Cleaning our Rivers and Oceans Kickstarter

Good morning everyone!   We are getting closer every day
$15,974!

Thank you everybody!!

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       $16,019!

Kickstarter kickback program!

You can get paid to share this project!

https://permies.com/w/kickback

An example of a willow feeder (inside view).

In another thread, somebody asked

why do you conflate the willow feeder Kickstarter with the toxin reduction thing?

And i posted the answer here

https://permies.com/t/284712/connection-toxic-gick-willow-feeders

I'm learning a lot from your mini essays.  Thanks.

$16,406 ....    "406" is the only area code for all of montana.  So montana does a lot of "406" love.

Plus, if i happen to wake up at 4:06am (once or twice a week), I just feel like it is gonna be a great day!

I woke up, rubbed my eyes, and checked in on the Kickstarter.

$16,451
482 backers

That is incredible, let's keep up the momentum!

How Apartment Dwellers Can Help Our Waterways and Themselves

reduce the toxicity involving
- laundry 95%
- washing dishes 95%
- shower 100%
- bathroom sink 95%
- general cleaning 95%

Along the way, these same changes will improve your health, longevity and give you a bonus 30 IQ points. Oh! And save big money.

I think it will be a breeze to cut your toxicity by 95% pretty much overnight.  After a few months of that, you can begin to contemplate the next steps.  In a year or two, you might be ready to get your head wrapped around a willow feeder - why it exists and how it generally works.  Kinda like how there is space in your brain for why a nuclear reactor exists and how it generally works - even though you will never build one.

I am so glad that so many of you watched the chemerical movie - would you agree that the mom in that movie gained 30 IQ points?  A step beyond that is Raven Ranson's book "Clean With Cleanters You Can Eat"

https://permies.com/wiki/edible-clean
https://permies.com/wiki/chemerical

Shower:   for 15 years I have taken a "pure water" shower every day.  Zero shampoo or soap (aka "poo-less").  I cannot imagine ever going back.  The poo-less thread at permies is ten pages long, featuring people talking about trying it.  It has 310,681 views - one of our most popular threads!  

https://permies.com/wiki/pooless

The willow feeder movie and ebook are all about this path to toxin reduction.  This is why the project is called "Cleaning our Rivers and Oceans from Home".

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/willow-feeders?ref=9qujgl

https://permies.com/p/3148998/apartment
https://permies.com/t/284145/dish-soap

Uh oh.

For the last 24 hours, we have had 4 new backers.  And their pledges add up to $92.

I don't think we are gonna make it ...

paul wheaton wrote:Uh oh.

For the last 24 hours, we have had 4 new backers.  And their pledges add up to $92.

I don't think we are gonna make it ...

Oh noses.

For anyone wondering if it's worth donating but they don't have much left this late in the month, I wrote this.

https://permies.com/t/32334/Lessons-Learned-Kickstarter-projects#3144104

r ranson wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:Uh oh.

For the last 24 hours, we have had 4 new backers.  And their pledges add up to $92.

I don't think we are gonna make it ...

Oh noses.

For anyone wondering if it's worth donating but they don't have much left this late in the month, I wrote this.

https://permies.com/t/32334/Lessons-Learned-Kickstarter-projects#3144104

You raised some good points, R. I bumped my pledge up by $10, so we are at $16,507 now.

Sweet.

       $17,004!

If every backer bumps their pledge, we will probably sneak over the line.
I have already put my money where my mouth is 🤑💵

The challenge is not the amount but to do it ...............

Got an email about increasing our pledge. How do we go about doing that?

Vickey, at Paul's Kickstarter page, there's a green button on the upper right side. Click that and it will take you to a page where you can choose to change your pledge. The options are to change the rewards category or simply add a bonus pledge of whatever amount you wish.

Another day, another kickstarter checkin!

$18,270

       504 backers!

We now have 4 goofballs!

Personally, I backed because I want to keep our creeks water clean and want to continue to see these guys swimming around.

does this work?

Bumped mine up. I'm sure the kickstarter will at least meet its goal. Hope it does more than that.  

For everyone who has not donated or upper their donation... I have a challenge, If an old lady living on Social Security in an expensive place like Alaska can donate and increase my donation, knowing I will likely never build one of these. I challenge you all to pledge at least a dollar, more if you can. That's  not much, probably less than a cup of coffee even where you are.  Let's make this happen.

paul wheaton wrote:does this work?

