Joshua Myrvaagnes

What you probably don’t want to do is forget about it till after the next windy day. Lesson learned.

What do you do with the ashy paper after? Is it still toxic? Burn again in rocket ? Erica and Ernie, help!

Mineral wool wrapped around  seemed to do the trick, though it released a lot of toxic stuff into the air.  Next time I’m going to do the paper clay layer first and then put the mineral wool over that.

They’re not super specific in the book about how thick of paper should be, but I think I should’ve put several layers of paper, one layer just seemed to dry out super fast and then burn.

Wrap it in rockwool is another solution from donkey boards. Hm.

Also add waste oil to the fire.  I tried that one first but it’s still not hot enough to do the top part of the barrel without some kind of insulation. I guess I’ll try the rock wool

Exactly.

However in my case, even though I have my chimney in the proper position, I’m not getting more than a third at the bottom burning off. The main problem is that the paper dries out really fast and then catches fire before the paint can burn.

Probably the other issue is that the top of the chimney I have has a really narrow piece for fitting it into another section of chimney, if I can figure out a way to remove that then the whole thing will draw better, but I’m not sure I can remove it. Even without that, though, it seems like it’s getting hot enough. It’s just not staying wet long enough for the paper to do its job also, I’m not sure if I should’ve put more clay into the mix for soaking the paper, it looks like I’m just getting water but Hard to tell in the dark now. Maybe I need to slosh the clay water around where to stir up the

Alex Ronan wrote:I believe the chimney isn't suppose to extend into the barrel.

The hot air will be pulled up the chimney so it won't heat the top section of the barrel.

seeking PASSIONATE sustainability-minded creative producer, director

("Intentional Community" is the best fit I could find but not a great one for where to post this, I recognize, but the theme of the show and the real experience of being on set together for a shoot both are forms of temporary community)


--climate and sustainability are top of mind every day

--the show is about ten parents raising one child, with simplicity and sustainably, in 2025-2038

--ideally everyone comes to the set by bike or on foot--and somehow this saves money 

--Send a purple mooseage for more info.

Thanks for considering it.  
In community,

Joshua 

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Already doing everything you can?  This helped me reconnect to my inner energy and enthusiasm.

Not a leader? I didn't think I was either--my leadership style can best be described as "Todd Anderson from Dead Poets Society," mumbling incoherently, heartbroken and enraged but simultaneously afraid to step on people's toes--yet willing to stand on a desk when the moment comes: "O Captain! my captain!"  

Doing the exercises in the course and having a community's support for reflecting on them gave me a chance to improve my skills.  I'm still not great at leading, but what matters is that I'm improving.  It's better than just clamming up and making smalltalk.

Leadership, in this context means "helping someone do what they already want to do but don't know how."

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Some more questions:
--how long is the course? 10 weeks, about two hours of course time and two hours of homework per week, for the live course; the self-paced one should be about the same but, obviously, you can pace yourself
--why is it called the Spodek Method, not just "sustainability leadership"?  for recognition.  More people have heard of "Gandhi" than of "ahimsa."  You can call it anything you feel comfortable with, you can copy it and make your own business even, though please give credit where it's due.  
--why is there a charge for the self-guided course?  people do tend to value what they pay for and make time for it; and we want to make it possible for a full range of people to step up as teachers of live courses, not just those who are privileged enough to be able to afford to volunteer
other questions? purple moosage me.

"don't mix sawdust and wood ash"--does this mean don't make a combination of sawdust and ash to use together with the candy, or that adding these two things even one at a time will cause some kind of problem?? So far I haven't had no explosions doing exactly that, but I most likely to run out of either ingredient. And other people seem to be happy with the smell/not unhappy.  Can someone please explain.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium

Flathead worms may be a predator--these also eat earthworms.

https://medium.com/@nigelmills2000/land-of-the-rising-worm-9f77e6100d6d

You have to have a sign in, but it's free to read.

This article does some research in Japanese about them, and which limited their spread south in Japan is the ocean. Also the native species of trees that they feed on supposedly have less nutrition than the American ones, so they don't grow as strong and healthy there. Called limits they spread Northwood on the Korean Peninsula, but I would still think that they would've spread to other parts of Asia long ago, and there's still a lot to this mystery.