Sustainable Living

Green Purchasing
Many products purchased by members of the Ecohouse are sustainable for a variety of reasons. Some products are sustainable because they come from local producers and so they contribute less to green house gas emissions. Other items used by Ecohouse residents are secondhand or they were produced with environmentally-friendly materials.

Clothesline

During the spring, summer, and fall laundry can be dried using the solar dryer – otherwise known as a clothesline - located at the rear of the house.

Landscaping
The Ecohouse yard has many trees in it that help to clean the air and sequester carbon dioxide. They also help to keep the temperature of the house cooler in the summer, which reduces the amount of energy needed for cooling. Groundskeepers at the Ecohouse have reduced the number of times that they spray the lawn with herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers in order to reduce the amount of chemical runoff that contaminates groundwater.

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