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April H.
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My vision...
November 12, 2008 11:22 AM EST
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My vision in life is to lower my carbon footprint and teachmy daughter to respect the Earth and everyone and everything residing onit. To that end, we are planning a green home just outside of Asheville,NC. Our goal is to be able to start building bythe end of 2010. We want to use solar hot water and solar radiant floor heating. We will also build the house so that additional solar panels can be added at a later date. I want to have an organic garden, and a few chickens to produce our own eggs. We want to be as self-sufficient as possible! I also envision a large outdoor kitchen, so we will be encouraged to enjoy the outdoors most of the year. I want my daughter to grow up watching nature, not the television!
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I think it's going to take more than two years for us as we will be doing it ourselves & frankly, going green is still an expensive build - I have the land and someone to dig the cellar - it will primarly be an art studio with a small kitchen area - we've been collecting recycled materials - it's fun to design - !! however, I don't want one blade of sage ruined so trying to figure out how not to use too much ground! (like three levels) - anyway
good luck on your vison!!!. Salud
Beautiful ideas, April!
Mariana - I live very low on the food chain as well. I eat dairy and eggs, and occasionally some seafood. It's amazing the difference cutting meat out of your diet can make on your footprint on this earth!