Innovative Computer Geek Builds An Amazing Computer Controlled Off-Grid Smart Home Loren Amelang once helped code for Silicon Valley companies, but he'd always been sensitive to environment so when his employer installed fluorescent lighting and wouldn't let employees use their own lights, he decided to move to the country and craft his off-grid dream home. A nice looking place with an on-board energy center! Today he lives with "clean air, a great view, free hot water and free power, and a decent chunk of free heat". The entire south side of his home is covered in solar capture devices: 1600 watts of photovoltaic power, solar hot water panels, a sunroom/greenhouse and a solar hot air collector. The sunroom/greenhouse provides most of the free heat via the 'solar flue' that moderates it in warmer weather or circulates some of it into the house when needed, and the concrete walls that stabilize the temperature over time. Building on his own terms means that Amelang created a home that doesn't look or feel like anyone else's, but it works well and makes sense.
Guy Builds Impressive Hut in the Middle of the Woods with His Bare Hands Watch this resourceful guy build a hut using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools. The hut is 2m wide and 2m long, the side walls are 1m high and the ridge line (highest point) is 2m high giving a roof angle of 45 degrees. A bed was built inside and it takes up a little less than half the hut. The tools used were a stone hand axe to chop wood, fire sticks to make fire, a digging stick for digging and clay pots to carry water. An external fireplace and chimney were also built to reduce smoke inside.
Man After Losing 70 Lbs While Taking Care Of Sick Mom click 2x It’s that time of year when we’re all starting to think about those summer body goals. Yet when we go after them, it sometimes feels impossible. Proving what persistence and hard work can achieve, 26-year-old Jeffrey Kendall has decided to share his weight-loss transformation to motivate others and celebrate his results. The former are so impressive and visible, people even gave him a nickname that many would envy. Show Full Text The journey began when Jeffrey was living with his mother in her home in Connecticut, taking care of her after she’d suffered a brain aneurysm on July 4, 2015. Jeffrey has had self-image problems for a long time. “My good friend was also in an emotional time after a breakup and wanted help to get in shape. But it didn’t stop. After he posted his progress pic on reddit, people immediately called him a real-life Disney prince. However, Jeffrey believes that his mom and her attitude towards life may have been the biggest factor that pushed him towards improving.
How to Integrate the 12 Principles of Permaculture to Design a Truly Sustainable Project The 12 principles published here are explained in detail in the book Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, by David Holmgren. In 1978, Australian ecologists David Holmgren and Bill Mollison coined for the first time the concept of permaculture as a systematic method. For Mollison, "permaculture is the philosophy of working with and not against nature, after a long and thoughtful observation." [1] Meanwhile, Holmgren defines the term as "those consciously designed landscapes which simulate or mimic the patterns and relationships observed in natural ecosystems." [2] In 2002, Holmgren published the book Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, defining 12 design principles that can be used as a guide when generating sustainable systems. These principles can be applied to all daily processes in order to humanize those processes, increase efficiency, and in the long term ensure the survival of mankind. Principle 01: OBSERVE AND INTERACT
Off-grid.se | Bygga ett hus på hjul för att gå off-grid Free Camping Near You | Go Camping for Free! Organic honey is a sweet success for Cuba as other bee populations suffer Long known for its cigars and rum, Cuba has added organic honey to its list of key agricultural exports, creating a buzz among farmers as pesticide use has been linked to declining bee populations elsewhere. Organic honey has become Cuba’s fourth most valuable agricultural export behind fish products, tobacco and drinks, but ahead of the Caribbean island’s more famous sugar and coffee, said Theodor Friedrich, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) representative for Cuba. “All of [Cuba’s] honey can be certified as organic,” Friedrich told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “Its honey has a very specific, typical taste; in monetary value, it’s a high-ranking product. After the collapse in 1991 of the Soviet Union, Cuba’s main trading partner, the island was unable to afford pesticides due to a lack of foreign currency, coupled with the US trade embargo. The country’s industry is still tiny compared with honey heavyweights such as China, Turkey and Argentina.
8 Lessons to Help You Prepare for Your Earthship Build Last fall we spent three months building our Earthship-inspired greenhouse. It was messy, unnecessarily long, cold, and fraught with unpredictable challenges. We thought that the integrity of our mission plus the enthusiasm of our team and our supporters would be enough to get the local municipality on our side. We thought that our plans would be approved in no time. We were wrong. If we had done sufficient research beforehand, we wouldn’t have made such casual assumptions. Now that spring is about to blossom, it is prime time to begin planning your build! 1. Our mistake Due to stringent agricultural land laws, we couldn’t build a makeshift bathroom on our land or let people camp out there. The lesson It is absolutely CRUCIAL to understand what your team needs. Residential and commercial building codes are very complex in the United States and Canada, so do plenty of research and make sure that your dream Earthship complies with both federal and state/provincial laws! Make sure you know:
Ulster County’s Rowan Kunz Builds a Tiny Home That’s Entirely Self-Sustainable With a little help from her friends and family, a young Ulster County woman builds a tiny home that’s completely off the grid Free-wheeling: Most tiny homes have the door on the gable end, but Kunz avoided the railroad-apartment layout by using French doors on the long side. Willow the cat has her own entrance. Rowan Kunz’s mother, Penny, remembers how, when Rowan was a toddler and tackling something for the first time, she’d resist any help. In 2010, Kunz, then 30, moved back to her parents’ house in High Falls after a 12-year absence to take a position as an art teacher at Ellenville Elementary School. The small-house movement has been growing fast over the last decade or so, and plans for such homes are available. Kunz drew designs, gradually paring them down.