Living With Fire (Part 4): Integrating Fire Into Daily Life (Again) ~Epi-036

What if we chose to view nature's gift of annually-replenishing fixed carbon sources (i.e. brush, forests etc) in high-fire danger areas as an opportunity to harmonize with the annual carbon cycle instead of as a nuisance to be combated?

Could we improve home safety in the urban-wildland edge and take steps towards living within our annual solar energy budget, while saving money and improving habitat and ecology?

We absolutely can. Join me for a journey into what could be if we chose to integrate fire into daily life again. In today's show we cover...

• What a fire-integrated culture could look like
• The amazing technology that we already have to make burning biomass a central part of meeting our needs without sacrificing convenience while boosting the health of our homestead landscapes!
  • Rocket-stove technology for heating water, heating people and spaces, cooking, even forging and making maple syrup!
  • Making biochar from clean-burning pyrolytic stoves and kilns while meeting our heat-generation needs.
• What needs to happen for such a future to be realized at scale.
  • Acceptance of the true nature of this climate and bioregion - Fire is a part of this place and its rhythms and we can't change that - let's stop fighting this natural energy and design our lives and homes to align with it instead!
  • More freedom to innovate
    • To build fire-proof homes from natural materials.
    • To burn biomass to meet basic energy needs.
  • Fire-literacy that comes from LIVING WITH FIRE - respecting fire because we have intimate first-hand knowledge of its power.
  • a SLOWER PACE…fire demands attention and calls us to slow down - and this is a good thing especially now in the times we are living in.

Show Resources

• Space & People Heating
  • DIY Rocket Mass Heaters 8 movie set - HD instant view, download or DVD set.
  • DragonTech Rocket Mass Heater store - a place to order pre-made, done-for-you RMH part and complete systems.
  • DIY Plans for building your own RMH + Free Heat RMH movie
  • 3D Plans for DIY Rocket Sauna Heater - yes!
• Water Heating
  • Rocket Hot Water Systems Playlist
  • Wood-Fired Hot Water system from SunDog Builders shows just how simple this can be.
• Cooking
  • Cooking With Biomass Playlist
  • DIY Rocket Ovens Movie HD Download
  • Riserless Rocket-Powered Cooktops for Home Cooking - Walker Stoves.com
  • 3D Plans for a DIY Rocket Heater with Lorena Cooktop Option
• Charcoal & Biochar
  • Making Charcoal & Biochar Playlist
  • Bluesky Biochar - Michael Wittman - wood vinegar for sale and a great educational resource!

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