This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Heating and cooling equipment are the biggest users of energy in American homes. And homes are responsible for about one fourth of the nation’s total energy use. But there are surprisingly simple ways to deeply cut energy use, its effect on the environment [...]
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‘Passive’ Homes Save Energy, Money
Posted by admin on February 26th, 2012
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No Comments »Permaculture: The Growing Edge Trailer
Posted by admin on July 4th, 2011
Inspiring projects and sustainable solutions to our ecological crises. Permaculture uses environmental design to meet human needs while regenerating our land and cities. Made by Starhawk and Donna Read, featuring David Holmgren, Paul Stamets, Penny Livingston-Stark, James Stark, Jon Young, Mark Lakeman, Elaine Ingham and others. A trailer for the documentary–more at www.belili.org
Homesteading, survival, off-grid living, solar cabins and MORE!
Posted by admin on May 4th, 2011
This book is for anyone that lives off-grid or would like to live an off-grid homesteader lifestyle. It is 355 pages and includes detailed step-by-step plans, full color pictures, and material list for building an off-grid cabin and over 30 useful homestead projects. Also included are directions for installing a small solar and wind power [...]
Posted in Off Grid Living Tags: 2011, 2012, building, burning, cabin, camping, community, composting, crash, Crisis, economic, fashioned, fishing, food, Gardening, generator, homesteading, hunting, living, modern, modify, mountains, off-grid, old, Plans, planting, prep, prepper, prepping, primative, Recycle, safety, scratch, solar, stockpile, storage, survival, sustain, tools, tracking, Water, wilderness, wood, woods 14 Comments »RoyTV – Living off grid with solar power – Part 3
Posted by admin on July 19th, 2010
Part three in the Kylemore series, we move on to the conservatory where I spot food growing in abundance.
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Posted by admin on April 10th, 2010
Questions from Readers: A friend and I would like to bring together the green community in Licking County, Ohio (Newark, Heath, Granville, Pataskala, etc.). I think there might be advantages to affiliating with a "green" national or international group with an active website and chapters. This name is probably too long, but I was thinking [...]
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How a solar system works
Or at least as well as I can describe it. LOL Please comment, favorite, rate, and subscribe Some images used under creative commons attribution license Attribution is required as follows; commons.wikimedia.org commons.wikimedia.orgMusic used with license “Babylon Bring Me Down” by spinningmerkaba ccmixter.org Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial 3.0 United states creativecommons.org Lawyer talk [...]