EcoHouse Film

an ecological water sewage filtration solution
We were installing an Eko-Matic Willa gray water filtration tank today! Easy and lots of fun! Here is a picture from the installation!

I will be updating this page with more information on this exciting project, dirty water comes in, clean water comes out! This and a compost toilet, and bio-degradable washing materials, and you don’t need central sewage! Thousands saved, and so much less damage to the environment!
They have a great website with videos here.

pretty and edible is the goal.

My little garden is shaping up, planted a boy and girl Sea Buckthorn, with one pathetic yellow berry. We will see how they take.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippophae_rhamnoides

Found some bastard Peonies growing by the road on the remains of a demolished garden. Tore the roots out and planted them as well, they do say Peonies sulk for 3 years after you tear them out.

Some great ideas to replace decorative japanese garden plants with edible.

http://balconyofdreams.blogspot.com/

Replace Bamboo with Asparagus

Replace clipped pine with clipped rosemary

I am thinking of making a small house on a trailer for working on the bigger house. Doing some research on my options to make a small cheap house from recycled materials.

One man is using pallets.

Other options?
Either a wood or a metal frame.

If metal, will need a welder.

Some good ideas for DIY welders made from a used microwave.

you can also weld with car batteries alone.
This only makes sense if you have used batteries lying around.

Stockholm is nominated for Europe’s greenest city by the European Comission. Very deserving, I say.

The Swedish capital – which will be the first European Green Capital in 2010 – has the ambitious target of saying goodbye to fossils by 2050

95% of the population live only 300 m away from green areas, thus augmenting recreation, swimming, boating, better well being, water purification, noise reduction, enhancement of biodiversity and ecology.

Find out more

A roundup of small and unusual  green homes  we find inspiring

Treehugger – living like a hobbit

Tiny house 1

Tiny houses in vermont

Homes out of reclaimed materials for the poor

the way to go is to build your own out of reclaimed materials!
resources:

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

http://tinyhouseblog.com/

Better sex better for environment, says Swede

Swedes remodel their kitchen every four years on average.

We are shocked. You certainly don’t have much going in your life if you are concerned with your kitchen that much.
We would much rather take a trip, build a sauna, or do a family vacation. And then of course, you can always have sex instead of obsessing over remodeling.

Looks like Eva Sanner, a relationship expert, agrees.

source: “Ju bättre sexliv, desto bättre för miljön”

and here is an article in english at treehugger

It’s cute how they end it at treehugger: “finding inner happiness will make us less acquisitive, and more sustainable.”  Well, how many people living in cities, going to jobs they hate, are ever going to be happy?

An Icelandic house that uses geothermal energy and secondhand construction materials.  No news if the grand piano is emission-friendly.

Via inhabitat

what is being done in Sweden with environmentally friendly homes?

Sweden being green conscious, there are several initiatives by government, groups and individuals to improve the conditions of life and sustainability.

Check back as we publish several notes on green living in Sweden.

Read part one with videos here