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Saving Energy in One Minute Flat. How Low is Your Thermostat?

Basil Fireplace by Cyrusbulsara

Now that winter is here, how green is your home? There’s a quick way to make it greener.

How do you approach the winter? Are you like a possum, snuggling up and waiting for warmer times, or like the squirrels in my yard, doing maypole chases up and down the trees and [...]

Kids in the Holiday Kitchen

Egad! It worked by qwrrty

Once outdoor kids have run off some steam it’s time to get them involved with food in the kitchen. Holiday cooking with kids takes some patience, but after all holidays are about family; Thanksgiving is a great time to be cooking with kids.

There are many things for kids to do [...]

10 Tips I’ve Learned from Greening My Home

I am happy today to have as a guest writer Gina Bisaillon. Gina is a Permaculture Designer with many years of experience in renovating and greening homes in places as far apart as Canada and Mexico. Gina writes and shares her enthusiasm and practical knowledge at My Green Home Project. Thanks Gina for sharing your [...]

Earth Bag Houses

This week I came across a style of house building I’d not seen before. Bags filled with earth are used to build the walls. While having something in common with Earthships and some other building technologies I’ve seen, I like the idea of earth bags even more. It’s so simple. Really, I wonder why we’ve [...]

Living in the Shire

Perhaps I have a secret desire to be a Hobbit, living in the Shire, under a hill. Somehow an underground home seems both appealing and Earth friendly. It would be cool and comfortable inside and look so unassuming from the outside. I’ve already shown you an earthship. Here is an underground home that I just [...]