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Low Tech Podcast, No. 69 – 07 Apr 2023 Tartarian Buildings? https://lowtechinstitute.org The idea of the Tartarian Empire is a conspiracy theory, but it gives us something to say about building longevity. #sustainability #lowtech #transition #tartaria … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 70 — More Low-Tech News

Low Tech Podcast, No. 69 – 07 Apr 2023 Tartarian Buildings? https://lowtechinstitute.org The idea of the Tartarian Empire is a conspiracy theory, but it gives us something to say about building longevity. #sustainability #lowtech #transition #tartaria … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 69 — Tartarian Buildings?

Low Tech Podcast, No. 67 – 10 Mar 2023 Low-Carbon Gardening https://lowtechinstitute.org How can our garden help fight carbon emissions and set us up for a locally sufficient future. #sustainability #lowtech #transition #carbonemissions … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 68 — Felling Trees

Low Tech Podcast, No. 67 – 10 Mar 2023 Low-Carbon Gardening https://lowtechinstitute.org How can our garden help fight carbon emissions and set us up for a locally sufficient future. #sustainability #lowtech #transition #carbonemissions … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 67 — Low-Carbon Gardening

Low Tech Podcast, No. 66 – 24 Feb 2023 Subsistence Wheat https://lowtechinstitute.org Today we’re talking about the history of wheat and its applicability for future subsistence. #sustainability #lowtech #transition #Wheat … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 66 — Subsistence Wheat

Low Tech Podcast, No. 65 – 10 Feb 2023 Luddites and Artificial Intelligence https://lowtechinstitute.org Today we’re talking about ChatGPT and the future of AI and human society. #sustainability #lowtech #transition #AI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 65 — Luddites and Artificial Intelligence

Low Tech Podcast, No. 64 – 27 Jan 2023 Ten-Mile Building Challenge https://lowtechinstitute.org We’re introducing the 10-Mile Building Challenge on this week’s episode and previewing some of the episodes we’ll have coming up this year. 10-Mile Building Challenge website: https://lowtechinstitute.org/tmbc/ #sustainability #construction #lowtech #transition … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 64 — Ten-Mile Building Challenge

Low Tech Podcast, No. 63 – 13 Jan 2022 The Future of Composting https://lowtechinstitute.org We’re joined this week by Matt Crisp (@matt.crunchy) to hop in our time machine and visit 2073 to learn about local, post-transition compost systems in the Midwest, Southwest, and New England. #sustainability #compost #lowtech #transition … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 63 — The Future of Composting

Low Tech Podcast, No. 62 – 30 Dec 2022 Low-Tech Perspective on the News of 2022 https://lowtechinstitute.org We’re looking back at 2022 with a low-tech perspective on the events that shaped the world. #2022 #sustainability … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 62 — Low-Tech Perspective on the News of 2022

Low Tech Podcast, No. 61 – 16 Dec 2022 Future-fitting a Florida Subdivision https://lowtechinstitute.org In this episode we travel forward in time to 2042 and visit a Florida subdivision that future-fitted itself into a locally sustained community in a future without fossil-fuels. #futurefit #sustainability … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 61 — Future-fitting a Florida Subdivision

Low Tech Podcast, No. 60 – 02  Dec 2022 EcoGuerrillas Audiobook Excerpt https://lowtechinstitute.org In this episode we share a few excerpts from an audiobook germane to the institute’s ethos and mission. Members of the institute get early access (keep an eye on your emails for a link). #clifi #sustainability … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 60 — EcoGuerrillas Audiobook Excerpt

Low Tech Podcast, No. 59 – 18  Nov 2022 Wake Up to Reality https://lowtechinstitute.org In this episode we chat with Kate Ingold (https://www.kateingold.com/ IG: @kate.ingold) about coming to realize big changes are looming in our collective future when it comes to climate and energy.  #thatching #sustainabilit … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 59 — Wake Up to Reality

Low Tech Podcast, No. 58 – 04 Nov 2022 Thatch as Sustainable Roofing? https://lowtechinstitute.org In this episode we talk about the feasibility of thatch as sustainable utilitarian roofing. #thatching #sustainabilit … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 58 — Thatch as Sustainable Roofing?

Low Tech Podcast, No. 57 – 14 Sep 2022 A Day at the Institute https://lowtechinstitute.org In this episode we follow along a typical work day at the institute and all its various tasks. … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 57 — A Day at the Institute

Low Tech Podcast, No. 56 – 30 Sep 2022 Snake River Seed Co-Op In this episode we chat with three members of the Snake River Seed Co-op leadership team (https://snakeriverseeds.com/). … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 56 — Snake River Seed Co-Op

Low Tech Podcast, No. 55 -- Institute Bee Research Institute Bee Research In this episode we share a field recording out at the institute’s bee research apiary. … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 55 — Institute Bee Research

Low Tech Podcast, No. 54 – 02 Sep 2022 Gardens: The Original Social Safety Net In this episode we delve into the history of subsistence gardening and why our time is such an aberration. … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 55 — Gardening: The Original Social Safety Net

Low Tech Podcast, No. 53 – 19 Aug 2022 When Should You Transition from Fossil Fuels? In this episode, I discuss food self-provisioning with Bill Robichaud, who has been growing and gathering his food for two years. … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 53 — When Should you Transition from Fossil Fuels?

Low Tech Podcast, No. 52 – 5 Aug 2022 Could You Be Food Self-Sufficient? In this episode, I discuss food self-provisioning with Bill Robichaud, who has been growing and gathering his food for two years. … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 52 — Could You Be Food Self-Sufficient?

Low Tech Podcast, No. 51 – 22 Jul 2022 What to Do About Lawns? In this episode we look back at the history of, problems with, and alternatives to the great American obsession with lawns. #lowtech #sustainability #fossilfuels #nonprofits #resilience #climatechange #planes #trains #automobiles #travel … More Low Tech Podcast, No. 51 — What to Do About Lawns?