Keeping connected at the cabin
Living Lightly at the cabin. Who needs power lines when solar power
and some wind-up appliances will do the job at 1/10th of the cost of
bringing in electricity?
David Chernushenko
Drying Laundry in Old South Ottawa
Living Lightly in Old Ottawa South Part I: drying laundry with zero
emissions, and that real fresh air smell, not the artificial one.
Photo by David Chernushenko
At the cabin
Living Lightly at the cabin. Rainwater goes a long way.
David Chernushenko
Room for Porches
Drake Landing viewed from the front. Just a “normal street” but with real porches and not dominated by garages.
The garages of Drake Landing:
Solar power for the people.
http://www.dlsc.ca/
Photos by David Chernushenko
Solar panels, small steps
Solar panels over my doorstep, more insulation in my walls. Small steps lead to big savings and quality of life improvements.
Photo by David Chernushenko
Project Porchlight
Stuart Hickox launches Project Porchlight in Ottawa in 2005. Stuart and his colleagues at OneChange.org believe that thousands of people making small changes, can become millions of people making a big difference.
Photo by David Chernushenko
Insulation
When the wall cavities of your house are filled with blown-in insulation, the benefits are multiple. Comfort, lower heating bills, and a big reduction on my family’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Photo by David Chernushenko
The Strasbourg Tramway
The French city of Strasbourg has shown how you can save a decaying downtown and revive a booming tourism and shopping district by serving the downtown with a modern efficient “tramway”, and keeping the cars on the periphery.
Photo by David Chernushenko