Yes! That widget is really cool! I wonder where else we can put it?

Jeremy VanGelder wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:does this work?

Yes! That widget is really cool! I wonder where else we can put it?

I noticed there is nothing about it on the permies.com home page.

paul wheaton wrote:does this work?

Ooooh, fancy.  I wanna try!

Going to see if I can adjust the frame parameters to show only the grid bit.

We are getting so close!  




I am glad folks took advantage of the bundle and are excited to get these extra goodies!!
Thank you everybody for all your support!!

We now have less than $1000 to go to get funded!

We started the kickstarter and got about $9000 right away.  If I do nothing, it seems we get about $50 a day.  If I share bit more info, or write a little article or something, it seems to add a $50 to $200 more.  

We have $1000 to go and 15 days to go.  If we get $50 per day, that will add $750.  Not enough.  So I guess we need to think of some more stuff ...

Suggestions?

A look at dry outhouses from the Build a Better World book (we dive way deeper into this design in the Willow Feeder movie and ebook).

paul wheaton wrote:Suggestions?

Maybe a Youtube live stream?

Make it a fund-a-thon?

I enjoy hearing you and company talk about projects you are passionate about. It could even just be swapping stories.

The concept is called willow feeder. Question:
What is it about a willow tree that makes it a good beast for this willow feeder system?
Thanks Scott

Wow, half way through already.

Scott Holbrook wrote:The concept is called willow feeder. Question:
What is it about a willow tree that makes it a good beast for this willow feeder system?
Thanks Scott

Hello Scott!

A willow tree has a huge capacity to take up nutrients.   As you spread this nutrient rich mulch under the tree the roots mass will develop to absorb more and more nutrients.  All that nitrogen gives the tree quick, luxuriant growth.  

The soils around the tree will retain more water as the percentage of organic matter rises.  

You could use any tree or landscaping bushes to be the recipients of this material but a willow tree has one of the fastest conversion rates for taking up nitrogen and transforming it into leaves and branches.  

Permaculture is about making a nice place to live and big shady trees go a long way toward making a house a home.


Thank you for your support!

paul wheaton wrote:We now have 4 goofballs!

I just noticed club goofball has 5 members now!

There's still room for 7 more (gentlest of nudges to all who are thinking about upping their support game).

Timothy Norton wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:Suggestions?

Maybe a Youtube live stream?

Make it a fund-a-thon?

I enjoy hearing you and company talk about projects you are passionate about. It could even just be swapping stories.

Hello Timothy!

That is a great idea.
A fund-a-thon would be so fun!!  

I would love to hear from folks who have built these systems and have them functioning on their property in different environments.

The willow feeder is really just the beginning of a whole integrated system you can develop.  Once the poop is taken care of and we know how to live with no harsh chemicals in our life, we can branch out into all the fun of gray-water systems and mulch pits for our showers and laundry.  There are so many ways to stack functions once we can use these nutrients.

We could talk about the greenhouse at Wheaton Labs!   The gray water from Allerton Abbey flows into the grow beds in the Truly Passive Greenhouse.  The system works all year, even in our cold Montana winters!

https://permies.com/wiki/184034/Devious-Experiments-Passive-Greenhouse-Movie

Well I put my bit in the Kickstarter to help get it closer to reaching the goal. I see it's less than $500 to being at the goal today.
I think it would be possible for an outdoor one here, as I am in the country. Not sure I would want one in the house. I have considered the style that offgridwithdougandstacy.com have. It uses sawdust to eliminate the smell. You still need to lug 5 gallon buckets once a week. Or two. Doug has a video that he takes viewers through the process. Once a year he dumps the buckets out and scrubs them out. Puts the mixture in a compost pile, let's it percolate for awhile.
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I would love to see a piece done on the Australian worm septic tank system. Red wrigglers going to town on poop and TP. If I remember right, it's a patented system down under. And someone used a large Coleman style cooler to make one for their cabin. Oh, and it flushes like our regular toilets. There's like a sponge layer to allow fluids to soak thru.
They installed on at a busy bar, and it had no problems keeping up with "the flow."
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Anyway I don't think you'll have a problem reaching the Kickstarter goal so an early congratulations is in order.
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