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QuickTime | Flash | iPod Marc Powell is an anarchist, hacker chef who opens his kitchen up to strangers and friends every Thursday to cook up some amazing, hacked food creations. Attending a food hacking supper club is a mind expanding experience that teaches folks not to be afraid of experimenting with your cuisine. You can t cook wrong if you have the right friends to help you out! During this particular five course meal, we had, among many things, the most amazing savory mushroom soup, fava bean soufflé, candied bacon wrapped scallops and a citrus meringue your grandma would have been proud of. The synchronicity of friends- old and new, of food knowledge- a lot or a little, made this one of the most unique food and friendship building experiences we ve ever had. Marc fully believes that sharing knowledge through experimentation and cooking truly is revolutionary social networking. We would have to agree. Thanks Marc! Runtime- 6:02 Related Videos: Technorati Tags: food hacking, marc powell, unicorn precinct 13, anarchy, cooking, community, green, san francisco, ryanishungry

QuickTime | Flash | iPod A beautiful day in the park, a fresh homemade meal, some free clothes and books- what could be better? The Really Really Free Market, as opposed to the Not-So-Free Free Market, breaks down the myth of scarcity and encourages us to take advantage of the abundance all around us. Kirsten Brydum, RRFM organizer, gave us the low down on how great it feels to get rid of your stuff, share knowledge and maybe find that odd item you ve been searching for. This is not a barter situation, where you re still weighing your stuff against what you think it could be worth in dollars. This is about giving and receiving through a gift economy which encourages sharing without the expectation of payment. The Really Really Free Market is like hanging out on Freecycle or Craigslist Free Listings, except you re breathing fresh air and seeing people f2f (face to face) instead of p2p (peer to peer)! Imagine that! Check out the Wikipedia entry on The Really Really Free Market to find one in your area, or start your own! All you need are some friends, some stuff or some knowledge to share! Runtime- 3:12 Technorati Tags: really really free market, rrfm, gift economy, barter, trade, san francisco, dolores park, ryanishungry

Flash | QuickTime | iPod The Solar Living Institute, home of Real Goods (one of the first Green Catalogs), is like a big, green playground. The 12 acre plot was developed as a demonstration site for renewable and clean technologies like solar and wind power, green building and permaculture. We were excited to be able to spend some time on the campus while participating in a workshop on how to build an electric vehicle. Although the workshop turned out to be a wee bit overwhelming, we felt we got a pretty good primer into the world of electric vehicles. That said, we encourage y all to take a workshop or class on some of these green ideas. Meeting people and gathering resources for getting started on this stuff is a good motivator for really making change. Runtime- 4:25 Other DIY Green Videos:

Flash | QuickTime | iPod Continuing our time with Sunny Johnson of WildFoodPlants.com, we explore her past experiences eating ultra local foods for a year, why she started blogging and vlogging and her outlook on what the future hold for humans and the earth together. We love Sunny s videoblog, go check it out and learn how to eat of your own backyard! Thanks Sunny! Runtime- 4:36 Related Videos: Technorati Tags: wild foods, foraging, sunny johnson, food forager, wildplantfoods, sustainability, sustainable, green, topanga canyon, ryanishungry

QuickTime | Flash | iPod What if the price of gasoline spiked to $10 a gallon? What if we couldn t get all the food we needed trucked into the supermarket like we re used to? Plant enthusiast, wild food harvester and videoblogger, Sunny Johnson of WildFoodPlants.com, shows us that there are abundant, nutritional foods available all around us. With a little bit of knowledge and some keen eyes, you can find plants to replace almost anything you could buy at a store. Sunny shares with us her thinking behind the wild foods movement, that it can be a great supplement to the food and supplies you might first think of buying. Check out Sunny s Videoblog for some of the most creative recipes we ve ever seen: Curried Cattail Soup, Saguaro Cactus Fruits and Quinoa ‘n Yucca. Runtime- 8:31 Related Videos: Technorati Tags: wild foods, foraging, sunny johnson, food forager, wildplantfoods, sustainability, sustainable, green, topanga canyon, ryanishungry

