BBC, Earth Day and Us

I was reading BBC News and came across this article that mentions the SolaTubes we installed a few years ago. Low impact home designs/improvements/products are great. It is the small things we can all do that add up to big changes.

Here I am popping up from one of the holes we cut in the roof, and our friend, Mike Lambert showing us how it's done. (We've since installed a ridge vent and re-shingled the roof and it looks a lot better than these pictures.) We put two of these in the dining room and they're excellent! It is MUCH brighter and at night the moonlight is beautiful.

Last week, in observance of Earth Day, we switched some of our bulbs to compact florescents. As more bulbs give out, we'll continue to switch over.

It's good that more people are becoming interested in energy and resource conservation. I hope it is our next cultural revolution... rethinking our priorities, and using our technology and capabilities to ensure the health of our planet.