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Published Date 7/16/15 3:08 PM Am thinking about running a workshop on portable solar power. This is 32w folding solar panel with a battery pass through DC to DC transformer and 13′ video editing laptop running adobe CS. All Folds up and fits in a laptop bag. The solar costs £200-250 and you need a…

Published Date 7/7/15 10:50 AM Boaters are a vibrant minority culture living a parallel life in the heart of our cities and countryside. They are currently under threat from Insidious gentrification. The Village Hall Butty will give them a space to gather and celebrate their community. The aim is to create a floating village hall…

Published Date 6/26/15 5:46 PM [embedded content] Update They have raised just over half the funding and the is still 11 days to go (appeal ending 15th July 2015) Events on all week, big day https://www.facebook.com/events/1680993855468109/ Please support this project by directly donating or sharing this post with your friends and relatives. The longest and…

Published Date 6/25/15 2:41 PM A thinking allowed DRAFT Was sitting on me boat roof with a bottle of wine talking to me publisher friend about the video activism book, with a refocuses she would be up for helping to publishing it. From my point of view it need to be based on the complete…

Published Date 6/12/15 2:35 PM The are two current worthwhile grassroots “openspace” projects am involved with. Both have a lot of potential but both are more likely to fail for obverses and avoidable reasons. Lets look at both in turn: The Hive Dalston is an interesting hybrid project crossing the activist and corporate divide. Its…

Published Date 6/2/15 5:37 PM If you are taking your small USB powered devices off grid for a week or so then you will need a way to keep them powered up. In this review I look at 2 small folding solar panels. Both will charge a “dumb phone” or a normal smart phone and…

Published Date 4/27/15 3:32 PM There are many outstanding questions on the competency of the Honours student loan company. There will be a growing issue around this incompetency driving individuals into bankruptcy though charges on their student loans. Let’s outline my own current experience. Because of the time I was at university my student loans…

Published Date 4/16/15 9:59 PM Simply plug your USB charger into the back of the charger and let the sun charge it back up, good for external USB batterys. Good for travelling, festivals, trips to the park and charging on your car dash board.  If you are traveling then you can use the side tags…

Published Date 4/16/15 7:47 PM Small Nemo 400W wind turbine with controller 1. Light weight 2. Silence blades(10meter noise 58dba) 3. Good alternator output (same wind speed the output power more than other brands at least 15%.) 4. Good wind design(excelent design can be working in 3m/s to 49.2m/s wind speed) Rotor Diameter:47 inches (1.2m) Weight:12.3 lbs…

A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views