Friday, January 31, 2014

The Flying Tortoise: This Tiny Pod Shaped Home Is Designed For The Youn...

The Flying Tortoise: This Tiny Pod Shaped Home Is Designed For The Youn...: The students at Vermont's Green Mountain College enjoy being involved in environmental sustainability programs during their four y...

Thursday, January 30, 2014

A Woodsrunner's Diary: Reading Sign, and More Images of The Grass Tree or...

A Woodsrunner's Diary: Reading Sign, and More Images of The Grass Tree or...: Echidna diggings. Some natives here call them Porcupine. Food in an emergency survival situation, otherwise let them be. ...

Carrying Fire.

Similar plants that grow in America are: The Yucca plant, & the Agave or Sentry Plant. This latter plant is also known as American Aloe, & it too grows in Australia.



A Woodsrunner's Diary: Fire Lighting Problem-Not Enough Tinder.

A Woodsrunner's Diary: Fire Lighting Problem-Not Enough Tinder.: One of the problems I have noticed of late is people having trouble making fire with flint and steel. Either the kindling is damp, or hard t...

A Woodsrunner's Diary: Blowing Horns.

A Woodsrunner's Diary: Blowing Horns.: Blowing horns have been in use for centuries as a way of signaling. The signal is predetermined by the people using the horn, a series of bl...

Friday, January 17, 2014

A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Weight Of Lead Versus Gunpowder.

A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Weight Of Lead Versus Gunpowder.: Lead is heavy, and it is probably the heaviest item I carry in my knapsack other than my brass trade kettle. However, I limit how much lead ...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Climate Change effecting Earth: Killing Underwater Forests Coral reefs cover...

Climate Change effecting Earth:
Killing Underwater Forests




Coral reefs cover...
: Killing Underwater Forests   Coral reefs cover over 173,000 square miles of the ocean and support tons of different species whi...

Climate Change effecting Earth: Stronger storms and hurricanesThe severity of st...

Climate Change effecting Earth: Stronger storms and hurricanes

The severity of st...
: Stronger storms and hurricanes The severity of storms such as hurricanes and cyclones is increasing, and research published in Nature foun...

Climate Change effecting Earth: Climate change impact on agricultureAgricultur...

Climate Change effecting Earth: Climate change impact on agriculture



Agricultur...
: Climate change impact on agriculture Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures eventually reduce yields...

Climate Change effecting Earth: Ways to reduce climate change"Global warming is t...

Climate Change effecting Earth: Ways to reduce climate change
"Global warming is t...
: Ways to reduce climate change "Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposi...

Simple Fieldcraft.: Health and hygiene. Shaving?? and dealing with tic...

Simple Fieldcraft.: Health and hygiene. Shaving?? and dealing with tic...: " I hate shaving"                         Me. Shaving. It is one of the bug bears of being male and worse being a middle age ma...

A Woodsrunner's Diary: What To Carry and Reasons Not To.

A Woodsrunner's Diary: What To Carry and Reasons Not To.: What to Carry and Reasons Not To. Time and time again throughout history we read about a common person who neglected to carry one piece o...