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March 29, 2009

Earth Hour came and went like just another evening here on the urban homestead – in the dark. Here’s an entry from last year talking about how we power down How many of you powered down and unplugged last night and how many of you will continue to incorporate these new habits on a daily/weekly/monthly [...]

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LIGHTS OUT


Posted by Anais Dervaes | March 30, 2008

How many of you participated in “Earth Hour” yesterday? Come on, raise your hands, don’t be shy, speak up and share your experiences! What “power down” methods did you use and how did you spend your time? Also, do you find time to “power down” more than 1 hr a week? Didn’t know about it? [...]

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ANOTHER STEP FORWARD


Posted by Anais Dervaes | December 20, 2005

WATER-LESS LOO “The typical American uses 13,000 gallons of water each year to remove a mere 165 gallons of body ‘waste.’” “There are two kinds of people in the world, people who sh– in drinking water, and people who don’t.” Today we are somewhat thrilled to finally order a composting toilet (saved $500 too!!!).   [...]

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ALL IN A DAYS WORK


Posted by Anais Dervaes | November 2, 2005

Dirty bunny Someone’s having fun!   Sierra’s enjoying the warm fall days by digging a tunnel in the animal enclosure. She certainly is taking the digging seriously! Unfortunately, we’ll have to fill in her excavations since it’s pretty deep and we don’t want to have any accidental cave-ins. The guavas are ripe! We have been [...]

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