The Green Green Owner/Builder: Becoming a forest steward

When the road to building a “green” house is paved with a little mud.
by Jen Pennington

When we purchased our property, I always knew I wanted to get it certified as a stewardship forest. I loved seeing those cool little green and brown signs along someone’s private drive. How do you get one of those things? I [...]

The Green Green Owner/Builder: The sustainable marriage test.

When the road to building a “green” house is paved with a little mud.
by Jen Pennington

The sustainable marriage test.

Okay so my husband and I know enough about construction projects to make ourselves very dangerous. Though we’ve never actually built a house before, Bob is extremely mechanically inclined and I’ve done my fair share of art installations, and light construction on other people’s homes. We’ve both read a bunch of owner/builder books, articles, and said to ourselves, “pishaw…we can do this.” Continue reading The Green Green Owner/Builder: The sustainable marriage test.

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