Larry Santoyo
several years ago.   
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Los Angeles CA
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Burra Maluca,  From the geo centric prespective we are doing the primary moving.  
As yes we can note the movement of everything else by careful charting  change in patterns on each successive turn  
1 week ago
Anne Miller,  What is moving? Is it the Sun or are we standing on a little ball of mud spinning in space.  
1 week ago
No one has ever seen the Sun rise

We are experiencing Earth turn
1 week ago
Some farmers are employing mobile cover crop terminators that vacuum up the most recent plant cycle,
composts them, and then adding to the farm nutrient cycling, automatically deposits the finished product on living soil where it is reincorporated.
These wonderful semi autonomous self-replicating farm management tools also give meat and dairy by-products!?
1 year ago
This is fascinating on many levels.  I spent many years living and working at Cal-Earth where superadobe was developed and where Hassen Fathy's work and the concept of Nubian Architecture first came across my radar.  Nader Khalili talked about New Gourna and the formless construction methods employed using this ancient building practice.  We paid no attention to the current state of New Gourna. This thread and other contemporaneous events have rekindled my interest in working/discussing how we go about implementing design projects that create the possibilities for sustained long-term ecological relevance.  I am studying with the Regenesis Institute which by way of a long extension I found through this website (I first saw  Gabe Brown here).  
Regenersis' relevances is that their approach to design in the case of New Gourna would begin the whole project working with the nearby inhabitants the project is aimed at.  A regenerative process actually uses a broader inclusive approach that embraces many potentials and inclusive goals rather than aiming at problems. I searched for a recent siting of Fathy's work and found
this.  Here also, is a podcast from August 2022 with the founders of Regenesis
3 years ago
This formless brick stacking is known as Nubian from ancient Egypt.
here is the Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_vault
3 years ago
Here are plan and section of the basic Cal-Earth superadobe (earthbag) dome.
the pockets are laid out with the spring lines and centers/chain compass placement as the building process requires.  
4 years ago
here is the basic earthbag section it can be adjusted to suit many plans
4 years ago
here is a blog posted by a small rocket stove builder. The link is a page from a much more in depth discussion of stoves  enjoy
https://timtinker.com/diy-refractories/
6 years ago