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Hochsitz, Schaukelpferd und Schreibtisch in einem Stück!

July 22 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Wood - Carpentry

Mona hat ein Kombi-Spilezeug für ihren Neffe Jonathan entwickelt. Michael (mein Tischlermeister) hat uns in seiner Werkstatt eingeladen und uns bei den entscheidenden Arbeitsschritte geholfen. Jonathan ist noch etwas zu jung um die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten...

Some of the best hitch-hiking rides ever!

July 19 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Miscellaneous

On Friday July 17 we were on the road, hitch-hiking between Austria and Spain. In the morning, we just had a good ride of about 200km, from Buchs (Austrian-Swiss border) to Bern. But this time, in the Grauholz service station before Bern, our lucky star...

Dumpster Diving...

June 27 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Miscellaneous

... or how to eat for free by diving into the overflow of the society. Most people don't know about the amazing quantity of food ending up every day in the garbages of supermarkets. O ne of my favorite activities at the moment is "dumpster diving", the...

Construction de pagaies - 3

May 1 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Building a paddle

Apres avoir réussi une première pagaie, je vais mettre ici des photos de nouvelles pales avec différents designs. Pour les détails sur la construction, allez voir dans Construction de pagaies - 1 (le moule) et Construction de pagaies - 2 (la premiere...

Construction de pagaies - 2

April 5 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Building a paddle

Cet article fait suite a Construction de pagaies - 1 où j'explique le shape de la pagaie, la construction du moule et des noyaux en mousse polyuréthane. Samedi 4 Avril 2009: construction de la première pale! J'ai choisi de la faire noire. - Poids de fibre:...

Stop eating the rainforest!

April 4 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Agriculture - Sustainability - etc.

What do Tarzan, the rainforest and meat consumption have in common? The answer to this question appeared to me like a flash after a long night working in the Konzerthaus (I do the wardrobe there and this time I had to work until 3:30am). The event this...

Natural Farming in India

January 2 2009 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Agriculture - Sustainability - etc.

(Last Update: 20-03-2010) During a travel in India in winter 2007-2008, I found the indian edition of "The one straw revolution: an introduction to natural farming" of Masanobu Fukuoka in a library of Delhi. The preface of this indian edition was written...

Eau de Toilette - Vienne

December 31 2008 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Miscellaneous

EAU DE TOILETTE - VIENNE Some of the best ads ever seen. Its about the wastewater treatment plant of Vienna, the most modern of its kind in the world. That's what Ebs - the company running it - says on its website www.ebs.co.at Wastewater treatment interested...

Pani, nahi - Pepsi piyo!

December 18 2008 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Miscellaneous

Found on http://community.livejournal.com/stolngeneration/4581.html (From "Sanjay Sangvai", Sun, November 14, 2004 9:15 pm). I find that it's fitting nice to the name of this blog: Pani, nahi - Pepsi Piyo (Don’t’ drink water- have Pepsi). Say India’s...

Loft bed

October 13 2008 , Written by Tournolive Published on #Wood - Carpentry

We built this bed quite some time ago (Autumn 2005), but I still wanted to put some photos on the net. It's not easy to live 2 people in a 30sqm flat, and a loft bed was necessary specially because we have a lot of guests from hospitalityclub visiting...