Hello, and welcome to EcoJaunt. We are an eco-educational interactive video website seeking out knowledge throughout the United States. Our "Main" tab will have all our adventures and "how-to" videos in order. Use the search bar to find videos of interest and search the other tabs for more information and ways to connect to other communities. Thank you for visiting... ENJOY!!
29.12.11
27.12.11
Mulberry Madness!!!
Natalya Lowther at Pinwheel farms spins us a colorfully true story about Mulberries and the Sheep who love them.
www.pinwheelfarm.org
21.12.11
OUR NEW ROADMAP PAGE!
Check it out, we have a new page!
It's a listing of all the places we've been and people we've done projects with; complete with links when applicable ;)
ROAD MAP PAGE: Click Here!
Feel free to stalk us!
It's a listing of all the places we've been and people we've done projects with; complete with links when applicable ;)
ROAD MAP PAGE: Click Here!
Feel free to stalk us!
13.12.11
Magnificent Methane Digester... burp...
Robert Byrnes sniffs out more combustable solutions for our eco-riffic world! Check out how chickin poo and the poo of other barnyard friends can create a cooking gas or heating source.
Check out his exciting website! www.Nebraskascrewpress.com
7.12.11
About Crestone Solar School with Paul Shippee!
All about Crestone Solar School! A better-late-than-never tribute to our Solar Scholar!
1.12.11
Nebraska Green Fuels Station!
Robert Byrnes gives us a heads up on the differences between ethanol, petrol, and biofuels outside the coop he started: Nebraska Green Fuels!
For more info: www.nebraskascrewpress.com
21.11.11
19.11.11
News Alert: The Grey Plume
Breaking News! Clayton Chapman of Omaha's The Grey Plume lets us know what makes his restaurant the MOST SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT in the country!
Visit them in person or at
greyplume.com!
12.11.11
Super Heros of the Land Institute
Wes Jackson, Carrie Carpenter, and Stan Cox tell us about The Land Institute's work to create grain perennials to be used in farms across the world. Their revolutionary work aims to cut down on the environmental destruction that current farming practices are creating.
10.11.11
7.11.11
Perennials VS Annuals: The Battle to End ALL Wars!!!
Famed Wes Jackson and his team tell us the benefits of Perennials VS Annuals. This video is full of yummy facts that are sure to blow your mind.
For more information check 'em out at The Land Institute!
Also stay tuned for our next music video entitled "Sorry Wes Jackson" (I'm am an Annual)
30.10.11
19.10.11
16.10.11
SOLAR POWER: It's Active and It's Passive!
Paul Shippee of the Crestone Solar School talks about the different types of solar power: passive and active.
10.10.11
Natural Awakenings: Great to Meet the AMAZING Publishers ;)
Loved meeting these kats on the streets of North Chicago! Couldn't have asked for better people to see our live projector action :)
Check out their publication, full of sustainable ideas and health tips!
NATURAL AWAKENINGS
Check out their publication, full of sustainable ideas and health tips!
NATURAL AWAKENINGS
9.10.11
The Greenhouse Gallery: The Living Farm
Lynn Gillespie of The Living Farm shows us her many ingenious ways of heating her greenhouses during the cold Colorado winter!
The Living Farm: An introduction to an amazing farm
INTRODUCING.....Lynn Gillespie of The Living Farm in Paonia, CO!
8.10.11
Locational Update!
We are currently in Chicago-land, getting excited to teach at Whitney Young Magnet School on Tuesday! Yeeehaw, look out 5 science classes and one Eco-Club meeting, EcoJaunt is on its way ;)
Next stop: Detroit.
Next stop: Detroit.
3.10.11
Douglas RIP : Meet The Rally Wagon
A video tribute to The Douglas and an introduction to his successor The Rally Wagon.
Check out all the work in fast-forward!
Enjoy!
The Story below:
Oh Woe as it is, it came to pass that in September, year of our lord 2011, the mighty member of EcoJaunt, The Douglas, has died! In a parking lot it gave it's last limping start and took us to safety at our host's house in Omaha, NE.
What does one do when their house dies? When their vehicle for information, navigation and habitation goes kaput? .... CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT THE FULL STORY!
2.10.11
Celia's Teat Tips AND For Cheezy
Celia's Teat Tips:
Celia shows us how to milk a goat in preparation for cheese.
