Self sustained home as a concept is about having the coziness of a home that is tuned best with Nature and is the scope if this blog. Suggestions/Comments welcome.
To start with, a home like every other being goes through three major phases:
-Construction
-Sustenance
-Dissolution (guess when sustenance gives up),
Talking of staying tuned with nature, the test of time has hinted at a strong affinity of nautre to that evolve the effective, retain the efficient and the dissolve the rest. From my view this applies equally to a home, a car, a gadget, our own wonderful body etc. All of this in the framework of Karma (the adventure of sowing and reaping that I greedily misinterpret(ed) as a viscious cycle).
The life that a cosmopolitan home lives today is considerably outsourced or largely dependant.
Let's look at the basic needs,
. Food - outsourced to farmers, manufacturing units and chefs.
. Water - outsourced to Water and Power Corporations
. Light - outsourced to Power corporation
. Air - outsourced to Air Coolers
Well outsourcing sure has it's advantages, but has disadvantages too given the amount of freedom I lose having to plan for price increase and condition my life style to adjust to available options, handle inflation, market games/economics and profiteering buisnesses. Of all the basic needs, I think I am considerably dependant in the areas of Light and Food (can't imagine a day without electricity). I donot recollect where I read this powerful quote, it says "The weak are depandant, The Strong are inter-dependant". So "Aall izz well" as far as I pay the bills and accept price hikes as part of life for there's some one out there dependant on the money I pay handling inflation as I do. (But that's just the tip of the ice berg for there's also somebody out there with an hidden agenda and a hidden profit margin. Well, well that's part of life in the 21st century, and I drop now the idea of being cynical. Being authentic, I expect to make good hikes with my job as well, shamelessly contributing in advance to the next cycle of inflation.)
However I find it grossly stupid to completely outsource basic needs. I guess this is one sector of life where I need to be grossly independant, mildly inter-dependant and highly self sustained. So I am working on generating power naturally and cultivate vegetation to the slightest possible extent (for every journey is made of persistant single steps in the desired direction :-). Forgive the extra, un-asked for, free gyan). I have the being accompanied by http://www.dailydump.org/ and their Malnad network (Just in case you are interested too). I will with time share my plans on this adventure, actions and conclusions (hmmm, so overly optimistic of me). Wish me success, feel free to join along and/ share.
The Plan:
. Estimate
Basic food needs
Electricity needs
. Identify opportunites to naturally cater to the above.
The Actions:
:-), Starting March 1st 2011.
Revised to March 10 2011.
References:
http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/design-principles/design-with-daylight-natural-lighting.aspx
To start with, a home like every other being goes through three major phases:
-Construction
-Sustenance
-Dissolution (guess when sustenance gives up),
Talking of staying tuned with nature, the test of time has hinted at a strong affinity of nautre to that evolve the effective, retain the efficient and the dissolve the rest. From my view this applies equally to a home, a car, a gadget, our own wonderful body etc. All of this in the framework of Karma (the adventure of sowing and reaping that I greedily misinterpret(ed) as a viscious cycle).
The life that a cosmopolitan home lives today is considerably outsourced or largely dependant.
Let's look at the basic needs,
. Food - outsourced to farmers, manufacturing units and chefs.
. Water - outsourced to Water and Power Corporations
. Light - outsourced to Power corporation
. Air - outsourced to Air Coolers
Well outsourcing sure has it's advantages, but has disadvantages too given the amount of freedom I lose having to plan for price increase and condition my life style to adjust to available options, handle inflation, market games/economics and profiteering buisnesses. Of all the basic needs, I think I am considerably dependant in the areas of Light and Food (can't imagine a day without electricity). I donot recollect where I read this powerful quote, it says "The weak are depandant, The Strong are inter-dependant". So "Aall izz well" as far as I pay the bills and accept price hikes as part of life for there's some one out there dependant on the money I pay handling inflation as I do. (But that's just the tip of the ice berg for there's also somebody out there with an hidden agenda and a hidden profit margin. Well, well that's part of life in the 21st century, and I drop now the idea of being cynical. Being authentic, I expect to make good hikes with my job as well, shamelessly contributing in advance to the next cycle of inflation.)
However I find it grossly stupid to completely outsource basic needs. I guess this is one sector of life where I need to be grossly independant, mildly inter-dependant and highly self sustained. So I am working on generating power naturally and cultivate vegetation to the slightest possible extent (for every journey is made of persistant single steps in the desired direction :-). Forgive the extra, un-asked for, free gyan). I have the being accompanied by http://www.dailydump.org/ and their Malnad network (Just in case you are interested too). I will with time share my plans on this adventure, actions and conclusions (hmmm, so overly optimistic of me). Wish me success, feel free to join along and/ share.
The Plan:
. Estimate
Basic food needs
Electricity needs
. Identify opportunites to naturally cater to the above.
The Actions:
:-), Starting March 1st 2011.
Revised to March 10 2011.
References:
http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/design-principles/design-with-daylight-natural-lighting.aspx
