Howdy, readers!! It’s National Delurking Week 2009!
I’m dying to know who’s reading my blog lately. Some of your comment frequently, some infrequently, and many NOT AT ALL (shame on you!).
Let me know who you are, where you’re from, and what you’re all about!
Brad and I very brokenly (ie. interrupted 4 times between 7:30 and 10:30) watched Garbage Warrior last night. If you’re interested in sustainable living, being off-the-grid, and would love to watch a movie that makes you want to yell at a politician, this is the film for you!
This documentary film follows Mike Reynolds, an architect who is based out of New Mexico, and founder of Earthship Biotecture - a design and construction company that specializes in passive, off-the-grid, temperature stable homes and buildings that are made of recycled and natural materials. The film shows some of Mike’s early designs (still standing 30 years later!) and some of his latter ones, detailing his journey into sustainable building design, and - most frustratingly - his fight to have a law passed that would allow research into the same field.
At just under an hour and a half, this film is a quick glimpse into the realm of sustainable living and is just enough to whet your whistle and get you excited to learn more about it. About halfway through, I asked Brad, “Can we go live there?” when they were discussing their sustainable communities. What a shift from our current lifestyle that would be!!
I give this film a 5/5. I loved it and am going to wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone I see in the next few weeks … because that’s what I’m like.
