You’ve always wanted to live in the country and you finally built your dream home in a rural area. If you’ve never lived in the country before, beware of the rural lifestyle and don’t be caught being a “Citiot.” According to the Granite Hill Design Rural Handout – a Citiot is defined as: “An urban or suburban person, in a rural area, who fails to respect local culture or standards of behavior....

Roger Valdez wrote this great article: Does Green Building Have to Break the Bank? Valdez explores the intuitive feeling we get when we are building green that it is going to cost us a whole lot more money.  There are several links to good articles in his post that validate the idea that green building doesn’t have to be impractical – it just feels that way.  He also brings up a definition of what green building is according to the...

I found this blog post on the Best Green Tips site that has so much information it was too good not to share.  This post is broken into three sections: Cons of remodeling green Pros of remodeling green Pros of Building or Buying a New Green Home Each section lists pros and cons with multiple links for more information.  It is a great one stop look that helps you make a more informed decision about your building project.  If...

Are you interested in learning more about energy sources and issues but you don’t have time to sit down and read a lot of technical data?  Try listening to this broadcast from New Hampshire’s Public Radio station.  They devoted a lot of time to looking at renewable energy in New England and then broadcast their findings with a knowledgeable panel of experts.  Sometimes it’s easier to listen while we’re doing other...

So it’s coming…..I read this article about a new program called Autodesk and my usual Pollyanna attitude went right out the door. What is presented as a tool to help control the carbon emissions in the cities around the world, I see as a government windfall. Here it comes….a manipulative software application of measuring the carbon footprint…a way to create an across the board evaluation of our carbon footprint so a new...