Below are photo albums with some of the ways we have made our house more environmentally friendly...(and saved money!). If you click to open any album, it will show you a summary of that system, along with cost and other info, and the photos with comments on each one. Moving your mouse across the album will show you a quick preview of the pictures there.
See our home and many others with solar on the Hampton Roads Solar Tour.
See info about financing solar here.
More ways we live sustainably are listed here: Environmental_actions.htm.
A small example is that we don’t use plastic water bottles -- for why, see this short video.
Some of the books that have inspired this way of living are listed here: Ruth's book list.xls.
One book that is very powerful is Plan B 4.0, Mobilizing to Save Civilization. You can go to their site and download the whole PDF of the book!
A list of links that show why I think going to renewable now in the US is very feasible.
A brief and simple video about why solar is a good idea.
Green_roof_PV_Oct_2016.pdf: a presentation on our house and some sustainable lifestyle choices.
