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Walls: How We Build Them and Why It Matters
It’s pretty basic: wall building—a fundamental of human occupancy for awhile now. In our two net zero home-builds, I have come to ponder walls. In fact, as we began to add studded uprights to accomplish 11-inch-thick walls for our Bend Passive House, I was...
Oh Yum! Oh Yum!—We Know Where Our Food Comes From!
Several years ago, we were living in Eugene, Oregon and I was on the Board of the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition. Under the direction of Megan Kemple (A bonafide Local Food Genius!) we started the Farm to School project for the schools and farms of Lane County. ...
The Wheels On the Bus—Will It Be Diesel or Justice All Through the Town?!?
The wheels on the bus go round and round,Round and round, round and round!The wheels on the bus go round and round,All through the town! Our grandson is almost 3 years old and he’s always loved to sing! One of the first songs he learned was “The Wheels On the...
Range Anxiety: We’ve Got An App for That!
(This is the third post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.)...
You’ll Get A Charge Out of This
(This is the second post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here.) We bought the...
What Ark Will You Build? Ours Is An Electric Vehicle
Portland (Oregon) writer David Oates thinks Noah had the right idea when he built the Ark. He...
The Water Song
**This is the 4th post in a series on our rainwater system. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3***...
Building Our Own Private Wetland
**This is the 3rd post in a series on our rainwater system. Read Part 1 and Part 2*** Returning to...
How to Save 45,000 Gallons
**This is the 2nd post in a series on our rainwater system. Read Part 1*** Do you know how many...
Net-Zero Water: Capturing the Rain
In the day the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the...
Father of the Groom (and Brides)
This is the year of weddings for our family. Nephew Tim and Amanda got it started May 20 in Boise...
New Song: We Resist, We Build, We Rise
On April 29, with 200,000 others, I marched in the 2nd People’s Climate March in Washington DC to...
Forever Home, Part 2: Pulling Nails
I love this picture of Jessi and I holding the bags of nails we pulled from the boards of the...
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