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Back to Nature: Rocket Stoves & Mass Heaters

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Rocket Stoves & Mass Heaters by Dan the Glassman Garduno

Originally published here

A rocket stove is basically an L shaped fire place or chamber that utilizes smaller sticks or kindling instead of large logs of wood.. The design of the L shaped chamber allows the fire to be contained between the intake chamber and the outlet chamber which creates a vacuum of air through the rocket stove forcing the fire to become oxygenated and hotter. Heat naturally rises, so the heated air above the fire is forced up and out the outlet chamber which naturally forces air to come in through the intake chamber which forces the fire to become hotter. There is no need to use larger logs to create a bigger fire for more heat.

A mass heater is simply a constructed box that is heated up by having heat forced through it. They can be used to create radiant heating to naturally heat homes, patios, green houses, chicken coops, barns, workshops, garages, or anywhere you need to have heated.

You can combine a rocket stove with a mass heater to efficiently burn smaller sticks and kindling and then harness the heat to warm your home by sending it through an expanded outlet tube, inside a mass heater box or chamber, which then expands out of the home similar to a smokestack or chimney. A combustion chamber is place precisely over the rocket stove which becomes so hot it burns all the soot and smoke allowing for clean exhaust. Not only are they heat efficient and fuel efficient, but they are also environmentally friendly and release little to no emissions.Read more Back to Nature articles here.
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Dan Garduno

“The Glassman” will be posting more blogs and ideas as well as hosting many workshops on Self-sustainability, urban farming/agriculture, windowsill gardening, composting, upcycling, self water planters and grow beds, solar passive heating, collecting and purifying rain water, mass heaters and rocket stoves, papercrete, hemp cement, and so much more throughout 2015!

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Filed under: Sustainability and Tagged: Earth, Earth Stove, Nature, Preservation, Rocket, Rocket Stove, sustainability

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on October 10, 2015 Respond Permalink

On October 7, 2015 the Albuquerque City Council voted to declare Monday October 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day in Albuquerque. In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Rail Yards Market has programmed their arts zones accordingly. Here is a rundown:

Children’s Zone

The folks from the Native American Community Academy (NACA) will lead the kiddos in Symmetrical Butterfly making. Butterflies are sacred and important to many Native tribes and to the Cherokee people they are very meaningful. The Cherokee have a traditional butterfly dance which is an expression of renewal, giving thanks for new seasons, new life, and new beginnings.

Symmetry is an integral part of Native American life because it represents balance ~ the incredible balance of the seasons, the sun, the moon the stars and the interdependency of all living things in our world. The balance required within relationships, and the balance of our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual sides of ourselves are equally important.

Live Arts

Students from NACA will be showing their work and demonstrating their techniques.

Also creating art will be Kat D’Orazio who will be demonstrating watercolor techniques including wet-on-wet, dry brush, and use of watercolor mediums and masking agents. Artworks will be in various stages of completion and she will be adding to them live in the STEAM Zone!

Main Stage

The entertainment at the Main Stage will be kicked off by some spoken word courtesy of Rosie Thunderchief. There will also be live music, poetry from NACA students and storytelling! For schedule details check out the Rail Yards Market website.

Giving thanks, being grateful for what you have, and giving back to the people and the earth is very important to indigenous people around the globe. Native tribes have customs and ceremonies revolving around giving back because they understand they can’t exist without balance. Please join the Rail Yards Market this Sunday, October 11 as they give back to their community! See You Sunday!
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Alex Paramo is a native New Yorker of Colombian descent. He is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. He currently resides in Albuquerque, NM. Read More about him here.

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Filed under: Independent Media, Rail Yards Market and Tagged: Balance, First Nations, First People, Harmony, Indigenous, Indigenous People, Native American, Nature, South American

Guest Poet: Li Bai (Li Po)

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on September 9, 2015 Respond Permalink

Ancient Air by Li Bai

I climb up high and look on the four seas,
Heaven and earth spreading out so far.
Frost blankets all the stuff of autumn,
The wind blows with the great desert’s cold.
The eastward-flowing water is immense,
All the ten thousand things billow.
The white sun’s passing brightness fades,
Floating clouds seem to have no end.
Swallows and sparrows nest in the wutong tree,
Yuan and luan birds perch among jujube thorns.
Now it’s time to head on back again,
I flick my sword and sing Taking the Hard Road.

