These days, a number of factors must be considered when choosing a place to live. Chief among them, efficiency and affordability often drive the decision-making. Adventurous types may dare to think – and live – outside the box, as it were, when it comes to finding a home.
For quite a few years now, we’ve all had it battered into our brains that incandescent light bulbs consume huge amounts of energy, as well as put carbon dioxide, sulfur oxide, and nuclear waste into our landfills and the atmosphere.
Across the nation, across the planet, fresh water sources are being depleted at an overly brisk pace. Part of the problem stems from pollution being dumped into rivers or seeping into groundwater. Then there is the ongoing issue of “fracking.”
For the past couple of years, a disturbing trend has been sweeping the nation. A sister issue to the home garden regulations, this one centers on clotheslines. That’s right, in quite a few neighborhoods around the country, you could get in all sorts of trouble for hanging your clothes out to dry. Seattle’s High Point …