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Listen to the Beavers

Rob Avis April 18, 2011

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A 13 year old in Saskatoon Canada put this together.

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class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn"><a href='https://www.aspenintegral.ca' rel='external nofollow ugc' class='url'>kurtis</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/04/18/listen-to-the-beavers/#comment-79268"><time datetime="2011-04-19T04:34:24+10:00">April 19, 2011 at 4:34 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>very awesome.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-79268' data-commentid="79268" data-postid="5493" data-belowelement="div-comment-79268" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to kurtis" aria-label='Reply to kurtis'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-79316" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 has-avatar"> <article id="div-comment-79316" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f21e31503288ace91e499e182a4b6da2?s=70&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f21e31503288ace91e499e182a4b6da2?s=140&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn">James Perkins</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/04/18/listen-to-the-beavers/#comment-79316"><time datetime="2011-04-19T13:28:26+10:00">April 19, 2011 at 1:28 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Great work! Very informed young citizen!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-79316' data-commentid="79316" data-postid="5493" data-belowelement="div-comment-79316" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to James Perkins" aria-label='Reply to James Perkins'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-79844" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 has-avatar"> <article id="div-comment-79844" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2540089fe31b12620b39d644565e3ece?s=70&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2540089fe31b12620b39d644565e3ece?s=140&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy'/> <b class="fn"><a href='https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sustainability-Street-Phillip-Bay/154484767895195?ref=sgm' rel='external nofollow ugc' class='url'>GJO ESQ</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.permaculturenews.org/2011/04/18/listen-to-the-beavers/#comment-79844"><time datetime="2011-04-23T09:23:29+10:00">April 23, 2011 at 9:23 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Great video. If only our political ‘masters’ understood this. :-)</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-79844' data-commentid="79844" data-postid="5493" data-belowelement="div-comment-79844" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to GJO ESQ" aria-label='Reply to GJO ESQ'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ol> </div> <div id="add-comment-block" class="container-wrapper"> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title the-global-title">Leave a Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/2011/04/18/listen-to-the-beavers/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://www.permaculturenews.org/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form" novalidate><p class="comment-notes"><span id="email-notes">Your email address will not be published.</span> Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></p><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">Comment</label> <textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="65525" required="required"></textarea></p><p class="comment-form-author"><label for="author">Name <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="245" required='required' /></p> <p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">Email <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="email" name="email" type="email" value="" size="30" maxlength="100" aria-describedby="email-notes" required='required' /></p> <p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">Website</label> <input id="url" name="url" type="url" value="" size="30" maxlength="200" /></p> <div class="gglcptch gglcptch_v2"><div id="gglcptch_recaptcha_2144627772" class="gglcptch_recaptcha"></div> <noscript> <div style="width: 302px;"> <div style="width: 302px; height: 422px; position: relative;"> <div style="width: 302px; height: 422px; position: absolute;"> <iframe src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/fallback?k=6LcCawoUAAAAAHWXT9dkkLv_EVjpgAn1NoklcxRE" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="width: 302px; height:422px; border-style: none;">

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