For Cheezy:
Celia shows us the steps to turn your goat milk into goat cheese! Yum!
26.9.11
My Newest Health Blog!
Food For Thought Part II: Green things CAN taste yummy!
Just click on the link to check it out and get some veggies rockin!
Just click on the link to check it out and get some veggies rockin!
17.9.11
Trombe Wall: Passive Solar to heat your home
A great way to reuse material to heat your home! Good bye heating bills!
Kevin Bell shows us how easy it can be.
5.9.11
29.8.11
16.8.11
Homestead Organics: Let us introduce you.
An intro to this stellar farm in Hamilton, MT.
Check 'em out!
BIRD IS THE WORD!
Laura makes our Kale Krunch!
Quick Tip #1 Salad Washing Deluxe: Prepping Salad mix for the Farmers Market.
Quick Tip #2 Greenhouse Modification with Chicken Wire!
Letter of the law: Laura and Henry talk to us about Montana Law and new laws encroaching on small farmers way of life.
13.8.11
The farmers of tomorrow need your help today!
Hello Jaunt viewers. Today we met an awesome farmer named Lynn Gillespie. Her main crop is future farmers. She is raising money to plant additional crops to increase the farm's diversity to teach her students. Click below to be taken to her kickstarter video and learn more about her farm.
This is a very important project - please help her out!
Stay tuned for our epic-awesome videos coming out of The Living Farm!
Paonia, Colorado-
The farmers of tomorrow need your help today!
This is a very important project - please help her out!
Stay tuned for our epic-awesome videos coming out of The Living Farm!
Paonia, Colorado-
The farmers of tomorrow need your help today!
8.8.11
Sparky the Electric Wonder Bike vs. Gas Guzzzler!
Enjoy the fierce competition between the internal combustion engine and the power of electric current.
Email Pico with questions or comments at pico@eburg.com
3.8.11
Big Daddy BioChar with Jim Karnofski
Be sure to check out our previous BioChar videos for more information.
Contact Jim with comments or questions (he's friendly) Karnask@hotmail.com
29.7.11
Soaking up the Solar Shine in our new Solar Cells!!!
22.7.11
Sustainable Living Meets Health...actually they've been friends all along.
Greetings from the Great Salt Lake! Wanted to let y'all know that I (Swix Morgan) have been writing a fun (and somewhat informative) blog for the physical therapy clinic that I worked at in Portland. It ties together sustainable ideas and health, often including stretches or exercises for sustainable activities! If you're keen to check it out, follow this link:
(don't worry I'll bring humility back in the next sentence)
or you can go to Therapeutic Associates' web page for downtown Portland clinic and click on the Where In the States Is Morgan icon.
Thus far, I've written three blogs:
#1 Sustaining Your Body and Your Garden
#2 Get On The Bus Gus!
#3 Commute By Bike: Tips to Get You Rolling
I'm currently sitting at Coffee Noir in SLC working on numero quatro... as a tease, the topic is food!
Hope you're enjoying the summer and making smart choices! ...and watching fun, enjoyable, education videos on this really cool website I've heard about... OK, really the humility is on its way :)
11.7.11
8.7.11
Hello All!
We are in Roslyn, Washington near Cle Elum hunkering down in coffee shops to catch up on our editing! Awesome community in Roslyn, outdoor open mics and friendly eco-heads all about.
Stay tuned for a small slew of new videos!
Thanks for watching...
Stay tuned for a small slew of new videos!
Thanks for watching...
Larkin Stentz of Green Angel Garden shows us how to "make your bed"- preparing your bed for a new crop of lettuce.
Larkin of Green Angel Gardens shows us how to lower your electric bill to pre-heat your water using the sun!
22.6.11
Takilma Mocking Bird
In the southern south of the almost California portion of Oregon, there is a community named Takilma (it's just outside of Cave Junction if that helps your geographic sense). All you need do is say that you're heading to "Takilma" to any resident of a nearby area and you have instantly gained yourself a hippy recognition title. This we learned before ever stepping foot into the curve of the highway that is designated for this small community.
Driving into Takilma on a dark and dreary evening, Travis and I saw our new favorite sign. Scrawled in poorly handwritten spray paint on the side of a long abandoned trailer along the road were the words "Welcome to Downtown Takilma."
