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Sustainable Living – Blog, Articles, & Tips

Explore how living lightly on the land connects our communities to the natural world that supports us. Let this page be your guide to the best advice on energy efficiency, solar power, wind energy, living off the grid, and more.

Green Roof on a Root Cellar Image

Green Roof on a Root Cellar

Kyle Chandler-Isacksen

Natural Ways to Purify Your Water at Home Image

Natural Ways to Purify Your Water at Home

‘Home Power’ Magazine Gets Passive Solar, Off-grid Headquarters Image

‘Home Power’ Magazine Gets Passive Solar, Off-grid Headquarters

How to Design a Practical Log Cabin Image

How to Design a Practical Log Cabin

David Woods, Log Cabin Hub

Using Toilet Paper to Save the World Image

Using Toilet Paper to Save the World

Who Gives A Crap

Record Year for European Wind Power Image

Record Year for European Wind Power

Could-Do Calendar March 2018 Image

Could-Do Calendar March 2018

Could-Do Calendar April 2018 Image

Could-Do Calendar April 2018

How Hard Water Affects Appliance Efficiency (and What to Do About It) Image

How Hard Water Affects Appliance Efficiency (and What to Do About It)

How to Make It Easy to Recycle in Your Home Image

How to Make It Easy to Recycle in Your Home

Solar Pioneer Party Image

Solar Pioneer Party

Aur Beck, Advanced Energy Solutions Group

Going Off Grid, The How-to Book of Simple Living and Happiness Image

Going Off Grid, The How-to Book of Simple Living and Happiness

Aur Beck, Advanced Energy Solutions Group

Kick Toxic Plastic to the Curb Image

Kick Toxic Plastic to the Curb

Rob Brown, M. D.

Beneficial Household Lighting Choices Image

Beneficial Household Lighting Choices

Rob Brown, M. D.

5 Ways to Keep Your Kitchen Clean, Healthy, and Fabulous Image

5 Ways to Keep Your Kitchen Clean, Healthy, and Fabulous

Catherine Collins

An Expert's Top Choices for Bathroom Houseplants Image

An Expert's Top Choices for Bathroom Houseplants

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Making Eco-Friendly Choices

The Mother Earth News Staff

8 Tips to Make Your Home Green Image

8 Tips to Make Your Home Green

Jennifer Landis

Backup Power is the Beginning of Living Off Grid Image

Backup Power is the Beginning of Living Off Grid

Aur Beck, Advanced Energy Solutions Group

How to Stop Your Bathroom from Wasting Energy Image

How to Stop Your Bathroom from Wasting Energy

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