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Li Bai (701 – 762), also known as Li Po, was a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty that is often called the “Golden Age of China”. READ MORE

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Filed under: Poetry and Tagged: China, Chinese Poets, Li Bai, Li Bo, Nature, Passage of Time, Poetry

Sustainable Living for a Healthy You

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 1, 2015 Respond Permalink

Sustainable Living for a Healthy You by Alex Paramo

Sustainability

In Environmental Science Sustainability is defined as the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supportinglong-term ecological balance. It is a common term in today’s lexicon and in reaches from the Universal to the Interpersonal. Our lifestyles can be termed as sustainable or unsustainable. What is the key to sustainability? Balance in every aspect of our life.

At the Rail Yards Market their mission calls for a focus on creating a sustainable local economy but that is only one component. Weekly at the RYM, educators, vendors, entertainers and volunteers create an environment that is fueled by a passion for the local environment. This Sunday they have many opportunities for you to learn about how to participate in the creation of a sustainable world.

Sustainability in the STEAM Zones

The fine folks at Sanctuary at ABQ have a myriad of activities planned including:

Bird House Project:

2 bird houses
Can of Enviro-coating

The Children’s zone will have Kids Project:

Mini paper Cups
Organic Soil
Mint or sunflower seeds

There will also be various displays including an Aquaponics display and Solar Panel Display. A Solar City and Corn Hole Game for Raffle. Additionally they will have lots of reading materials covering:

Sustainable Farming
Aquaponics
Enviro-coating

Joining Sanctuary at ABQ is April Parrish. April Parrish is a local Artist who lives in the East Mountains of Albuquerque and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music. Her passion is founded in continuously learning, expressing and celebrating the Creative Principles at work in All Peoples and All Life while seeking the common threads of Sustainability and Beauty in a gentle ‘footprint’ on the Natural environment we all share on Our Earth. More information about April and her organization can be found here.

April is bringing an open canvas to RYM Sustainability Day’s STEAM Zone to share in a Live Community Earth Paint creation. The public will be painting, learning and playing creatively together!

Music and Yoga for a Sustainable Life

On our Main, among others, the folks from Mi Vida Yoga will be on hand to help you get into the proper balanced zone physically, mentally and spiritually!

Their program begins at 10 am so do not miss it! We also have various local musicians including RYM favorites, La Rondalla de Albuquerque. Find the complete schedule by checking on our calendar here.

Remember the words of the late Historian Howard Zinn, “You don’t have to engage in grand heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions (billions) of people can transform the world.” This Sunday, August 2nd from 10-2pm, the Rail Yards Market offers the opportunity for you to learn how you can do your small part.

See You Sunday!

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as Multimedia Books while promoting literacy in our communities.

Filed under: News & Info, Rail Yards Market, Sustainability and Tagged: Climate Change, Climate Science, Earth Science, Ecological Sustainability, Ecology, environment, Nature, Preservation, Rail Yards Market, Recycling, Survival, sustainability, Upcycling, Yoga

Free Art Friday: Natural Settings

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on June 5, 2015 Respond Permalink

Blue Tree Location, location, location! One of added benefits for the artist participating in Free Art Friday Albuquerqueis that they can have control over the setting of where they put their art and use that as another way to reach a particular audience or accent a statement the art is making.

In this way the place the art is left can function much like the stage settings in a play, highlighting the actor which in this case is a piece of art. One of the most beautiful things about Albuquerque is the diversity of our community and what better way to celebrate that then with art!

Another way the area the art is put can be utilized is including the natural world. Seeing art in a natural setting is a beautiful thing! Placing art in a natural setting demonstrates the connection and relationship art has with nature. There is aesthetics in nature and in art and this commonality bonds them together.

I often will leave a Free Art Friday piece in a tree or in the grass and it looks like it belongs there. It brings attention to the art already present in nature and creates an appreciation in the observer/art finder for the planet they live on.
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Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.

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Filed under: Art and Tagged: aesthetics, Art, Art Sharing, Community, Free Art, Free Art Friday, Free Art Friday Albuquerque, Giving, Local Art, Local Arts, Nature, Sharing

Back to Nature: Explorers at Explora

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on May 5, 2015 Respond Permalink

By Dan Garduno

Explorers at Explora Did you know you can find “The Glassman’s” self watering containers on display at the Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico?

They have been on display since Sept 2014. On a trip to Explora my daughter one day, I found himself inside the Arts and Crafts rooms and found all the items needed to make some wicking containers.

All you do is add soil and seeds to so they can be self watered. After creating them I asked the crew there if they had some soil and seeds (which they did) and water was added to the lower part of the bottle. Seeds were actually sown right there in Explora by the Glassman! Go check it out, 2 of the 3 original bottles remain. We are planning a day when “The Glassman” will host a workshop there for kids and their families!

