Sustainability Blog

So what now? We have so much technology... is that what is going to save us? No. It's getting to know each other more, releasing each ot...

I was very depleted after five years of so much effort to manifest the Home of the Future. I took a break. Last week I decided to come off b...

Xena and Caitlan bought a water heater and brought it home in the tiny car. Gently. I heard all about shopping at Home Depot in high heels. ...

This is not the frontline I want to be on. I do not want to live where gunmen kill, and fleeing authorities, slam through busy intersections...

Aaron finished setting up the video equipment in plenty of time for our guests to watch our new president's inaugural address. About 40 ...

The big pay-off of getting the forced air heat re-routed? Comfort inside when it's very chilly outside. Last night, open water in the ba...

We talked about the non-laying hens at dinner, and their imminent future as soup. "Has anyone here killed anything larger than a rodent...

I borrowed this graph from the BBC. Exit polls showed that the 25% of the US citizenry that identifies as White Evangelical Christians voted...

Ah, the marvels of tooth care. More than a dozen years ago, my dentist sold his practice and the new guy didn't do such a great job. He ...

I am so thankful for my life experiences. My childhood and the examples my parents set for me, my ever-evolving relationship with my wife an...

I find myself, not jealous, but envious of other people's successes. I don't want them and their lives to be diminished in any way, ...

Feudalism. Apartheid. Slavery. Eminent Domain. Crusade. Jihad. Concubines. Eye-for-an-eye. Flat Earth. I'm fascinated that throughout hi...

Is a shared "battlefield" experience the best way to build intimacy? I wanted a stronger, more intimate relationship with God, and...

Waking up today, I prayed for strength. Seconds later, new resolve, fresh energy, peaceful energy coursed through my every cell. Thank you.

Saturday, I toured the properties of two of the giants in the permaculture world. James Stark and Penny Livingston Stark brought these idea...

I've got a thick skin. Or a thick head. Or both. When a friend starts teasing me about my eco-sainthood and wondering if she's worth...

On the way to an anxiety attack, some wiser portion of me mused, "It's interesting that the intensity of this feels so similar to t...