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Category Archives: Cautious Optimist

Lessons learned – regrowing radish from scrap

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionMay 9, 2022

by Learning Lead – Elisabeth Huang To be honest, not every food scrap that I initially planned to regrow sprung back to life. One of the food scraps that I was hoping to regrow was radishes. I absolutely love cutting slices of radishes and submerging them into apple cider and then having them as a…

It’s Harvest Time!

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionApril 25, 2022

by Learning Lead – Melinda Munding Well, the worms have done their job digesting our food waste and breaking it down into nutritionally dense waste of their own, called castings, and now it is time to harvest those castings. Luckily, unlike other animal manure, worm castings have no offending smell at all. One of my…

Old Jeans into Mechanics Apron

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionApril 7, 2022

by Learning Lead – Fidel Pacay Well Folks, I wish I had a more positive update for you all on my journey learning How to Make Bike Mechanic’s Aprons from Recycled Jeans, however, I unfortunately encountered a few unprecedented issues with the sewing machine, as well as in my personal life which impeded me from…

Creative Solutions to Perplexing Problems

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionMarch 25, 2022

by Learning Lead – Caden Hebb & Lily Barraclough As with anything outdoors, our hügelkultur garden was subject to the elements, which brought with it many diverse challenges. Some of the challenges were due to our inexperience and failure to organise the veggies in a way that ensured there was enough space for all of the…

On the Mend, part 3: If the shoe fits, then fix it!

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionMarch 24, 2022

by Learning Lead – Katie Yantzi After my previous mending projects (using embroidery and sashiko stitching, as well as darning), I was feeling ready to tackle a bigger, multi-part mend, and something that would generally cost a bit more to replace: I decided to fix up an old pair of shoes. As you can see,…

Perfecting the Pedal-powered Smoothie Bike

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionMarch 21, 2022

by Learning Lead – Amy Darrell While food insecurity is very much an ongoing issue, many people and communities, particularly in North America, have access to an unprecedented amount of high-calorie food. At the same time, the work and lifestyle of many people have become much less dependent on physical labour. As a result, our…

Worms and Weather: Further complications in the journey of mushroom identification

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionJanuary 7, 2022

by Learning Lead – Hannah Brown Hello again and welcome! Thank you for continuing to join me in my journey as a beginner mushroom forager who hasn’t foraged anything yet (and probably won’t this year). I have loved how mushroom foraging has made me more aware of the weather than ever; mushrooms need rain. It…

Bringing green onions scraps to life

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionNovember 23, 2021

by Learning Lead – Elisabeth Huang One of the first things I learned to grow successfully when I was living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in an adorable little home but with little growing space was green onions. With little space to grow my little green friends, I filled my small green pot with some soil…

Making Bike Mechanics’ Aprons from Recycled Jeans (Part 2)

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionNovember 23, 2021

by Learning Lead – Fidel Pacay It has been a fun journey so far learning to operate the sewing machine that I chose to to do this project with.  I am very impressed by the ingenuity and engineering that went into the design of the Singer 4452 Heavy Duty Machine. It’s practicality makes learning how to sew…

Electricity 101

Blog, Cautious Optimist, Waterlution BlogBy WaterlutionNovember 16, 2021

by Learning Lead – Amy Darrell I am not sure when it happened, but I have become a total energy geek. I love hearing about creative ways to produce and use energy. I get positively giddy when I read stories about a company in Scotland developing an inventive way to store energy using abandoned mine shafts or…

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