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Chapter 25LOOKING BACKWeve lived in the house for more than a year now. The home weve created hasbeen a co nstant source of education for us and the kids as wed hoped. There arestill many things we want to do to be more efficient; grow more vegetables, andimprove the various systems. All in all it has worked out better than I had everimagined. From sunrise to sunset the majority of our light, energy, heat and water issupplied by the power of sunlight. The new wind turbine supplies energy frequentlyduring the duller, colder days, a remarkable and fortunate weather pattern in ourarea.Building our new lifestyle is an on -going learning experience. Weve gotten so muchmore out of our closer relationship with nature . Weve become far more in tunewith the amount of sunlight we get each day, the strength and direction of the wind,the materials that earth supplies to our vegetable garden, our need to work as a teamto get things done, and a constant feeling that weve got it very good, that we arevery lucky.Curiously since our switch to organic foods, more indoor sunlight, straw bale wallsthat breathe for better indoor air quality, and concrete flooring for passive solar heatstorage (rather than conventional duct work which is susceptible to molds andmildews), we found our familys general health has been improved. This I can onlysay is our sense as compared to a number of years ago when we lived in aconventional townhouse. Of course this could be due to many other factors. But Iknow weve got a much healthier home which will be especially important as thekids grow up in this environment.There is so much you can do to make a difference in the way you live and how thatwill affect nature . Start t oday:289