Perfecto.
Takilma is an itty bitty teeny tiny community nestled in the evergreen hills of southern Oregon comprised mostly of small, cooperative farms and organizations. There are no restaurants, hardware stores, or Seven-Elevens. Most of the children attend the Dome School, which is run by locals and also hosts community meetings and functions. What was our business in Takilma one might ask?
We were headed to Frog Farms to meet Debbie Lukas, founder, manager, director, marketing chair, and sole employee of Siskiyou Mountain Herbs. Deb and her husband Steve grow and propagate medicinal herbs, plants, food, and one dog; all organically of course! She provides herbal medicinal consultations, sells a menagerie of different herbal concoctions, and teaches classes to those who travel from near and far to learn her skills...or at least attempt to take home even a minute fraction of the plethora of knowledge inside Deb's brain.
While at Frog Farms, we joined Deb's current students in learning to create a pedicularis tincture, to chew up a comfrey poultice, and to identify all sorts of plants native to this region (which is apparently a mecca for botanical variety).
I must say, the comfrey poultice I used on a nice deep cut in my palm felt freaking fantastic. The comfrey leaf has a mucilaginous inside and root due to polysaccharides in the plant (as do many plants that are soothing to boo-boos) and feels quite cooling to the skin. It also contains allantoin, which is a hormone-like substance that increases cell division, ie. it helps with proliferation of the epithelial layer of the skin! But wait, there's more! Comfrey also contains a fair amount of tannins, which have an astringent property, helping wounds to constrict. That's right, comfrey literally makes your wounds shrink...and without that crazy ray gun Rick Moranis used in 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.'
Who knew, that leaf that I've been adding sparingly to my salads could also improve the healing time for my ouchies! Hoorah!
We also concocted (after a safari in search of oak galls...also with tannins) a poultice compress for Travis' newly acquired poison oak dots. I will cut to the chase, it helped ;)
Watch for our late in coming but soon to be out there videos from Siskiyou Mountain Herbs! Thanks Deb and Steve, you guys rock my world!
7.5.11
Soil Block Building 101
Learn how to use (and make) Soil Block Builders for your plant starts.
They are better for your plants and better for your planet. Plus they will save you money!
From the folks at Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center
28.4.11
Lost Valley: A Tale of Sociocracy
Lost Valley discusses Sociocracy as a system of governance in their community.
www.lostvalley.org
27.4.11
17.4.11
Paul Stamets Mushroom Scientist
Paul Speaks about respect for our fragile earth and the power of the mushroom.He has proven that fungi can detoxify soil, water and the human body.
For more on Paul, please check out Fungi.com
Sustainable Minds Software for Builders and Architects
Joel Kucer discusses a software that designers can use to understand the impact that their creation has on the environment and offers options for greener methods of construction.
SustainableMinds.com
10.4.11
SCRAP: A Creative ReUse Center
SCRAP takes in "scraps", odds and ends or other objects of artistic potential that would otherwise be discarded in landfills. They sort and present them to the public for sale as arts and crafts supplies. SCRAP also offers workshops and makes generous contributions to artistic endeavors. Artists, school teachers and organizations find SCRAP amazing! They are currently spreading their model countrywide. Keep an eye out for a SCRAP near you, or better yet, contact them and find out how to get involved!
Check em out SCRAPaction.org
21.3.11
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THAT ATTENDED THE FUNDRAISER!!!
The night was a blast and total success. Just remember, sustainability is sexy!
Spread the word !
20.3.11
Portland Moves House by Bike
Portland OR shows us how to pack everything in a house and move it with pedal power.
Shift2bikes.org
16.3.11
COMPOST HAPPENS -- INTERVIEW WITH OREGON TILTH
Tilth workers explain what compost is and why it is important for our soil. They also address the important components of a healthy, working compost system and how to create on for your own garden. Thanks Tilth!
STRAWBALE HOUSES -- DICK KNOWS INTERVIEW
Dick is a man of many talents and ambitions. He now lives high on the mountaintops in Northern California. His home is snowed in six months out of the year. He sustains himself on with Hydroelectricity in his Strawbale house. He discusses many of the preparations he uses to greenly survive the winter.
