Earthships

There are a lot of thing that some people in the transition community seem to really want. One of them is surely to have a home off the grid, something that doesn't contribute to climate change and is built in a way that is bioregionally appropriate.

Enter the Earthship, a home concept that can be built in any (really?) environment. And it must have gotten somewhere when it's on the Weather Channel. Come on guys, there's a guy who works for the oil and gas industry living in one. Why? Because he understands the planet's systems.

Watch.



But can you retrofit houses in the northeast to be biotecturally in sync?

"Green" kitchen remodeling

How do you go about remodeling a kitchen in a more sustainable way? Centre region Dylan Wadlington, owner of Wadlington Remodeling, was recently featured on Home and Garden TV with a piece explaining just that. Watch it here.




What tips do you have on home remodeling to make it more sustainable?