Flash | QuickTime | iPod Have you ever cooked with a non-stick skillet and had the non-stick surface flake off after a few months? That super slick surface is made up of many harmful chemicals that should absolutely not be eaten! What s the alternative to cheap-o, toxic frying pans? Your grandma s grandma had the secret in her kitchen- Cast Iron! You might be thinking Hey isn t cast iron archaic cookware from the pioneer days? . Well, yeah, but they had the right idea, cook with heavily oiled metal and never have nasty non-stick chemicals peeling off into your food. Cast iron cookware has been used for generations because it literally lasts that long! It s also fully recyclable since it s one big hunk of iron which can be melted down by a scrap yard. You can nab a high quality cast iron skillet for under $20 and it will probably have at least a 10 year warranty. What other frying pan can top that? Runtime- 3:58 Other DIY Green Videos: Technorati Tags: cast iron, cast iron cookware, green, cooking, DIY, ryanishungry

Flash | QuickTime | iPod San Francisco s Department of the Environment is leading the initiative to fully redesign Treasure Island- a 400 acre human made island in the San Francisco bay. Originally built for The World s Fair in 1939, it s been used as a movie studio, a naval base and now for residential housing. By 2020, the city plans to have this little plot of land revamped and functioning as green as possible. Jennifer Kass, from the Dept of the Environment, explains the city s process of planning holistically with all aspects of urban living in mind. Treasure Island could possibly inspire future models of sustainability because of its unique geographic challenges. From transportation to green open spaces to building and construction to where you get your groceries- if it can happen self sufficiently on a 400 acre island, maybe it can happen anywhere. Runtime- 4:57 Other Green Building Videos: Technorati Tags: treasure island, sustainable, sustainability, cradle to cradle, green, green building, ryanishungry, sanfrancisco

Can you tell that we re into our worm bin? As you saw in our last worm bin update, our bin had been getting a little sludgy and unproductive. Jay went online and found a source to buy red wigglers for cheap so we could bump up the composting production of our bin. Keeping an eye (and nose) on your bin will help you get a feel for how things are going in your worms world. Since our first vermicompost video with Barb Finnin, we ve been getting lots of feedback from old friends and new about how they re making their bins happen! Like Rachel from Chicago, who sent us this picture of her new bin. Thanks Rachel! Keep up the composting! Runtime- 3:09 More Composting Videos: Technorati Tags: compost, composting, Vermicomposting, worm bin, worms, dirt, ryanishungry, sanfrancisco

Siel aka Green LA Girl, has been blogging about her personal experiences with green since 2005. Using her blog as a journal, a conduit and a clearinghouse for practical green information and advice, she urges her fellow Los Angelites (and beyond) to think critically about the choices they have for their lives. Siel explains that writing in the first person helps her to distribute information that she s learned in a non-obtrusive or judgmental way. We ve also found that this is particularly important when exploring new concepts or ways of living that might seem a bit strange at first to a new comer. It s so much more appealing to encourage and teach rather than berate and judge! Thanks Siel! Runtime- 8:01 Related Posts: Technorati Tags: green blogger, blogging, green, sustainabilty, los angeles, siel, green la girl, ryanishungry

Your bathroom is a sacred place where you clean your body inside and out (literally). What better way to treat yourself than to green it up a bit? There are so many little things that can be done to make sure that every thing coming in (water, soap, humans) and every thing going out (water, soap, poop) is clean and green. Thanks to Cheryl Colan from Node101 Phoenix for sharing her green bathroom secrets too! Our favorite green products mentioned: Dr. Bronner s Soaps and Bio-Clean. Runtime- 7:28 Related Posts: Technorati Tags: green bathroom, green, biodegradable, compost, ryanishungry