Meet the house that Dick built. Beautiful and very efficient. Dick talks about the finer points of Strawbale housing, and the codes of construction.
Meet the house that Dick built. Beautiful and very efficient. Dick talks about the finer points of Strawbale housing, and the codes of construction.
HOW TO / INTERVIEW -- DICK KNOWS HYDROELECTRIC
Dick shows us his Hydroelectric system. Impressively it is more than ample to power everything he needs even when there is five feet of snow outside.
HOW TO BUILD -- HUMAN COMPOSTING TOLIET "HUMANURE"
Mountain Village gives us a fun look at the proper ways to deal with human waste to make "Humanure". This shows dirty work can be fun.
HOW TO BUILD -- ADOBE EARTH DOME
Mountain Village helps to construct an Adobe Earth Dome: a cheap and earth friendly structure.
HOW TO MAKE -- BEER BREAD EASY!!
Mountain Village and Swix shows us a quick and easy bread recipe. Yumm!
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS INTERVIEW
We interview Wwoofers of Mountain Village about what MV means to them.
ANN O'QUINN OF MOUNTAIN VILLAGE INTERVIEW
An interview with the loving Boss of Mountain Village - Ann O'Quinn.
23.2.11
Thank You's Abound!!!!
It’s raining in Portland, a shocking February truth, I know! Travis and I sit with Tacoma, our black furry mule-eared friend, surrounded by documents and computers and emails and lists and coffee, did i mention coffee?
We have come a considerable ways over the last few months: officially becoming a non-profit under fiscal sponsorship, editing and creating more videos about sustainability, getting The Douglas (our big green cross country mobile) running, and preparing like mad for our upcoming fundraiser on March 20th at Green Dragon. Holy moly, it’s like having a full time job again! And I thought I was retiring ;)
Scanning through lists and letters has reminded me, once again, of how amazing the Portland community is. The goal of this update is to send out the BIGGEST most BRILLIANT shout out to businesses and individuals alike who have donated to EcoJaunt thus far!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
We have received amazing donations for our silent auction (mark your calendars for March 20th!) from local businesses listed below. Additionally, individuals have donated to our cause using the PayPal setup. This support is so important to us! Even $5 smackaroos a month can do so much for our cause! And we know that it’s a sacrifice, that it is one less ridiculously fantastic local microbrew or movie at Laurelhurst Theater each month. But it is important! And it will count! And you can always buy a local six pack and watch our videos online for free with no commercials and personalized pauses for stretch breaks ;)
So come one, come all to Green Dragon (928 SE 9th Ave) on March 20th at 6:30pm! The first 25 people there will have a pint on the house! There will be heaps of interesting silent auction items, necessary and not to life and survival ;) We will be presenting a slideshow and video presentation about our project, and playing games and drinking amazing beverages while having wonderous and thought provoking conversation (one can hope ;). Come and play and connect!
Our excitement for this project is growing like the crocuses and daffodils that are currently showing their brightly colored petals and reminding us that spring is coming; and that things will change and grow and that there are more colors than gray and green that paint the Ptown landscape!
Cheers to sustainable choices, creating change towards a better world, and lapping up the crazy amazing everything surrounding us each day!
See y’all the Green Dragon on the 20th!
Local businesses who have donated rockstar gift certificates or items for the silent auction:
Sock Dreams
Grand Central Bakery
Local Goods
Detour Cafe
Sunnyside Holistic Group
Butterscotch
Bike N Hike
Zell’s Cafe
Meat
Spunky Monkey Coffee
Oilerie
Zeppo
Tillamock Ice Cream
Great Harvest Bread
Qui Spot Acupuncture
Crescendo Salon
NW Printed Solutions
White Phoenix Acupuncture
Bike Commuter
Hammys Pizza
Capello Zona Salon
Clinton Street Records
We have come a considerable ways over the last few months: officially becoming a non-profit under fiscal sponsorship, editing and creating more videos about sustainability, getting The Douglas (our big green cross country mobile) running, and preparing like mad for our upcoming fundraiser on March 20th at Green Dragon. Holy moly, it’s like having a full time job again! And I thought I was retiring ;)
Scanning through lists and letters has reminded me, once again, of how amazing the Portland community is. The goal of this update is to send out the BIGGEST most BRILLIANT shout out to businesses and individuals alike who have donated to EcoJaunt thus far!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
We have received amazing donations for our silent auction (mark your calendars for March 20th!) from local businesses listed below. Additionally, individuals have donated to our cause using the PayPal setup. This support is so important to us! Even $5 smackaroos a month can do so much for our cause! And we know that it’s a sacrifice, that it is one less ridiculously fantastic local microbrew or movie at Laurelhurst Theater each month. But it is important! And it will count! And you can always buy a local six pack and watch our videos online for free with no commercials and personalized pauses for stretch breaks ;)
So come one, come all to Green Dragon (928 SE 9th Ave) on March 20th at 6:30pm! The first 25 people there will have a pint on the house! There will be heaps of interesting silent auction items, necessary and not to life and survival ;) We will be presenting a slideshow and video presentation about our project, and playing games and drinking amazing beverages while having wonderous and thought provoking conversation (one can hope ;). Come and play and connect!
