Living Green...What is that? This blog will explore living green through interviews and my own experiences we will explore traditional agriculture as well as permaculture and other innovative ways of survival...because thats what its all about...surviving in a way that sustainable.
I live in the middle of a sage filled high desert valley in Northern NM. My adobe house is off the grid with electricity provided by solar panels and water from a well. I do buy propane for a kitchen stove and to heat the water--although I have a wood cookstove that wont fit in my 700 sq. ft. house and I do have ideas to create a wood fired water heater, but this is a long way away. I have a toilet, a regular old water efficient porselin toilet, I had a composting toilet but was doing something wrong and could no longer handle the flies. I've been told that composting toilets are great in warmer climates or when they have more ventilation. BUT I still drive my gas guzzling car at least 20 minutes to get anywhere....
People around this area live in a similar way....well some people. There are people who are completely off the grid and even off the consuming and the physical maps, they have either been doing this for years or they continue to build and innovate one step at a time. Other people have spent thousands even millions to create their energy efficient/green homes and permaculture paradises. Im in the one step at a time and learning more as I go group.
Sarita, this is great! Talking of interviews, i am writing an article about how to grow vegetable gardens in the fall...Could I interview you?
ReplyDeleteYes or let me give you some other contacts as well....Miguel Santistevan @ www.solfelizfarm.org or Daniel Carmona from Cerro Vista Farm...
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