We know that food is the source of our energy – and in green living circles we think a lot about it. In recent decades the types of food have actually expanded – now there’s organic food, biodynamic food, authentic food, slow food.
Amongst all of these types of food, and the clear importance it has in making our lives green and healthy, the question ‘what is food?’ gets lost.
Keeping a food journal might sound mundane, but, done right, I’ve found it’s a simple and surprisingly helpful way to start seeing the impact of food choices.
Archive for July, 2007
Living Food
Posted in journaling, organic food, sustainable living, weight loss on July 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Low Impact Refrigerators
Posted in energy efficiency, kitchen appliances, off the grid on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Take a “green inventory” of your home. What are you thinking of getting rid of soon? Know that you’re going to need to replace? When we started from the ground up, one thing we didn’t have at all was refrigeration. For about a year (before we had electricity), a large cooler was as close as [...]
Start the Green Life
Posted in green building, sustainable living on July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting here, at home, outside – with the raspberries ripe on a near-perfect July day – I wonder: what is it that made all this possible? What made it possible for us to find land? Able to be off-the-grid and beginning work on our natural home – meant to be a model of affordable green [...]
Welcome to Knitlanders – Live Green the Affordable, Meaningful Way
Posted in sustainable living on July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Knitlanders, where we are devoted to affordable, meaningful ways to live green. We believe that living green improves your quality of life as well as the planets. We’re all about mutual benefit – ways to make you happier, more productive, and feel more alive that also help us move toward a more sustainable [...]