Ivan runs his businesses, Sustainable Marketing and Sustainble Websites, out of Citizen Space, one of several co-working spaces cropping up in San Francisco. As a small business owner in the valley of tech giants, Ivan is working to create a community of creative and green entrepreneurs who are not exactly competing, but propping each other up. Ivan shares his enthusiasm for green energy credits, carbon offsets and the triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit. Runtime: 5:04 Other Radical Entrepreneurs:

Kevin Bayuk rents an apartment in the Haight Ashbury district of San Fransicso. He also grows a large amount of his own food, actively composts, raises ducks and captures rainwater- total urban permaculture. One might think you need to own a large plot of land in the country to create an abundant food growing system, but Kevin proves this theory wrong on a number of counts. Often the density of an urban community is a hundred times greener than suburban areas because resources are so close together. You can walk to the store or take an electric bus over to work. Kevin shows us how he practices urban permaculture in all aspects of his life- from growing food to educating his community. Check out the Urban Alliance for Sustainability and Daily Acts for more info on getting hip to urban permaculture. Thanks Kevin! Runtime- 7:19 Related Posts (on RyanIsHungry and SustainableRoute): Technorati Tags: kevin bayuk, urban permaculture, permaculture, gardening, green, susatinable, sustainability, san francisco, ryanishungry

Keith aka Skeeter is living totally off the grid. Starting with a raw plot of land, he built his house from scratch, dug a well, created a solar power system and is completely responsible for all his waste. Keith is a good example of someone who got tired of paying utilities and mortgages to live on earth. He took matters into his own hands and decided to be as independent as possible. Deciding to live out in the wilderness is one way to go off the grid. We ll be exploring other ways of being independent in urban environments in some of our next posts. Thanks Keith! Runtime- 8:07 Technorati Tags: off the grid, new mexico, solar, composting toilet, skeeter, green, sustainable, sustainability, solar power, ryanishungry

Mikey and Wendy are proud to be the owners of an entirely refurbished tool shed! In honor of Maker Faire, we thought we d share this tidbit. We re all about DIY and learning how to build with the right tools, so it was a real treat to get a tour of their gear, most of which was donated and recycled. Knowledge and the right tools can take you far when you re a green pioneer. Runtime- 3:28 See Mikey and Wendy in their other videos: Technorati Tags: Wendy Tremayne, Mikey Sklar, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, eco-hotel, green acre, green, sustainability, sustainable, recycle, reuse, bamboo, diy, ryanishungry

We ve been Vermicomposting for almost 4 months now and it s been quite a learning experience! We recently moved to a place where we could place our bin outside, so we got a little lazy about smell. Pretty soon, the smell was really bad! Too much liquid, not enough drainage and air was causing anaerobic (sans oxygen) bacteria to grow which causes that rotting smell. Jay has been patient enough to help the bin drain by rotating in paper, dirt and sawdust. Drilling several dozen extra drain holes helped a bunch too! We ve also been checking out the book Worms Eat My Garbage for more Vermicomposting tips! Runtime-3:03 See us Build Our Worm bin and talk to Barb Finnin, Master Composter: Technorati Tags: compost, composting, Vermicomposting, worm bin, worms, dirt, ryanishungry, sanfrancisco

Wendy and Mikey moved to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico primarily to build. Build community, build a home, build a fence and some insulation! If you ve ever started a DIY construction project, you know that building materials can get expensive and most times are not environmentally friendly. What if you could get a majority of your materials for free, from a recycled source? You can! It s called Papercrete! Papercrete is basically what the name implies- paper plus concrete. Wendy and Mikey show us their recipe and methods for creating their own building material from scratch. Runtime-7:29 See Mikey and Wendy in their other videos: Technorati Tags: Wendy Tremayne, Mikey Sklar, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, eco-hotel, green acre, green, sustainability, sustainable, recycle, reuse, papercrete, diy, ryanishungry

