Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 7:52PM Traditionally, our ancestors would have eaten fresh foods grown locally, even in their own kitchen gardens, only when they were in season. No fresh strawberries when there is snow on the ground. They would have stored food to last over the winter, and bought staples such as flour that came from local mills.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 7:51PM My wife and I had just been discussing the fact that the ability of oil to do work for us is unparalleled, when I stalled the car at about the 60m mark of our country driveway. We decided to get out and push - just to drive the point home. The energy available in a single barrel of oil is equal to 25,000 hours of human labour – or 12.5 years at 40 hours per week! Yet all that work is sold (at the time of writing) for $53USD. To conceptualize this for yourself, consider the amount of human work it would take to run along a highway at 100km/hr. Imagine manually rotating an engine, powering an alternator and water pump while carrying a couple of kids in car seats, a cooler of drinks and a hockey bag on your shoulders. Now add a 1,200 kg metal frame on wheels and you’ll have a sense of the work you’re not doing when you comfortably press the accelerator. Nice!
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 4:13PM South Eastman Transition Initiative is working on a project with Steinbach City Council to reduce the amount of organic waste going to landfill. The City Council are keen to work with us, since anything that reduces the volume of waste they have to deal with saves them money now and in the future. Action now, will save future generations from having to deal with the methane gas production as the materials break down, and the need to find more space for more waste.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 8:00PM So what are we to make of our Canadian winters, eh? Last winter was by all accounts the coldest winter we have had in a long time. It brought back memories of winters on the prairies when I was growing up in the 1950s.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 6:45PM Has this winter been good or bad for you? Have you been enjoying the milder temperatures or do you prefer the deep freeze? Are you glad we have had little snow this year or not?