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On the holiday edition of the Root Simple Podcast, Kelly and I discuss non-electric toasters, Kelly takes a pledge and we conclude with a conversation about compostable Christmas decor. During the podcast we mention:
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<li>Maker Manifesto (we meant the <a href="http://makezine.com/2006/12/01/the-makers-bill-of-rights/">Maker&#8217;s Bill of Rights</a>).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch?language=en">Designer Thomas Thwaites&#8217; toaster project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.deltatoast.com/">DeltaToast</a></li>
<li>An Italian non-electric toaster called the <a href="http://www.fantes.com/catalog/product/view/id/5717/s/brustolina---la-gratella-graticola-tostapane-stainless-steel-stovetop-toaster/category/120/">Tostapane</a> which is available at <a href="http://www.fantes.com/">Fante&#8217;s Kitchen Shop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2ceEcpbgg&amp;feature=share">Cats knocking over Christmas trees</a></li>
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030 Christmas Eve Podcast

A podcast about vegetable gardening, food preservation, home economics and DIY living. Hosted by Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, authors of The Urban Homestead and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post Consumer World.