Minimalist equates to fewer elements that are only necessary to create a specific effect – may it be in an art form, a home, a garden, or a way of life. For a house that’s supposed to stick with modern … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
The purpose, intention, and design aim of sustainable design is to eliminate, extinguish, and reject the negative, damaging impact on the environment through sensitive, skillful, adept, and good design. Sustainable design has minimal impact on the environment, requires no non-renewable … Continue reading
When designing or choosing your first home, putting together a list of the features you’d like it to have is a logical first step. Most people, however, quickly realize that their budget doesn’t match the seemingly endless extras they’d like … Continue reading
Going green is a good thing to do for you, your family and your community. You can make simple changes inside your household in order to go green, and make your home more energy efficient. This will greatly reduce your … Continue reading
Among the many paradoxical contradictions for which American baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra is known is this: If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else. This quotation is especially apt when planning one’s dream … Continue reading
Straw bale is a large package of raw or finished straws tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped. Straw bale is considered to be a waste product but it can be used for many purposes. Straw bale is … Continue reading
Solar power is being used in more homes today than ever before. There are many reasons why so many people are choosing to have solar power homes these days. If you are considering this for your home, then you need … Continue reading
Residential solar energy systems are gaining interest and are being deployed by many families around the globe Increasing numbers of people are realizing that reliance upon fossil fuel needs to be reduced. This is possible only by building alternate causes … Continue reading
Water is sometimes an overlooked component of the survivalist emergency plan. Clean, fresh water is so abundant in modern society it is usually easy to never expect it to be scarce or unavailable at all sooner or later. However, in … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe it could happen… but the reality is that a nuclear disaster could happen anywhere in the world at any moment. The good news is, if you are fully informed, you can be fully prepared for a … Continue reading