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Building Green

Friday, May 16th, 2008

My wife and I are building a “green” home (if there is such a thing) and are wondering what has worked for people in the past.  These are the features we are putting in for our budget:

Active solar
passive solar design
Solar water heater
sealed crawlspace
“cool” attic (we live in NC) — meaning the attic temp. is guaranteed [...]

Ironies of the Environmental Age

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Ah, the ironies of the age we live in.  I was just looking at a box of “Annie’s Homegrown Bunny Grahams” (boy, they are good) and noticed the following on the side of the box:
“Recycle and encourage others to do so with our Annie’s ‘Recycle’ sticker, visit www.annies.com or simply send us a self-addressed, stamped [...]