The concept of sustainable living is focused on reducing your impact on the environment in as many ways as possible, including self-sufficiency.

Sustainable living includes so many areas including:

• Re-use and recycling
• Permaculture gardening
• Eliminating chemicals from the home
• Building your house from recycled materials and/or materials with low embodied energy (energy used/environmental impact in its manufacture)
• Designing your home to make the most of solar passive design principles therefore reducing or eliminating your dependency on artificial heating and cooling
• Solar power generation
• Grey water recycling
• Rainwater collection
• Making your own household items
• ... and many more

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