The story of one woman's effort to save the world, one green building at a time.
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And please feel free to join in and let me know what you think!!
03 September 2007
GROUND BREAKING!!!
After planning, replanning, figuring, refiguring, refiguring again, and again, we finally did it!!
WE BROKE GROUND TODAY!!!
It was hot and we were tired, but it is progress!!
Excellent question!! - and since I'll be doing a lot of the work here, chances are you all will be seeing a lot of this outfit.
This is the equation: White clothes (too big, already messy and stained, but comfortable) + Red Georgia clay (lot of iron in the soils here, results in rust stains that DO NOT Come out) = Environmentally friendly, comfortable work clothes that can show the proof of hard work.
(Actually, this illustrious outfit was also already very well used while working in horsebarns across Georgia - it's held up well, and tolerates multiple washings... and once it is already filthy - I no longer need to worry about the stains.)
But I think it may be worth a section in the book on "shed working attire" since most folks I know who work from home either (a) get fully dressed as if for business meetings, even though they won't leave home all day or (b) role out of bed, and work most of the day in their pajamas or some semblance there of...
It would be interesting to know. It does give "casual Fridays" a whole new meaning though!!
In June 2007, I was living in a small house with 3 men and 4 dogs. I'm an international environmental consultant, bouncing around the world helping figure out ways for humans to reduce our negative impacts on the planet. This project emerged out of a need for a place to work, the desire to build something I wanted and to learn what all this "green technology" is really all about. Sure, I've got a PhD and can tell you the socio-economic impacts of transboundary integrated water resource management, but if I'm going to work at home, while home, I need a space. And if I am going to have a space it may as well be a green learning experience too! Almost a year later, it's been a learning experience and then some. But I'm making progress, and I'm having fun.
The funny thing is, the last thing I build before I tackled this office was bookshelves, 2o years ago. They are still standing. Sort of.
Welcome to my blog and all encouragement, comments, and inspiration is appreciated. If you want to laugh at me, that's okay too. I keep the guys at Lowe's in stitches!!
2 comments:
I don't like to carp at such a wonderful moment, but do you usually dig in white clothes?
Hi Alex!!
Excellent question!! - and since I'll be doing a lot of the work here, chances are you all will be seeing a lot of this outfit.
This is the equation: White clothes (too big, already messy and stained, but comfortable) + Red Georgia clay (lot of iron in the soils here, results in rust stains that DO NOT Come out) = Environmentally friendly, comfortable work clothes that can show the proof of hard work.
(Actually, this illustrious outfit was also already very well used while working in horsebarns across Georgia - it's held up well, and tolerates multiple washings... and once it is already filthy - I no longer need to worry about the stains.)
But I think it may be worth a section in the book on "shed working attire" since most folks I know who work from home either (a) get fully dressed as if for business meetings, even though they won't leave home all day or (b) role out of bed, and work most of the day in their pajamas or some semblance there of...
It would be interesting to know. It does give "casual Fridays" a whole new meaning though!!
Thanks for the thought and encouragement!!
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