Website afloat jan ' 08 Being under construction for some time, Self-production.org is present now in its basic form, though rather passive temporarily. After Walden three, ' 76, Walden four, 1, 2 and 3, ' 99, ' 06, ' 07, Walden five' is to be completed. In fact and in their own language called Walden drie, Walden vier, 1, 2, and 3, Walden vijf. Walden (Thoreau, 1849) and Walden two (Skinner, 1946) originally in english, the dutch Walden three' staying close in a way to the Walden idea of living highly self-sufficient, as the translated opening text, a pamphlet distributed the early se- venties in the Netherlands, shows: MODEL Revolution. I am actually willing to prove and challenge anyone to deny that I am able to provide for my material needs abundantly and almost completely from the acre of land' that in this country fairly becomes to me. Conditions. The land, half a soccer field, is given and, by way of investment, five years unemployment income plus a closely defined covering of medical risks. Proof. Without other sources of income than this and that what grows and blossoms, I will sing it out'' in our half automatic and centrally heated garden house Walden 3 that, if nobody dismantles it, will still be present there three hundred years from now, for ten years at least, for the time being. And where. Lies over twenty-seven years in this country the ringfarm 1001 where so many people almost completely provide for their material needs from the 1000''' or so acres that surround them. ----------------------------- ' a quarter of an hectare in fact, 2500 m2. '' hold out ''' 271 hectares, it was. The text is from 1974, after a study of film first and sociology later, 1964 -1974, and continuing some similar proetry. Walden three' gives the poetical story of its distribution, as do the successive Waldens more prozaïc of other texts, their publicity and the mission in general. To be noted here, shortly afterwards the country's unemployment reached a post war peak; a well known dutch writer, psychiatrist, social philosopher and reformer, Frederik van Eeden, inspired by Thoreau, went to live with some others in a more or less like way, their project, 1898 -1907, called Walden. ^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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. A year later feb ' 09 Buy less, buy different, produce yourself ' added to Studio. Youtube self-sufficiency links to Biblio, magazines' and to Sites, general'. Some on windpower to Sites, residence, energy'. The motorwind turbine perhaps to be a break through in windmill land. With others that do not turn with wind direction, rather smallscale and thus visually more or less attractive alongside roads, on buildings and in other places. A long (e.g 250 cm) horizontal axis on which small diameter (e.g 40 cm) rotor blade(s), Studio's roof ridge turbine device (nokturbine), could possibly do the same thing. Are several types of rotorblade(s) design for the long horizontal axis windmill probable, difficult to find though on the internet. The 'aerocam', see Sites, residence' at least one. A Studio device succesfully put into practice and rather new in the field, is the Compool (1). It brings the black water on/in the compost 'heap' of kitchen and gar- den waste, which is contained in a waterproof basin. Superfluous fluid goes through a well into a waterproof reed filter, which also ends in a well that empties in the ground. From time to time compost is taken out from the end of the basin (e.g 400 x 100 x 50 cm) and the composting mass moved accordingly. Aside of the basin the pro- duct is stored next to ready to use garden waste. Excess fluid, before going into the reed filter, can also be used to enrich the stored compost or directly as a fertilizer, and coming out of the reed bed to water the garden. ---------------- 1. A combination of compost and riool (sewer). The name is more appropriate in the dutch than in the english language. (see, and translate, if you like Compool in gebruik) Work on this website still very sporadic, no incoming post, little response on the scarce outgoing email. Next job a refreshment of the Biblio and Sites sections. Walden vijf (Walden five) as earlier mentioned, in progress. ^ |
. More enties, several links oct ' 09 Biblio, books, general: Anastasia, Vladimir Megre, 1996. The transition handbook, Rob Hopkins, 2008. Biblio, magazines, articles, film: The earth, newspaper of the Ringing cedars' movement. Small-scale, sustainable growing practices in Russia, Sharashkin e.a, 2005. Sites, more general: Soil association. Sites, general: Transition culture. Sites, garden: Fokin cultivator (Youtube). Sites, residence: Yav, ecovillages in Rostov. New in donspon For sale : loc-shop.com (domain, plus website concept) Loc shop. (Benelux registered trade mark, plus franchise formula) loc: local origin certificate. Various Preserve farmland for self-sufficiency, Bhutan observer Self sufficiency could beat the recession, Foodbev.com. Brits pro self-sufficiency, but lack confidence, Greenbang.com. ^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
. New in studio, briefs 2 may' 09 Self-production: an answer partly to Plato (Politeia), Aristotle (Politics, autarkeia), More (Utopia), Defoe (Robinson Crusoë), Rousseau, Smith (The wealth of nations) , Proudhon, Marx, Bakoenin, Thoreau (Walden), Gandhi, Ginsberg (Howl), ..., and many, many others. (additions welcome) ^ |
. An entry and some links jul ' 09 Biblio, books, general: The survival handbook - self-sufficiency for everyone, Michael Allaby, 1975. Biblio, bibliographies: Permaculture Bibliography, alternative lifestyles. Biblio, magazines, articles, film: Undercurrents, ' 73-76. (www.scribd.com) A blueprint for survival, The ecologist, 2.1, jan ' 72. Undercurrents.org. Sites, general, permaculture: Holmgren design services. Permaculture wikipedia. Sites, residence, other handicraft: Appropedia.org, the sustainability wiki. ^ |
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dec ' 09 Biblio, books before 1970 : The have more plan, Ed and Carolyn Robinson, 1946.* Scribd.com bibliography : Literary criticism on Walden. American transcendentalism web. magazines, film : The produce garden. Youtube canal. * p.74. Some money, land, job and a car included ? Sites, more general, environment : The green belt movement. Greenbeltmovement.org socio-economic : International food policy research institute. Ifpri.org The land is ours. Tlio.org.uk consumer : Locavores. Locavores.com walden, thoreau : The Walden woods project. Walden.org Literary criticism on Walden, bibliography. American transcendentalism web. Sites, general, homesteading : Downsizer.net forums : Self-sufficiency and preparedness City-data.com blog : Smallest smallholding.com Sites, garden, grow zones : Hardiness zone, Wikipedia. Sites, residence : Cal-earth sandbag building. Calearth.org Various Graintrader calls food self sufficiency efforts 'nonsense' The nonsense of food self sufficiency Academy strives to teach students self sufficiency By the way. Walden five, dutch language and setting, parts 1. Sustainable (' 01, 02) and 2. Smallest footprint (' 03, 04) as good as finished. Three more to go. ^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |