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Hey, Its Kristin. I just thought I’d give an update, and share a video with you. First, here’s a video that I found on YouTube. Its a woman talking about how they compost an entire BBQ festival’s organic waste (Thats 4,000-5,000 lbs of food waste!). I found it pretty interesting:

So, the update:
We’re in the process of filming several episodes. It’s a big learning curve for us, but we’re starting to get the hang of it. If only we had a real camera! We’re using a laptop as our video camera, so there’s no zooming, and its awkward to hold. Its great for blog style videos though, which is what its meant for. The episodes are various projects. We’re talking about the befefits of line drying clothes, how to pickle peppers, making a compost turner, and more! Log onto our youtube channel and subscribe!

We’ve been filming segments for our coming YouTube series. We’re really excited to start posting the series, but everything is a process. Today we started building a frame for our compost bin. The concrete is setting overnight, and hopefully we’ll have time to finish it tomorrow. We’re also in the process of filming a few other episodes…. so start getting excited!

In the meantime we’re posting our trailers on YouTube to try to build up subscibers. If you’d like to help the Urban Homesteader efforts, log on to YouTube and subscribe to our channel (TheUrbanHomesteaders).

Enjoy:

Welcome to TheUrbanHomesteaders blog, the ongoing documentation of one couple’s adventures in trying to live a more sustainable life. You’ve probably heard plenty by now about sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint, but how much time do you have to research what it takes to really make a change in your life? Here at TheUrbanHomesteaders.com, Ben Munsonand Kristin Cox have decided to make their lives a living experiment in adopting truly a sustainable lifestyle on a budget. We realize that not everyone can install a $25,000 solar array, so we chose to focus our efforts on the most widely adoptable measures.

It is our hope that by broadcasting our successes and failures that we can make reducing your carbon footprint a snap.