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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.

Avoiding Disaster: Why We Need Green Development Image

Avoiding Disaster: Why We Need Green Development

Luke Maguire Armstrong

Why Bother To Build Your Own House? Image

Why Bother To Build Your Own House?

David Wright And Richard Drace

We Only Have One Chance To Get It Right: Transition to Renewable Energy Image

We Only Have One Chance To Get It Right: Transition to Renewable Energy

Looking for Reader Reports on Debt-Free Homes Image

Looking for Reader Reports on Debt-Free Homes

The Mother Earth News Editors

3 Reasons Why We Haven't Switched to Alternative Energy Image

3 Reasons Why We Haven't Switched to Alternative Energy

Friday Fish Fry: Drought, Foraged Firewood and Buying a Kayak Image

Friday Fish Fry: Drought, Foraged Firewood and Buying a Kayak

Clean Technology: Remaking Auto Alley Image

Clean Technology: Remaking Auto Alley

Catherine Tumber

Winter Gardening Throughout the Ages Image

Winter Gardening Throughout the Ages

Let It Shine: Solar Energy in Ancient Rome Image

Let It Shine: Solar Energy in Ancient Rome

Winter Chores for Off-Grid Living Image

Winter Chores for Off-Grid Living

What Were We Thinking (Going Off-Grid)? Image

What Were We Thinking (Going Off-Grid)?

5 Easy Home Improvement Ideas for the New Year Image

5 Easy Home Improvement Ideas for the New Year

Victoria Pitcher

Woodstove Love: The Joys of Wood Heat Image

Woodstove Love: The Joys of Wood Heat

Progress on Tiny Homes On The Move Book Image

Progress on Tiny Homes On The Move Book

Solar Power: The Idea, the Reality and the Future Image

Solar Power: The Idea, the Reality and the Future

The Gift of Solar Energy Image

The Gift of Solar Energy

We Are Writing a Book: How NOT to Build Your Own House Image

We Are Writing a Book: How NOT to Build Your Own House

Richard Lee Drace

7 Basement Organization Tips Image

7 Basement Organization Tips

Jennifer Ford Berry

How to Organize Your Storage Spaces Image

How to Organize Your Storage Spaces

Jennifer Ford Berry, Marilyn Bohn And Debbie Lillard

Make Your Own Emergency Preparedness Kit Image

Make Your Own Emergency Preparedness Kit

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