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In reply to the discussion: What are you doing to save the Earth? [View all]womanofthehills
(10,845 posts)Buy as much local food as possible and have a garden. I only eat grass fed beef from local ranchers who treat their animals humanly. I get part of my electricity from the sun - I built a passive solar house with 12 south facing windows (walls of windows) - so if the sun is out I do not need to use any other heat source in winter. In one room I have a wall of tubes (water wall as a heat sink) and solar panels on my roof - (I used to be totally off grid but got tired of maintaining a battery bank) so my solar system is now connected to the grid. I have separate solar panels that pump up my water (solar pump) to a large holding tank. The only water going to my septic tank is toilet water. My sink, washing machine, and bath water goes to trees. I dont buy anything I really dont absolutely need. I also have 9 chickens for organic eggs and chicken manure for gardening.