Earth Shelters

December 23, 2008

By MAURA POSSLEY Sun-Times News Group

As a homeowner, you may be using renewable energy sources. Let’s look at a few of these important, powerful sources.

If you use solar powered lights to brighten your walkway, a solar cover on your swimming pool or hang your clothes out to dry, you are already making use of the sun’s renewable energy. There are [...]

What are “Earth Homes?” Earth homes are houses that are
basically constructed from the earth. Some earth homes are built
from adobe, mud, straw or even underground as an earth-sheltered
home. Environmentally friendly, earth homes are easy to warm and
cool and extremely energy efficient.

Adobe Earth homes are houses constructed from bricks comprised
of tightly compacted earth, clay and [...]

In the heart of Tuscany: an exclusive place to regenerate body and spirit while immersed in both the nature and history of this splendid region. To find wellness and energy in the most pleasant way: natural medicine, aesthetic medicine, thermal baths, mud, massages, physiotherapy and much more.

The land on which the Hotel Terme di Pitigliano [...]

Greetings friends! It’s hard to believe another year has passed, but we know what that means. Every New Year brings new design trends and 2007 is bursting at the seams with them! Every week I will publish one of my top five favorite emerging trends in design and décor world for 2007, I hope you [...]

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Outdoor recreation is the standard for vacations in the Lake Michigan area of the Great Lakes. There are endless opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors, including biking, hunting, camping, bird watching and water activities such as boating, fishing, scuba diving and swimming. The lake itself is enough of a reason to start your search [...]

There are many things to watch for when buying a new home. Often, home buyers find themselves overwhelmed by the process of buying a home and overlook many of the telltale signs that a home might not be all they think it is. It will always be good practice to go over the negative aspects [...]

There are three conditions that attract termites to an area:

Water is the first condition that attracts termites to an area. Termites generally cannot survive without a source of water present. Termites will always seek some source of moisture to survive whether it is in the form of a leaky faucet, sprinkler or rain.

Wood is the [...]

One of the inherited doctrines of mankind is that the Quran is quoted or borrowed from the Bible.

The Bible says that Ants are not strong, they have no commander, no overseer or ruler, However, the entomologists say that the Ants are very strong and they live a strict social life and they have commander, overseer [...]