News of the Week

• Growing Your Own Chickens On the Rise - a small town works out how small a property can keep chickens. A sad thought is that we are forced to undo 50 yrs of zoning laws to return to the "old days" where chickens were kept cleanly and safely on rooftops and small backyards.
• Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe - Seems like even the Sun is thinking we aren't preparing very well.
  
• If Mother Nature had a Dow Jones Index - Natural Capital is a way of estimating the economic costs of environmental services. Like, how much is a tree worth? Thomas Friedman (him of the Flat Earth view of globalization) has lately come around on the issue of environmental collapse and renewal. (Personally, I think his mustache may have short-circuited his pro-free market beliefs)
• Shelf-life of Supermarket Foods - A database you can look up any food and storage type and you can see how long it well last. Look here for the canned food recommendations.
• DIY Soda Bottle Hydroponics - why not try something that is tropical or too long for your season? Here's soemthing that would fit on your deck easily.