Chickens feathers and slugs have given way to pumice and
curved walls. As May comes to a close who would have imagined that playing in
the mud, learning code and experimenting with pumice would garner so much
interest, and that so much fun and excitement could come out of a little bit of
arbutus, recycled glass blocks, a roto tiller, our first workshop of the

This is a great example of a little do-it-yourself ingenuity. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/04/26/almost-free-garage-heat-just-drink-a-lot-of-soda/

The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), formerly the birthplace of much of the computer and communications innovation over the past 10 years or so has now realized the massive opportunties in connecting Cleantech innovation to building.

March saw the rain dissipate just long enough to fool us in
to putting our clothes on the line, pour the foundation, finish our irrigation
system, gather and de-nail 2000 linear feet of used lumber, terrace our
hillside and build all our raised beds including 28 yards of soil (approx.
8,640 shovel fulls) for our vegetable gardens, … oh and gather and clean “our

Hey, drop the size of your supply line and stick an element
in it; then raise your R value! Sounds a little rude, but this month has
witnessed us with an element of uncertainty about how we conserve water, choose
the best backup system to heat the water for the hydronic heat and domestic
use, and stay well insulated. We put a few people on the hot seat, did some

As of January 1, 2007 the City of Calgary will offer rebates of 10%, 20% or 30% respectively for homes built to bronze, silver and gold standards.