The Beginning

So this is the story of us and a house and our attempts to make it into a little ecologically sound oasis in what seems to be an increasingly hostile environment towards, well, the environment. We don't have a lot of extra money, we come in right around the national income average. One thing I have discovered is that there isn't that much good information out there for people in our position doing this sort of thing. If you are super rich you can afford all the high end, high efficiency appliances, the solar panels, the carbon offset credits. Then there is the other extreme. People who eschew all trappings of the world. They build huts out of earth and use straw bales for insulation.
Where is the middle path I wonder? What about those of us who don't exist in those two minorities? Can we step lightly on the earth too? Can there be a balance? As soon as we close on this house we are going to try our hardest to create a home that we can feel good about. Hopefully you will join us and try some of these ideas yourself !