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Maria Alovert aka Girl Mark Josh Tickell vs Maria Alovert – with thanks to Maxim Online In the blue corner: Josh Tickell, has been featured in these pages before. He’s a skinny, blond, motor-mouthed Louisianan who moved himself to L.A. in an RV painted with sunflowers and butterflies—and powered by biodiesel, an alternative fuel source [...]
Category Archives: UK
London building claims zero fossil energy
Saturday, April 23, 2005 – 1:15 am
No power bills here, dear A property developer has launched an energy self sufficient block of flats in London. Yorklake Homes said the four flats generate all their own energy from non fossil fuels within the site boundaries. Designed by Bill Dunster’s architecture firm, the main source of energy is a Swift silent wind turbine, [...]
All about self-build – book review
Saturday, April 2, 2005 – 10:47 am
Self-builders need lots of friends This comprehensive guide to building your own home is written by someone who has actually done it. All the pitfalls and delights are laid out in over 500 pages. And there are plenty of pitfalls. The time, money and effort involved in self-build has blown many marriages apart, and busted [...]
The Autonomous House
Saturday, March 26, 2005 – 11:03 pm
Off-grid Pioneer BBC Radio had a great dive into the archives tonight (saturday), with a show about our past visions of the Future House. From the 1970s it featured the first well-developed idea for an off-grid home — The Autonomous House designed by Brenda and Robert Vale. And from the 80s – Biosphere 2. Both [...]
They practice what we preach
Saturday, March 26, 2005 – 4:45 pm
Anais Dervaes goes to market Jules Dervaes urban homestead and its motley array of off-grid projects have turned into something of an obsession for the entire family. So far their achievements include a homemade solar oven, solar pv panels, home-reared animals, biodiesel-brewing for their car, and a vegetable garden growing a sizable percentage of their [...]
Go Gooshing
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 – 12:49 pm
Goosh till you swoosh Don’t go shopping, go gooshing. The Ethical Company Organisation (ECO) has launched a new ethical products web site, listing products sold by ethical companies that care about animal rights, human rights and the environment. Look out for the sign on the right, to tell you that a company has joined the [...]
Green, green grants of home
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 – 1:21 am
Alex Benady guides you through the maze of UK government payments to reduce your dependence on the grid. Blair poses on solar roof , cancels policy After promises from the Prime Minister to take climate change seriously, the UK government has ended its solar panel subsidy programme seven years early. The pot of £31m lasting [...]
