We have a guest contributor who has truly overcome his cynicism regarding the Green Movement and has reached a level of understanding we can all appreciate.  This is from Nicholas ….   Cut those trees shading your roof and burn them in your new efficient wood burning stove (made in USA). Plant corn in their […]

  My friend Emma is excited about the new PhotoVoltaic Solar system which is coming to be installed on her roof very soon.  I understand her anticipation because she was guaranteed it will save her more than $83,000.00 in electric bills in the next 20 years.  That’s a lot of savings!  Emma is smart and […]

I love to make compost.  It’s incredibly satisfying.  I see myself as a radical alchemist turning detritus into gold and I can’t get enough of it.  Bigger and bigger my pile grows and with it my lust for more, like some out-of-control Malthusian trap which increases the population at the same time it increases the […]

  One thing I’m good at is designing and building houses.  I believe I truly grasp the fundamentals and have learned to work with the elements of our environment to create living spaces which meet the needs and wishes of the people who use them.  I have worked at it passionately for a long time. […]

Don’t blame the machines.  Blame the designers of the machines or the makers of the machines or the users of the machines, but it’s useless to blame anything on a machine.  The problem is that as soon as you blame the machine , you lose your ability to manipulate and use it to your benefit. […]