How green?

[mooreorless]

Going green is a big topic now days, just look at the threads on here. As much I would like to go all out like JC is planning on doing, there a lot of things that every household can do. From Bigpat changing to flourecent bulbs, to having programable thermostats, to using green building materials. It's all about conserving energy and limiting waste. So what have you done or what are you doing or planning on doing?

[Admin]

It's really funny how things go. 25 years ago when I lived in a cabin in the woods and off the grid, people looked at me like I had a screw loose . Now if you go off the grid you're (state of the art) and it's the (in) thing to do ;D. I sure would like to see more people wanting to wear fur and get off this (anti - fur) kick .

While we are living in this house, only a certain number of changes are feasible. We've cut back on our energy consumption by switching lightbulbs and cutting back here & there. Cooking every meal in the wood fired oven is saving a lot and a lot of fun as well. Very satisfying to bake a perfect loaf of bread while not using any commercial ebergy to acheive it ;D. When this house is finished it will be going on the market and I plan to rebuild deeper into the woods with a house that is set up for off grid living. Solar, wind, hydro or some other form of alternate energy. Changing my present house over wouldn't make any sence because our electricity runs us about 1.50 per day and that's an affordable convienience. My desire to go off grid is more of an independence thing than a financial one. I just like the idea of being self sufficient.

[johnporter]

I got touched with "off the grid living" over 20 years ago. I refuse to buy any store bought fruits, veggies and meats-- all the are is poison. Look at tomatoes for instance, the local supermarket will have them all the same size and shape. Now go to a local farm stand and look at theirs, some are ripe and some are really out of shape. The perfect tomatoes are picked green and the gassed to ripen--thats right. THEY ARE POISONED TO LOOK PERFECT.
My signature says it all. This weekend will be my hovel raising party so I have a place for my beef critters to get out of the weather. Then we are going to rebuild the chicken coop and also bring the goats in. By spring time, I should have 3-4 beef critters,laying hens,roosters, hogs and a few goats to clean my wood lines up. All my building materials will be reused wood as I tore down a house and also 5 decks this year. Might as well use the lumber then fill the landfills with it. All my non treated wood scrapes off the jobs comes here to be burnt. Have a few apple trees I trimmed up or removed and that wood is going to be used to smoke game and also my hams. ;D