seriously, if people are still looking for an answer to that question the world is in a lot of trouble than we realise. in our view that is at least part of the issue: waiting for others to do something before we get our own act together may seem like a rational course of action…
did i mention we love our new (sustainable off-grid) house? it actually works the way we designed it: it doesn’t need much heating in winter (the wood heater is enough) and no cooling in summer – solar passive indeed. the photovoltaic system is mostly bored; that may change when we trade up to an electric…
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a bridge really needs strong foundations (check: granite) and a tough structure (got that, pretty strong timber), but it also requires a surface – otherwise crossing it because a little tedious. i admit the structure is probably not really bal 29 fire rated, but with a fire rated surface it should still be fairly safe.…
we may have made this point before: in st helens it rarely rains, but when it does, it pours. case in point: yesterday we got 42 mmm in 24 hours, and that makes it a real challenge to channel the water into places where it can be managed and does not do too much damage.…
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the house was done, we had the road fixed up and previously also landscaped the area east, south and west of the house. the one part we hadn’t been able to get to yet was the north side, the area right in front of the house. there were a few reasons: most importantly, since this…
we finally made it: we moved into our new home. this was exciting, not only because we had never before moved into a new house we built ourselves. of course, we didn’t really ‘physically’ build all of it ourselves, but we definitely very much ’emotionally’ participated every step of the way. nat and i had…
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