An Eco-House to Adapt oneself into Eco-friendly life style

A Eco-house : Elain Brook, an Photographer and Ecologist suggest to live environmental life exemplifier her own lifestyle.

She acquired a old house and converted to a eco-house which includes feature as below:

1. Rainwater harvesting for the garden pond accomodating frog and slug like creatures
2. A kitchen garden growing fruits and vegetables.
3. She dries the excess fruits and vegetable for future use.
4. Composting.
5. her car is vegetarian : runs from chip-oil i.e. the waste oil from the restaurant after frying the food for many times. Restaurant had to throw them because they are carcinogenic.
6. Use of solar energy through a) Solar water heater, b) PV cells, c) Conservatory - tomato growing and warm living space (a glass house), d) wood burning stoves.
7. Small Swimming pool covered with plastic or glass where water is heated by the excess water from solar panels.

She said she got all these inspiration from the 12 years spend in Himalayas where people are living in hardship, in very limited resources but still they are living well with cohesive social bonds.

She introduces from the Ecological footprint concept that to sustain current lifestyle we need 3 earths which is impossible. Hence, only the way we have is to adapt our life style to reduce that footprint.

She stress " need to experiment by each individuals how one can live eco-friendly"