This week we return to Green Acre in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Formerly a trailer park, Green Acre is Mikey Sklar and Wendy Tremayne s sustainable homestead and soon to be eco-hotel. Mikey and Wendy give us the low down on how shipping containers insulated with papercrete can be efficient, effective, comfortable and green guest rooms. Stay tuned for our next Green Acre adventure as we dig into 100 lbs of newspaper to create a slab of papercrete. Runtime- 3:41 See Mikey and Wendy in their other videos: Technorati Tags: Wendy Tremayne, Mikey Sklar, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, eco-hotel, green acre, green, sustainability, sustainable, shipping containers, reuse, recycle, ryanishungry

James Burgett founded the ACCRC, Alameda County Computer Resource Center, to essentially make money off of equipment that other people thought was obsolete garbage. Thirteen years later he s reformatted, refurbished and donated thousands of computers to folks who might not ever have the chance to own one. The ACCRC offers workshops on how to refurbish and reuse junked equipment and how to install and use the open source OS Ubuntu Linux which is free for all. Saving valuable equipment from the landfill, James explains, is not exactly profitable for the California Electronics Recycling Initiative, which encourages recyclers to mine and grind parts rather than refurb for reuse. Thanks for the tour James! Thanks to Alex and Rudy at Monkeybrains.net for telling us about ACCRC! Runtime- 6:51 Technorati Tags: ACCRC, James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center, Oakland, recycle, refurbish, reuse, computers, electronics, ryanishungry

Linsay Hassett aka Betty Biodiesel leads a group of Laguna High School students in the Green Ambassadors program on a tour of Dave Erikson s home brew biodiesel lab. The Green Ambassadors program was created to get students learning science, civics and environmental stewardship through experience and action. Today s lesson provided the group with basic information about biodiesel that they could present to their school board. This field trip is just one step in the process to further their mission of converting dirty diesel school busses into cleaner burning bio-machines. Runtime-3:20 Technorati Tags: green ambassadors, laguna high school, biodiesel, WVO, SVO, green, betty biodiesel, sanfrancisco, ryanishungry

Wendy and Mikey purchased a plot of land in Truth or Consequences, NM that had a 40 year old mobile home on it. They asked themselves a tough question: do we dump it or make it home? They decided to avoid the landfill route and use the refinishing process as a learning experience for themselves and for their community. Total cost for re-modeling? $11,000! That s a heck of a lot cheaper than your regular old prefab house project and boy does it look great! Runtime- 7:27 Meet Mikey and Wendy in our first video on them: Green Pioneers Technorati Tags: Wendy Tremayne, Mikey Sklar, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, eco-hotel, green acre, green, sustainability, sustainable, swaporamarama, rfid, ryanishungry

Wendy Tremayne, best known for founding Swap-O-Rama-Rama, and Mikey Sklar, who is geek famous for self implanting an RFID chip into his hand, are also green pioneers. Leaving New York City to settle in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, these two decided to invest their retirement funds into creating Green Acre. Their goals for Green Acre span from being a green lodging spot for geeks to becoming a community center and arts venue for the increasing number of T-or-C locals. We got the chance to hang with Wendy and Mikey on our long drive from San Fran to SXSW. They graciously toured us around, showed us the hot springs, cooked us meals, and shared the secrets of making papercrete. In the next few videos, you ll get to hang with them too. Thanks Wendy and Mikey! Also thanks to Jonny Goldstein for putting us in contact! Runtime- 6:55 Technorati Tags: Wendy Tremayne, Mikey Sklar, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, eco-hotel, green acre, green, sustainability, sustainable, swaporamarama, rfid, ryanishungry

Seeing a lot of furniture and used junk on the sidewalk? Must be moving day in your neighborhood! With a little extra pre-planning and the right resources, you can make moving a green experience. Go through your closet, your desk, your entire apartment- decide what you absolutely need and recycle the rest! Recycling can take the form of reselling on Craigslist or eBay. Donations to Goodwill and Salvation Army are perfect examples of re-use. Find electronics and battery recycling centers near you through Earth911.org. We ve moved 3 times in the last 3 years and have become experts at selling all our stuff online. If we find that we need a certain item again after we ve moved (like a desk or some chairs) we cruise Craigslist for cheap or free deals. When we move again and can t fit them in our car, we put them back into the cycle and sell or give away! Runtime- 3:03 Technorati Tags: green, moving, sustainable, craigslist, ebay, resell, recycle, reuse, sanfrancisco, ryanishungry

