http://sustainableroute.com Ashley Hodson and Megan Mclaughlin went on a road trip around the country exploring the wide world of sustainability. They've worked long and hard to bring you videos about everyday folks and their flavors of environmental responsibility! Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:07:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click Around and See Where We Went... http://sustainableroute.com/2008/07/welcome-to-sustainable-route/ 35.17380831799959 -97.998046875 Here's a note from Brad: "In an average year with 12 inches of rainfall, we harvest over 100,000 gallons of rain a year within the soils of our 1/8-acre site and the surrounding public right-of-way. Yet we (household of 3 people, plus many more using our neighborhood laundromat) use less than ... http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/brad-lancaster-part-2/ 32.24997445586328 -110.91796875 Brad is like the Willy Wonka of the desert! In Tucson he transformed his urban land into a food producing, wildlife attracting, Sonoran desert island. He has also working to plant over a thousand trees in his neighborhood which act as natural air conditioners (very important in the ... http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/brad-lancaster/ Ryanne Hodson, Ashley's sister, has a fantastic website also about sustainable issues: RyanIsHungry.com She did an interview with Ash, check it out! http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/behind-the-scenes/ 37.72103447742806 -122.42992401123047 I first met Andrew when I attended Ecosa back in 2005. That was my first exposure to permaculture and rainwater harvesting. Andrew has been living in, and working on, a project in Prescott called the Eco Hood. He also has been working with Dharma Dog Pictures to produce ... http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/andrew-millison/ 34.52466147177172 -112.4560546875 We hung out with Tom Bender to talk about the spiritual side of sustainability and architecture. Check out his site here: TomBender.org As well as his wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bender http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/tom-bender/ Yestermorrow has so many great classes from basic carpentry to designing your own house. I mashed together our interview with Dan Eckstein and some of the things we explored with him on Yestermorrow's campus. http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/yestermorrow-designbuild-school/ 44.11815563115412 -72.85720825195312 When we hit up N.O. we stayed with Hillary Strobel of Replant New Orleans. Words-of-Use (as defined by wikipedia): Bioremediation: any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the environment altered by contaminants to its original condition. Mycoremediation: coined by Paul Stamets and refers specifically to ... http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/replant-new-orleans/ 29.95493454965612 -90.10986328125 I attended The Ecosa Institute in the Spring of 2005. It's a 'sustainable' design program, but as Tony points out in the video, they welcome a variety of people whether they are currently students or not. Ecosa focuses on real projects with real clients which doesn't ... http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/ecosa-institute/ 34.81380331711313 -112.39013671875 Diane Wilson is the author of An Unreasonable Woman. Check out part one below if you haven't already! http://sustainableroute.com/2007/02/diane-wilson-part-two/ 29.78344945682058 -95.33935546875