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Category: Environment

Small House Education and Workshops for Sustainable Living

Effective Living > Small House Society > Resources The Small House Movement has inspired the growth of many small house workshops and education opportunities. Below is a listing of education and workshop opportunities related to smaller and more sustainable living. Please contact us if you know of any other resources that should be added to… Continue reading Small House Education and Workshops for Sustainable Living

Nothing But Nets, Activism Leveraging Simple Things for a Big Impact

The Nothing But Nets campaign is using something as simple as nets to save lives in Africa. From the NothingButNets.net website: Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. While the UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for… Continue reading Nothing But Nets, Activism Leveraging Simple Things for a Big Impact

Fuel Efficient Automobile Technology – Open Letter from the NPR Car Talk Hosts

The following letter about fuel efficient automobile technology is an open letter to the U.S. Congress from Tom and Ray Magliozzi — of the National Public Radio show Car Talk. Tom and Ray Magliozzi Box 3500 Harvard Square Cambridge MA 02238 Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming United States House of Representatives Washington… Continue reading Fuel Efficient Automobile Technology – Open Letter from the NPR Car Talk Hosts

Greenbelts

“A Greenbelt is a ring of open land that encircles an urban area. Once a Greenbelt is established it is available to the public for recreational uses, such as hiking and biking trails, golf, parks, hunting and fishing, as well as farming, wildlife preservation, and many other purposes.” — From the GO Iowa! website.

World’s Largest Marine Protected Area

By Associated Press RAY LILLEY Updated: 2/21/2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand The tiny islands nation of Kiribati declared the world’s largest marine protected area Thursday — a California-sized ocean wilderness that includes pristine reefs and eight coral atolls teeming with fish and birds. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area, or PIPA, lies about halfway between Hawaii and… Continue reading World’s Largest Marine Protected Area

Home Heating

Compact Heaters. For smaller spaces, radiant heaters are an excellent choice since forced air furnaces usually are designed to service larger spaces. Dickinson Marine offers marine heating systems designed for use in tight spaces such as a boat cabin (or small house). Their heaters run on diesel, LP (propane) gas, or solid fuels such as… Continue reading Home Heating

Native American Thanksgiving

“We send thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are glad they are still here and we hope it will always be so.” – Exerpt from the Thanksgiving Address, Mohawk version, quote printed on pages 24 and 25 in all new U.S. Passports