Alternative Ideas is a new free online magazine. Last time I checked they had 1003 visitors, it's that new.

Take a look at:

http://www.dataworkz.com/AlternativeIdeasMagazine/

AZ

-- AZ (Just@home.here.com), May 10, 2001

Answers

I believe they are up to 1671 as of last look. Sounds like this magazine is getting noticed.

I do know though that they have had some trouble with their magazine too, so counters are not a reliable way to determine visitors.

Thanks. Shelly

-- Shelly (Shelly@hotmail.com), July 16, 2001.

The little houses are tempting to build. I built a big wooden swingset and playhouse about ten years ago and it was fun and still holding up well.

Little Homes

The Seven Danger Signs of moving to the country:

You start thinking of a ten year old car with 100,000 miles as just "broken in".

You lose interest in fashion trends and stop wearing all but two or three similar outfits.

Your friends imagine you've given up the race or are "hiding out". You wonder...

You start to function as something other than an advertising-driven product consumer. You putter and fix, you build, you garden. You take long walks and just look at things. (Oh, oh...)

To your astonishment you find you can comfortably live on half the income you needed in the city.

The above is good because your income is also half of what is was before.

Allen Greenspan calls one night to tell you that if everyone lived as you did the nation would slip into a deep economic depression.

-- Cherri (jessam6@home.com), July 16, 2001.

If you want to enjoy the same power that a 300 watt, $5,000 solar electric system on your south facing roof would produce, buy one 18-23 watt compact fluorescent light bulb and install it in place of a standard 100 watt incandescent bulb that is left on 12 hours a day (click here for the calculation). Such a light bulb will cost you about $10.00. Screw it in and it will save the same amount of electricity that the solar panel system will produce in a cloudy Northwest climate. If you live in New Mexico or Arizona, you may have to buy two compact bulbs to equal the output of the three panel solar PV system.

This is the power potential of conservation - doing more with less. It is also the only sure thing and a true "green" alternative

-- Cherri (jessam6@home.com), July 16, 2001.

This site made me wonder if there is stll a Mother Earth News. And sure enough, for those who want to live in straw houses---Mother Earth News.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), July 16, 2001.