My friend Mad Maxine scored an awesome old samovar at Goodwill the other day - she has a great post on her blog about how it works. It reminds me a bit of a rocket stove - it uses very small amounts of fuel very efficiently.
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What does organic mean, anyway?
If you’re trying to avoid pesticides and additives, but you’re wondering what “all-natural”, “Certified Naturally Grown”, and “USDA Organic” really mean, Becki at EcoMetro breaks it down.
Puget Sound Farm Guide 2009
Puget Sound Fresh puts together a great local farm guide (7MB pdf) every year - lots of info about u-pick farms, farmers markets, and what’s available when.
Seattle surplus
The City of Seattle has a surplus warehouse - they currently have leftover street signs, used parking meters, typewriters, other odd stuff. I also found a link there to Public Surplus, an online clearinghouse of stuff from all over the country - there’s a spot on the right to check for surplus auctions in your [...]
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Seattle Tilth plant sale
Seattle Tilth is having their edible plant sale this weekend - it’s a great sale and there are lots of people there who can answer gardening questions.
Seattle Stranger survival guide
Seattle’s The Stranger has a useful (and funny!) economic survival guide (with illustrations by Robert Ullman) - here’s a link to the section on getting free food and drink, entertainment, etc. There are also sections on money and sanity. And the hysterically profane Kelly O has a bit about how to get a sugar daddy.
Posted in Food and cooking, Free stuff Also tagged Community, cooking, food, Free stuff, meatspace, Plan B 2 Comments
Seattle Green Festival
The Green Festival is this weekend in Seattle - we went last year and really enjoyed it. Lots of alternative energy exhibits, gardening stuff, more free samples of fair trade organic chocolate than you could possibly eat. I’ll be wandering around there on Saturday.
Creative marketing for new times
John Arthur Morefield and Andrew Russin are two architects building a new business, interested in sustainable design and having a positive impact on communities rather than designing huge monuments to their own egos (like the Seattle Library). Instead of going the usual route of hiring some wildly expensive marketing yahoos to design a huge campaign [...]
Scrap fu - Seattle RE Store
One of the points on our Genteel Recessionista Atlas Salvage map (look! link over there on the right!) is for the Seattle RE Store. The RE Store buys and sells salvage - they’re a non-profit, so you can get tax receipts for your donations, or get in-store credit. They’re great about helping you find what you [...]
Stumptown Coffee message to recession - FU
The most excellent Stumptown Coffee Roasters (all Seattle/Portland locations) is offering free cups of “Hey Recession, FU” coffee every Monday morning between 9 and 10am. Their generous offer ends April 13th.