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Heroes of Sustainability: Daniel Quinn
Although writer Daniel Quinn is a well-known environmentalist, he wouldn't categorize himself that way. "I don't consider myself an environmentalist, " he told EcoGeek.org. "I feel that the category...
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Kindness Advocate Urges Grads to Walk, Not Fly
It's graduation time, which means students across the country are being showered with words of wisdom from commencement speakers. "Stay hungry, stay foolish " was Steve Jobs' famous advice to...
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Heroes of Sustainability: Howard Zinn
Like many people who've served in the military during wartime, historian, playwright, and activist Howard Zinn was irrevocably changed by his experiences in the armed forces. The Brooklyn native flew...
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Heroes of Sustainability: Harvey Lacey
Harvey Lacey, a grandfatherly looking Texas inventor in his 60s, has found a simple and elegant solution to a problem that others have found to be completely unsolvable -- housing...
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Building it Green: "Holy" Wood
The Kemper Tiny House is continuing to build character, as some of the final touches to its interior are almost complete. Brad Kittel, the owner of Tiny Texas Houses, found...
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Building it Green: A Very Unique Bed
Our Tiny House will have a very unique bed, a "Captain's bed ", which has five drawers to increase storage for linens, bedding, and clothes. Like the rest of...
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Building it Green: Shelving & Rainwater Collection
The Kemper Tiny House almost done! The hand-built shelfing system, where we'll plug in our laptops, store our books, and house our music and audio, has just been completed. ...
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Building it Green: Wood from Deconstructed Homes
It's simply wonderful, and a total joy to watch our tiny house as it approaches completion. The wood being used to build the cabinetry, window trim, the ship ladder to...
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Building it Green: The Richness of Ancestral Wood
As we anticipate with glee, the receipt of our tiny house, it is exciting to see the progress being made day-by-day. The richness of the ancestral wood has given new...
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Building it Green: Wainscot Bead Board
Our tiny house is taking on its character, a character with the energy of its ancestors. The ceiling boards are reclaimed from a home built in the 1860's, the wainscot...
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Building it Green: Energy-Efficient Insulation
Since my last posting, an important stage in the progress of our Texas Tiny House is now complete. The interior walls have just been coated with expanding Isonene Foam, which...
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Building it Green: Our Tiny Texas House
Recently, Margaret (my wife) and I bought a 1940's "Austin stone " house in an eastern Dallas neighborhood. Upon buying our home, we immediately decided to remodel, and were faced...