tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540714.post6089016681542380519..comments2023-04-17T04:38:23.022-07:00Comments on Mama Picture This: Sustain thisMamaZuzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596521376566051520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540714.post-33873247010858015972007-03-07T17:07:00.000-08:002007-03-07T17:07:00.000-08:00Hello Mamazuzi - you have a veritable Novel of inf...Hello Mamazuzi - you have a veritable Novel of information and beautiful images for me to get through now that i have been introduced to your blog! Now I am going to have to seriously consider taking my laptop to bed with me instead of that book i have... hmmm Thanks for playing the competition at Poppyseeds and your comment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540714.post-300909678126352132007-03-06T07:27:00.000-08:002007-03-06T07:27:00.000-08:00Working on better gardening (eventual goal to be a...Working on better gardening (eventual goal to be able to feed family),<BR/><BR/><BR/>I would love for this to happen at our house. There are other changes that we could definitely do. In CA we used to have cleaning products that were earth friendly. I don't know why we stopped? Sustainability is a new 'word' for me but I've thought about it for a long time and I'd like to be more active towards that end. I would LOVE to work on slowing down life and taking time to be still before my maker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540714.post-21717290204210557032007-03-06T07:25:00.000-08:002007-03-06T07:25:00.000-08:00For Oregon, I am anti-solar! Why? Remember the b...For Oregon, I am anti-solar! Why? Remember the big freeze of 2004? Our house had solar in it from 1981, the chemical pipes froze and burst, and blue stuff was all over our attic and dripping into the ceiling. AND....I could not get ahold of ANYONE to help us with that, and as a matter of fact, got 1 call back about a month later, after I had switched everything over to natural gas!<BR/><BR/>If anyone goes solar, make sure you do the research, and have not only an installer, but a repair person!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540714.post-67723335269805915652007-03-06T07:00:00.000-08:002007-03-06T07:00:00.000-08:00You should get a hold of a copy of this book:http:...You should get a hold of a copy of this book:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/37xlaf<BR/><BR/>We need to work on sustainability. It's not something that hubby's particularly interested in, so I do what I can with what I have. We'd like to get a hybrid SUV, and we're getting a woodstove probably next year, so we won't have to use so much gas. <BR/><BR/>When we do finally have kids, I want to use cloth diapers, and I'm planning to make my own baby food.<BR/><BR/>We recycle quite a bit, and my Dad takes anything metal off our hands and recycles that. We get used appliances when possible from his friend the appliance installer, and when we can't, we buy energy efficient. <BR/><BR/>We have a pretty successful garden, it provides us with most of the veggies we need for several months during the year. <BR/><BR/>I will fully admit that my primary mode of thinking lately has been on disaster preparedness and less on sustainability, though the two do overlap somewhat!kbeepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013307327875627823noreply@blogger.com