Our excitement for this project is growing like the crocuses and daffodils that are currently showing their brightly colored petals and reminding us that spring is coming; and that things will change and grow and that there are more colors than gray and green that paint the Ptown landscape!
Cheers to sustainable choices, creating change towards a better world, and lapping up the crazy amazing everything surrounding us each day!
See y’all the Green Dragon on the 20th!
Local businesses who have donated rockstar gift certificates or items for the silent auction:
Sock Dreams
Grand Central Bakery
Local Goods
Detour Cafe
Sunnyside Holistic Group
Butterscotch
Bike N Hike
Zell’s Cafe
Meat
Spunky Monkey Coffee
Oilerie
Zeppo
Tillamock Ice Cream
Great Harvest Bread
Qui Spot Acupuncture
Crescendo Salon
NW Printed Solutions
White Phoenix Acupuncture
Bike Commuter
Hammys Pizza
Capello Zona Salon
Clinton Street Records
25.1.11
Fundraiser Time!!
Hello everyone!
As many of you know, we are gearing up for the big Jaunt set to leave the last weekend of March. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! We will travel around the US, interacting with, learning from, and documenting sustainable practices, for you to learn and enjoy. While we own the vehicle, equipment, and the energy for this project, we still need to cover basic needs: gas and food.
Please subscribe for as little as 5$ a month, or donate a lump sum. We are now paired with the non-profit, Filmmakers Collaborative. Filmmakers Collaborative is our Fiscal Sponsor and through them all donations are tax deductible! Help us now and have the government pay you back later!!
Please note all donations through PayPal as it is set up are not tax deductible, please contact us for Tax deductible donations.
It's up to us to find the funding needed. Please support us in this important venture. Spread the word!!
Thank you,
Travis and Swix
As many of you know, we are gearing up for the big Jaunt set to leave the last weekend of March. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! We will travel around the US, interacting with, learning from, and documenting sustainable practices, for you to learn and enjoy. While we own the vehicle, equipment, and the energy for this project, we still need to cover basic needs: gas and food.
Please subscribe for as little as 5$ a month, or donate a lump sum. We are now paired with the non-profit, Filmmakers Collaborative. Filmmakers Collaborative is our Fiscal Sponsor and through them all donations are tax deductible! Help us now and have the government pay you back later!!
Please note all donations through PayPal as it is set up are not tax deductible, please contact us for Tax deductible donations.
It's up to us to find the funding needed. Please support us in this important venture. Spread the word!!
Thank you,
Travis and Swix
Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.
The Mountain Village team is a WWOOFing community that travels where sustainable help is needed.
When contacted they evaluate the work and the impact on human lives and the environment. They are like the A-Team of sustainable communities.
Adobe Earth Dome Project
Human Compost
How to make Beer Bread 40min total
Interview with Ann O'Quinn of Mountain Village
Dick lives in Northern California. He spends six months of the year completely snowed in. With an eight mile snow-shoe to the nearest road, Dick has to be a smart and busy man to survive. The following videos will discuss food storage, mushroom harvesting and cultivation, personal hydroelectric power and straw-bale construction. Good Job, Dick!!!
Dick discusses food storage
Dick discusses mushroom picking
Dick discusses hydroelectricity
Dick discusses strawbale structures
Dick discusses food storage
Dick discusses mushroom picking
Dick discusses hydroelectricity
Dick discusses strawbale structures
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