12/21/22 12/21/22

Project BioEngineering Arts and Crafts

The arts and crafts students will be exploring in the BioEngineering Arts and Crafts section of the 2023 summer camp.

12/21/22 12/21/22

Project Renewables Arts and Craft

The proposed Project Renewables Arts and Crafts projects. Subject to change, guaranteed to be recycled and electric fun!

11/4/22 11/4/22

Installing a New Solar Array in Photos

A photo essay on installing a complete solar array atop a roof. Tomorrow I will finish wiring it all up and batteries.

11/4/22 11/4/22

Fall Harvest Update 2022

A brief update and photo essay of the gardens at Mezzacello mid fall 2022. There are some adaptations and adjustments, but that's life

10/24/22 10/24/22

Global Innovation Field Trip and the Bioreactor

A presentation about the design cycle and how I used it to move Mezzacello from simple to complex systems.

9/4/22 9/4/22

Water Conservation Systems

Water is a valuable and limited resource. Yes it can be reused, recycled, and is abundant - but only to a limit. Preserve water!

8/21/22 8/21/22

Get The Lead Out

Chicken farming group posted a story about high lead contamination in backyard flocks in Australia, my neighbors and I had our soil tested.

8/6/22 8/6/22

Water From Waste Part Two

After testing the design for a simple plastic solar still, we will build a better more efficient model with wood, metal and glass.

8/6/22 8/6/22

How the Bioreactor Works

A simple schematic of the bioreactor as it was originally designed. How the sun, wind, air, water, chemicals and compost all interact.

8/6/22 8/6/22

Care and Instructions for a Parterre Garden

The parterre garden has a long and storied history. It is a good system for gardening and is quite effective.

8/5/22 8/5/22

Parterre Herb Garden Update 2022

A quick update on the parterre herbal gardens. A note on how to how to harvest and preserve them. And they smell delightful.

8/5/22 8/5/22

From Waste to Water

Using off the shelf buckets, washed sand, gravel, charcoal and was large river stone we can purify even the dirtiest water.

8/5/22 8/5/22

The Gift of the Magi

Two people share a combined passion but come at it from completely different angles, it can be interesting. So we laugh and compromise.

Jim Bruner 7/23/22 Jim Bruner 7/23/22

Fire In The Garden

Using fire in the garden benefits ecosystems. It may be counterintuitive, but fire is more dangerous to everything but the plants and soil! I also love the image my niece drew from 2017!

5/27/22 5/27/22

Lesson: Data 101

This lesson is in regards to the basics of clear data collection, attention to detail and rigor in data collection - an essential STTEM Skill

Jim Bruner 5/26/22 Jim Bruner 5/26/22

Lesson: The Circle Of Life

A core lesson on the way nature uses simple ideas, deep math, and repeating patterns to create life. We explore these patterns. This lesson is about the most misunderstood component of life: The role of Math and Science in everyday life. The circle of life is far more complex than it at first appears.