Frustration, Misunderstanding and Delay – Oh, My!

To be honest, even for us in the field, it is sometime frustrating how slow the process goes at times.

Windows are meant to bring in light not water

There are two pressing problems with our existing building that are typical issues with many older homes – the windows and the insulation.
Although the exterior walls have cutting edge insulation for their time, there have been vast improvements on how the insulation meets the windows. In our home, the windows are set into exterior foam [...]

The One Place Smaller is Better

For the longest time we have been thinking about how to build a cost and resource efficient addition. The design inspiration we had came from two typical sources, This Old House and HGTV. Our idea was to build a completely separate building so we wouldn’t have to “touch” the existing structure. We could use share [...]

Buying Rural Education with your T-shirt

As important as it is to recognize mainstream companies that make a step in the right direction, it’s even more important to support companies that are doing extraordinary things to save the world in a fun and cost effective manner.

hessnature, a clothing company that focus on encouraging social and environmental programs throughout the world, introduced [...]

From the 70’s to the 2000’s

We live in a 1970’s designed home, built to incorporate the best building practices of its time including passive solar heating, 2” exterior foam insulation, and a small building footprint. Many things have changed since then in both our knowledge as well as in our lifestyles. And as a result, there are energy and resource [...]

Disney gets green clothing right

I love to celebrate when main stream companies take a step in the right direction, that highlights a green practice or product. If they get it right, we need to acknowledge their efforts and if we are looking to purchase, buy the product as well.
On Earth Day, Disney along with a number of other main [...]