Dear bloggers,
Some of you may have seen this before, (since
it has been circulating on Facebook and news sites for a while) but for those who haven’t, I
present to you the Low Impact Woodland Home. It’s an eco friendly house in Wales, built
by one man and his father in law (and some help from a few friend now and then).
When I first saw the house, I thought:
“Haven’t I seen this before? It looks so familiar.” After taking a good look
and digging in my memory, it finally hit me!
IT’S SHREK’S HOUSE!!!
A few years ago, the Shrek movies were my
favourite, so maybe that’s why seeing the Woodland home immediately rang a
bell. But still, even for all those non Shrek fans, don’t you think the resemblance
is freaky?
Anyway, back to the Woodland Home. It was
built in four months time and it cost about 3000 pounds (approximately 3500
euros). In other words: it was cheap as hell! The tools that were used to create
this cosy little place were limited to only a chainsaw, a hammer and a one inch
chisel (a tool used for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood). So, in what way is this house so eco friendly?
The stone and mud from the diggings were used to retain the walls and the
foundations and the frame of the roof was made out of wood from the surrounding
woodland. The fridge is cooled by air coming underground through foundations,
there is a compost toilet and the solar panels take care of all the devices
that run on electricity. I could go on like this, but my blog space is limited
so I’ll just give you the link to the website for more information. If there’s
one thing about this house that’s most important, it’s the idea behind it: it’s
possible to enormously reduce energy consumption and still live comfortably.
If you would like to know more about why this
family built the house and why it’s important to meet the challenges of climate
change, watch this video!
So that's it for today! Good night, sleep tight (don't let the bed bugs bite :))
Laura
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