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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.

Renewable Energy Could Provide 80 Percent of Global Demand Image

Renewable Energy Could Provide 80 Percent of Global Demand

Eere Network News

Puyallup Speaker Spotlight: Aaron Gould, Eco-Builder Image

Puyallup Speaker Spotlight: Aaron Gould, Eco-Builder

High Gas Prices Got You Down? Image

High Gas Prices Got You Down?

Puyallup Speaker Spotlight: Scott Davis, Microhydro Energy Expert Image

Puyallup Speaker Spotlight: Scott Davis, Microhydro Energy Expert

Tree Branch Jewelry Organizer Image

Tree Branch Jewelry Organizer

Cohousing: Creating Close-Knit, Sustainable Communities Image

Cohousing: Creating Close-Knit, Sustainable Communities

Kathryn Mccamant And Charles Durrett

Introduction to Natural Dyes Image

Introduction to Natural Dyes

Rebecca Burgess

Tiny House: The Cube Project Image

Tiny House: The Cube Project

Susan Melgren, Web Editor

Photo of the Week: Inside a Dome Home Image

Photo of the Week: Inside a Dome Home

The Evolution of My Solar Arrays Image

The Evolution of My Solar Arrays

Aspen and Birch Tree Headboard Image

Aspen and Birch Tree Headboard

Decorate Your Outdoors! Image

Decorate Your Outdoors!

Stephanie Nickolson

Recycled DIY Dog Bed Image

Recycled DIY Dog Bed

Look Ma, No Trombe Wall Image

Look Ma, No Trombe Wall

Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Tips for Prevention and Eradication Image

Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Tips for Prevention and Eradication

Ticking Another Item Off My Bucket List Image

Ticking Another Item Off My Bucket List

Growing My Own Heat Image

Growing My Own Heat

Enjoying the Results of my VOC-Free Paint Job Image

Enjoying the Results of my VOC-Free Paint Job

Christine Wilson

Department of Energy Labs Join to Develop Next-Generation Cool Roofs Image

Department of Energy Labs Join to Develop Next-Generation Cool Roofs

Eere Network News

Wind Energy Blog No. 3: A Wind Energy Degree Program Image

Wind Energy Blog No. 3: A Wind Energy Degree Program

Brittney Tyler-Milholland And Brenna Long

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