If you’re in the Stoughton, WI area, swing by Three Gaits Stables for their “Nick’r Treat” event. You’ll find horses in costume (humans are encouraged to wear their own, too), crafts, hay rides, a scavenger hunt, bounce house, and more. The event is on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free, … More Horses & Halloween — Support our Friends at Three Gaits
UPDATE: This has been rescheduled to Sept. 18 and Scott will not be available. This Next Sunday, Scott will [not] be at the Schumacher Farm Park to help with the Heritage Fest. From 12:00–5:00 p.m. Sunday, dozens of demonstrators and volunteers will showcase life in rural America from a century ago. This includes threshing, spinning, … More Coopering Buckets and Pails Next Weekend at Schumacher Farm’s Heritage Fest
Join us on a panel discussion of low-tech innovations and answers for the future, hosted by @FranceScience … More Join us NOW: Low-Tech Innovations — Panel Discussion
Join us on a panel discussion of low-tech innovations and answers for the future, hosted by @FranceScience … More Low-Tech Innovations — Panel Discussion, Thursday 9 CDT Hosted by French Embassy
Our friends over at the Madison Area Permaculture Guild are offering a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, starting in June. If you read our blog and haven’t heard of permaculture, you should definitely have a look at this wide-ranging discipline that integrates agriculture, land management, animal husbandry, and other allied fields with an eye to … More Interested in Landscaping, Food Systems, and Land Management that Mimics Natural Systems? — Sign up for a Permaculture Design Certificate Course from Madison Area Permaculture Guild
Bill gates was on Fox News Sunday this last weekend. He was there to promote his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. If this interview is anything like the book, Mr. Gates has a deep flaw in his solutions and ideas about the future. It’s not his fault. Most people are working under … More Bill Gates’s View of the Future Is Dangerously Flawed
I try not to create a blog post on a single link, but in this case, it is worth it. As you know, we’re interested in ways to house, clothe, and feed ourselves with less reliance on fossil fuels. We’re always on the look out for new and old ways to preserve food without having … More Link Worth Following: Ash Tomato Preservation
Once upon a time — okay, it was 1969 — a group met to discuss the future of the environment and how humans live on the planet. By the next year, they had formed the New Alchemy Institute (NAI) on Cape Cod. This research organization was one of the most direct inspirations for the Low … More New Alchemy Institute — Inspiration in the Pandemic
Tonight, the institute director, Scott Johnson, will be giving a talk to the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW). CHEW is a group that sponsors monthly talks on a variety of food-related topics, complete with matching foods to sample. They’re a great group and if you’re in the Madison, WI, area, consider finding out more … More Free Talk Tonight with CHEW — Potatoes Will Save Humanity
When we say “Low Tech” what we mean is the simplest means to achieve a task without fossil fuels. Over the next few weeks, as we’re sequestering ourselves here at the institute, we’ll be bringing you ideas for entertaining yourselves as well as updates on what we’re up to — luckily we can spend time … More Binge-able Low Tech Series