To be perfecty honest I have heard about carbon footprints for a reasonably long time, but I just had a notion of what it meant. Something about being a consumer with a ethical approach to whatever I consume. Here´s a thorough and good site about what this is and how to deal with it. Go to: carbonfootprint.com
Imagine those ostentatious health studios with loud music, spa section, over-energetic and frantic gym instructors. Not to speak of the their charges, honestly, give them a sedative. The good Mr. Manuel de Arriba Ares of Spain has made his own gym studio and your imagination is all that is stopping you from doing the same. If you are having trouble imagining what this´ll look like, go to this link and learn. And, for God´s sake, cancel that autogiro...
There´s no need to take this heading literal. My intention is just to point you into the right direction for you be able to make use of wind and use it as a source of energy at home. It might not be for you, but if you´re an amateur engineer, eager to start a new project I´d certainly recommend a fun project like this. In order to generate electricity from a homemade windmill you wouldn´t need much skill, just the right equipment and some serious patience allowing you to fail a few times before you succeed. There are numerous recipes on resourceful websites, but I came across this one the other day, and it surely looks tempting My personal favourit windmill is the battery charger windmill, small and neat The Backshed
This good old kind of reel film is nothing less but amazing. The feeling of a film camera running, the buzzing sound of the mechanics at work. Just opening up and mounting a brand new cardridge of film, putting into the camera, recording it, putting it into the yellow Kodak envelope and mailing it away for development. It´s expensive, 50 ft of film costs on average $50. You cannot rewind the tape, you can just film it the one time. Therefore you need to have a plan while shooting. The texture of the film on screen is miles away from that dull quality you gain from video. There´s a warmth to the image that is priceless, and it can only be caught on film. No sensors at play. There´s even a film festival celebrating NEW productions on Super 8 film. You are not allowed to even edit the film, and the worst part is that you aren´t even allowed to watch your film prior to the screening. Check out the Straight8 festival. Get that camera out and start shooting. This embedded film I made on unedited Super 8, I only added the music.
My kids would love it if I was to build a fancy house in our garden tree. It´d be a perfect place to hide from the parents, or if you wanted a curious hideaway. You could make it a rather comfy and solid construction. In my neighbourhood it wouldn´t be a hideaway, rather the oposite. Nevertheless, it´d be a nice project for for a guest house for example you could leave your in-laws there when you were tired of listening to their whining... Check out the Treehouse Workshop if you need some help on how to build it.
It is my firm belief that we will need to provide for a more sustainable living in the years to come. The more energy we can accumulate by using natural sources only will have to be one of the important things getting used to. Therefore you might as well start early, and begin on a smaller scale. However, there is nothing that should prevent you from building a perfect autonomous house like the ones that is presented at Earthship.
This is their own blurb: Earthship Biotecture creates buildings that... heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics collect their own power from the sun and wind harvest their own water from rain and snow melt contain and treat their own sewage on site produce food in significant quantities utilize materials that are byproducts of modern society like cans, bottles and tires
It must be hard to be a celebrity and being expected to have an opinion about everything, just because you are famous, or infamous in some cases, hence the former US president. I don´t blame Jennifer Anniston for not being a a specialist in environmental issues, but Bush should have known better.
Link to the best celebrity quotes about the environment: treehugger.com
To be perfecty honest I have heard about carbon footprints for a reasonably long time, but I just had a notion of what it meant. Something about being a consumer with a ethical approach to whatever I consume. Here´s a thorough and good site about what this is and how to deal with it.
