Can I make my home carbon-free?
I wouldn't be so sure about it, except a new book tells me that it's possible. Recently on the local NPR station's daily show The State of Things, host Frank Stasio interviewed Durham couple Stephen and Rebekah Hren. Possessing a precocious desire to live an alternative lifestyle back in their high school sweetheart days, the Hrens spent 10 years remodeling their first house (which is right here in Person County) into a successful, self-sufficient villa that they removed from the energy grid. Several years ago they moved into a 1930s-era house in Old North Durham and repeated their success - only now they remain connected to the grid to sell excess power back. The Hrens have written a how-to book for those who wish to emulate them: The Carbon-Free Home. I must admit - I ordered the book before I even finished listening to the interview. I doubt I'll go quite so far as they have, but I would certainly like to take on at least a few of the 36 projects they list in the book for making an ordinary (even rather old) home into a "greener" and more efficient place to live.
Labels: Agrariana, Discipleship
I'd love to live like that, but the realization that it would take a lot of deprogramming and/or work on my part scares me. It's much easier to just read Mother Earth News and feel smug.
One of these days, I really will get to it, though.
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Friday, January 23, 2009 8:16:00 PM
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