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sustainable homes: New Sustainable Listing in Flagstaff - 07/21/10 02:39 PM
Wonderful rustic home perfect for your quiet getaway (or year round living). This quiet and serene property offers breathtaking views of the  Painted Desert, surrounding craters and the San Francisco Peaks. This two bedroom one bathroom approximately 2,093 sq.ft.  home features a large living room for your enjoyment as well as providing great setting for entertaining. Sustainable living at it's best with all the comforts of being in town, with your off the grid set up; including solar with battery storage, generator backup, a swamp cooler and two 2,500 gallon cisterns with water catchment from the metal roof.  All of this on a 40-acre … (3 comments)

sustainable homes: Earthship's What is it? Part 2 - 01/18/09 10:58 AM
Earthship In Flagstaff, AZ
 Part 1: http://activerain.com/blogsview/878411/Earthships-What-is-it
More on how this home was built.
This home has been carefully and consciously constructed with mostly local, natural andrecycled materials. With the main living structure built using 900 used tires(packed with dirt and used for the footings and load-bearing walls) thehome is not only a unique creation, it also provided an alternative use formaterials that otherwise would've ended up in a landfill. A second studioadded to the property is straw bale construction. Combining manyavailable technologies for sustainable building and living, this home offersthe following:• Passive solar heating• 400-watt photo voltaic solar system• Power … (8 comments)

sustainable homes: Earthship's What is it? - 01/12/09 05:04 PM
Earthship In Flagstaff, AZ
 
Earthship's are Earth sheltered autonomous buildings. Made by recycling automobile tires and ramming earth in them. Rammed earth is taking clay or sand and packing it into the tires(and other objects). Earthship's are made from a lot of recycled material often including beverage bottles and cans for non-load bearing walls. Earthship's may function is to be earth friendly. As mentioned they are built with recycled materials (automobile tires, beverage bottles, recycled wood, just about anything). The are also self sufficient with their utilities. Water is collected of the roof and stored in a cistern, then filtered … (23 comments)

sustainable homes: Green Living Tips - 01/04/09 03:09 PM
Tips & Ways to Save You Money and Make an Impact On Our Environment1. Ok I am sure you have an opinion on this one. Compact fluorescent light bulbs. They save a bunch of money, at warehouse clubs and discount chains the are almost as cheap as regular bulbs and with the time they last it works out to be cheaper. These bulbs last a long time. They warm up faster than they used to. I remember when they first came out. I hated them because you had to warm them up. The CONS: The light spectrum is not the same … (7 comments)