Funding for our Earth

At this time I am currently working on acquiring some land in the South valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico to start growing on and doing more larger scale experimental garden methods as you see in Back To Nature on Community Publishing. Please help us grow Luna Star Farm by sharing our GoFundMe campaign page and contributing as much or as little as you can! Even $1 helps! WWW.GoFundMe.com/LunaStarFarm. Check out the latest episode of the Community Spotlight Vlog (Video Blog) below featuring yours truly!

Click link for the Back to Nature articles (archive).
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Filed under: Community Spotlight, Sustainability and Tagged: Albuquerque, Children's Museum, Explora, Museum, Nature, New Mexico, Recycle, Science, Self-Watering, sustainability, UpCycle

Guest Poet: Jane Yolen

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on April 22, 2015 Respond Permalink

Earth Day by Jane Yolen

I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
Each bit of mud,
And stick and stone
Is blood and muscle,
Skin and bone.

And just as I
Need every bit
Of me to make
My body fit,
So Earth needs
Grass and stone and tree
And things that grow here
Naturally.

That’s why we
Celebrate this day.
That’s why across
The world we say:
As long as life,
As dear, as free,
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.

SOURCE: “Earth Day” appears in The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Bookby Jane Yolen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995) available at Amazon.com.

Science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, children’s author, and poet Jane Yolen is the author of more than 300 books. She is also a teacher of writing and literature, and a reviewer of children’s literature. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. Read more by clicking here.

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Back to Nature: How to make a Survival Candle in 5 Steps

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on April 7, 2015 Respond Permalink

By Dan the “Glassman” Garduno

Here’s a simple survival candle you can make at home from a few free recycled materials to help you get Back To Nature!

All you need is a tuna can, some cardboard, and some wax. These survival candles are perfect for heat in emergency situations, and can be used as a flame to cook over as well! A portable camp fire in a can! Simply snuff it out by stepping on it and covering it with your boot.
Here’s how you make it!

5 Simple Steps

Gather your materials: tuna can, cardboard, wax, scissors, another can to melt wax in, and a heat source. I used a candle.
Cut cardboard into strips as wide as the height of the tuna can, or about an inch wide. And about 7″ long. You will need 5-7 strips depending on if using a smaller or bigger tuna can.
Roll them all up and try to hold them all rolled at then same time between your fingers. You want to be able to keep them rolled tight until you place them into the can. One rolled strip in the center with the remaining strips surrounding that center strip.
The strips will loosen and open up forcing them out and holding each other in place.
Place wax in another can with label removed. I used a tall soup can. I also made a hole towards the bottom of one side of the can to use as a pouring spout. You can heat can over a stove directly or place in a pan with water and allow water to boil. Or you can hold over a candle. I rigged up a few things to place the can on over the candle with the spout directly over the tuna can with cardboard strips that way it started to pour automatically as the wax melted. I used wax from the small cheese wheels. You can also use old broken crayons.
The idea is to pour the wax over the cardboard and to fill up the can almost to the top with wax. Only fill to the tops of the cardboard strips. These act as your wick. The entire can becomes a flame, not just one small wick. Its a portable camp fire. Use outdoor only and in a safe and controlled area. Use common sense at all times!

These are perfect for survival, camping, or at home. It can also be made in a large Xmas cookie tin for a larger portable campfire. And the lid is perfect for snuffing the flame and for travel.

Dan Garduno

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Filed under: Sustainability and Tagged: Apocalypse, Asteroid, Candle, Doomsday, Nature, Survival, sustainability, Zombie

Weirdly’s World: Kings of Control

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on March 31, 2015 Respond Permalink

The image above depicts a classic situation here the disempowered going up against the controlling powers that be. The force of change vs the entrenched dagoma of the past. I’ve simplified this conflict to bring it into an extreme focus.

The Astro Monk series continues with GLOP and GUN at odds with the A.C.K BOT controlers’s methods of control. I think this kind of struggle is always with us. We always have the unreasonable controlling minority and the unreasonably controlled majority. Is it in our nature to accept a system like this? I don’t know but I hope not.

Exterior Forces

In GLOP and GUNS situation they start out threatening violence for change. It will end on a more passive note as exterior circumstances force their situation to change. In a way I think this is more the way things go in reality.

Exterior changes in energy sources or technological advances force those in power out making way for new people of power to come in.

I have this fantasy or maybe it’s a germ or a story. But it goes like this, an idea is presented to the masses that is so compelling it convinces every one to stop working . Then the powers that be would take notice and could only ask… What is it that you want? What do we want? Perhaps we will get our chance to ask and receive an answer to this important question.

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Rocket Stoves & Mass Heaters by Dan the Glassman Garduno