Low Impact

Green Resolutions for 2009

Normally, I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. I figure that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing now – why wait till some arbitrary date like January 1?

Still, there are a few things that I plan to accomplish over the next 365 days to help lower my impact on the environment, and 1/1/2009 is a good a day as any to start! … Continue reading

The new bamboo flooring installed

Our new place had been a rental for the last few years, and a little TLC is definitely called for. So before we make any massive changes, we’ve decided to give it a bit of a “face lift” by way of new floors, fresh paint, and new light fittings. I’ll post about all these things over the coming weeks, and some of the things we’re factoring in to our decisions. But first stop, (and the first thing completed!) is the flooring.

The question to ask straight away is “do you really … Continue reading

Moving from a townhouse into a house

We’re about to start a new journey in lowering our environmental impact. In the next few days we begin the process of moving from a townhouse into a new freestanding house. The challenge will be to see just how much we can lower the environmental footprint of the house, and the inhabitants living in it!

The house has good and bad environmental aspects. The medium size back yard faces about 30 degrees east of north, so there are reasonable prospects for… Continue reading