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Earthships - Another Recycling Frontier

February 10, 2008 – 6:37 pm

Earthships are earth-sheltered autonomous buildings made of tires rammed with earth, which are usually arranged in “U” or horseshoe shaped modules. Each tire is rammed full of earth manually using a sledge hammer. Windows on the sunny side admit light and heat. The open end of the “U” shaped structure faces South in the northern [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Designing Healthy, Earthship, Energy Efficiency, Helathy (green) Ideas, Home Systems & Construction Issues, People Off-Grid, green building | Comments (1)

Enertia- Natural Materials, Natural Energy Homes

February 2, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Anything massive, once warmed, tends to stay warm.  The Earth maintains a habitatable environment in the minus 459 degree cold of space because our atmosphere allows the planet to capture, distribute, and store energy from the Sun. The atmosphere, like the glass skin of a greenhouse, contains this energy, and thermal currents - the wind, [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Designing Healthy, Enertia, Heating, Helathy (green) Ideas, Products, Solar-passive, cooling, green building | Comments (0)

Looking for A New Home?

January 9, 2008 – 10:37 am

If want to move to get off gird and don’t want a fixer upper then try Listed Green Homes. It is a real estate listing site that includes only green and sustainable homes. On top of that it is uses a solar powered internet hosting platform.
It just came to our notice as we are researching [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Websites, green building | Comments (0)

We love “It’s Not Easy Being Green”

November 11, 2007 – 12:05 am

We just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the BBC show “It’s Not Easy Being Green”, since it really helps to see someone making a go of it, and with such humor.
Unfortunately, being in the US the only way to see the show (with our cable that is:() is on the Sundance channel, and [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Charities, It's Not Easy Being Green, People Off-Grid, TV Shows, The Big Green Idea, UK | Comments (2)