Here is a Green Business News story from SW Colorado that is a great example of what is being done. Southwestern Colorado Turns To Sunflowers For Energy By Nancy Lofholm The Denver Post For 99 years, furnace tenders like “Outback” John Schertz have loaded coal into a giant boiler in the basement of the San [...]

Most of us, well, at least myself, normally think about having land in the rural countryside, when we think about becoming more self-sufficient and sustainable.  This family that I’d like to report about, only have about 1/5th of an acre!  Live in a big city.  They have been doing this for quite awhile.  I only [...]