Apr 30, 2013 | Alternative Lifestyle, Bamboo Products
Toyota was one of the first major manufacturers to embrace hybrid technology with their well-known Prius model. Now they are taking the idea of sustainability and green engineering one step further with the introduction of their ME.WE concept car. The sporty, compact...
Nov 10, 2012 | Alternative Lifestyle, Green Living
Living here in the first world, it often feels as though we are so far removed from the problems of developing nations. How can we help communities in need when they are thousands of miles away? How can we make sure that the money we donate goes directly to the people...
Sep 24, 2012 | Agriculture & Gardening, Alternative Lifestyle, Green Living, Natural Healing, Renewable Energy, San Luis Obispo
Join the Central Coast Bioneers for their annual conference this October 19-21 at their headquarters at the Monday Club in downtown SLO (1815 Monterey St). Speakers will deliver lectures that focus on real-world, practical solutions to the political, economic, and...
Aug 30, 2012 | Alternative Lifestyle, Green Living, Renewable Energy
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. So it goes for antiques, and now so too for human waste. Why let a good source of energy go literally down the toilet? Aside from recycling possible sources of electricity, new technology saves sewage from...
Jul 8, 2012 | Agriculture & Gardening, Alternative Lifestyle, Green Living, San Luis Obispo
To proponents of permaculture, farming is not just about the production of food, but a means through which humans care for their communities, restore the land, and display the most enlightened of agricultural techniques. Modeled after natural systems, permaculture...
May 6, 2012 | Alternative Lifestyle, Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu, San Luis Obispo
As an introvert with his Sun in Cancer and a penchant for writing poetry, I am normally very uncomfortable with the word “mob”. I immediately picture villagers with pitchforks, trashcans on fire, and bloated, greasy-haired wiseguys in pinstripe suits. But...