We enjoyed our conversation and worm bin making adventure with Freshtopia s Barb Finnin so much that we ve decided to give you another little taste! Barb and Ryanne discuss the radical-ness that is composting and how to avoid bringing non-compostables (darn plastic bags!) into your home. Runtime-4:11 Technorati Tags: Freshtopia, Barb Finnin, videobloggingweek2007, compost, apartment compost, green, sustainable, sanfrancisco, ryanishungry

In the heart of Park Slope Brooklyn, Rolling Press is, unlike traditional offset printing presses, the perfect neighbor. No loud noises, no harsh fumes- Rolling Press is a dual purpose live/work studio and home to president, Eugene Lee. Eugene gives us a tour and drops some science on how printing can be as green as possible- not only by using green materials, but by cutting out unnecessary, outdated chemical processes. Check out RollingPress.com. Runtime- 4:04 Technorati Tags: offset printing, green printing, green, sustainable, rolling press, park slope, brooklyn, eugene lee, nyc, videobloggingweek2007, ryanishungry

Today is Day 1 of Videoblogging Week 2007. Thought we d start it out with a little promo! Enjoy! Runtime- 0:33 Technorati Tags: videobloggingweek2007, green, sustainability, san francisco, ryanishungry

On a recent trip to NYC, we got the chance to sit down with green, community organizer Glenn McAnanama of Upper Green Side. Community organizing can easily become a full time job. Glenn gives us some advice on how to keep meetings sane and get active in local government. Little by little, block by block, community groups like Upper Green Side can start to make green change from the bottom up. Thanks to Amy Stodghill from It s The Environment, Stupid. for introducing us to Glenn. Technorati Tags: community organizing, green, upper green side, nyc, new york city, green new york, ryanishungry

Barb Finnin is part of the amazing Freshtopia team. She s a certified master composter- her specialty is Vermicomposting with worms. We were super excited to learn that we could compost in our city apartment with a homemade worm bin even though we don t have a yard. Throwing food scraps away in the garbage is not something either of us enjoys, so having a green alternative has been more than satisfying for our sustainability goals. After 4 weeks, our worms are happy and thriving. Find out more about Vermicomposting and other forms of composting on Wikipedia. Visit Barb at Freshtopia.net. Runtime- 9:47 Technorati Tags: vermicomposting, vermiculture, worm compost, compost, apartment composting, indoor composting, diy, barb finnin, freshtopia, sanfrancisco, ryanishungry

We first met Darius through the Coworking experiment at The Hat Factory. Spending even a few minutes with Mr. Roberts and you will surely find out that his passion is transit. How can mass transit be more efficient? How can cities, metropolitan areas and even small towns make better use of the resources that already exist? What technologies will be up and coming to help transit in the US stay afloat in an age of ever increasing oil prices? Darius is currently starting up a car share program through DartCar.com, a site dedicated to helping people share the resources that exist all around them. Visit Darius blog for a glance into his transit crazed mind. Runtime- 4:40 Technorati Tags: ride share, dartcar, darius roberts, san francisco, transit, green, ryanishungry

Our last video at Green Citizen showed how easy it was to recycle your old electronics and the process in which they start to get sorted out. James Kao talks to us about why it s important to sort and keep track of products as part of the Cradle to Cradle methodology. Cradle to Cradle is a book about the elimination of waste that you should all check out. Visit Green Citizen and please recycle your old, geeky toys properly! Runtime- 4:02 Technorati Tags: green citizen, green, recycle, electronics, sanfrancisco, ryanishungry