A Self Sufficient Life

Green Flooring – Eco Friendly Flooring

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:21:58 +0000

Our millions of regular self sufficient readers (well, all 200 of you) will know (if you have been paying attention), that we live in Spain. It is the tradition here in nearly all homes to have tiled floors. Wooden floors are not really the norm and carpets are quite the exception to the rule. This is [...] Related posts:

Is Investing In Green Stocks A Good Idea?

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:27:10 +0000

Today we gave guest post from Bruce here at the self sufficiency site. He makes some interesting points about investing in companies that are maybe more environmentally friendly. Many people have money invested in shares so do you think it is time to re-consider your portfolio to have maybe a slightly more environmentally friendly bias? [...] Related posts:

Solar Powered Tiki Torches And Eco Hypocrites

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:39:43 +0000

A strange title you may be saying but read on for a very interesting take on the world of the “Eco” movement and a great response to a post I made not so long ago. Here at the Self Sufficiency website we are pleased to have this guest post from John and if you would [...] Related posts:

I Done A Bad Thing – Cheap Plane Tickets, And Monstrous After Effects

Mr.Dirty Boots — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:52:19 +0000

Well, actually it was a great thing, but with the rather in depth conversation in the last post about what being “eco” really means, it was very bad from that point of view. I took about 3 million flights and flew about as far away as you can possibly go to go to my sisters wedding [...]

Are You An “Eco” Hypocrite?

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:16:07 +0000

I was watching something last night on TV about protestors at a power station and it got me thinking. Are we all just “eco hypocrites”. To be honest I am less interested in environmental issues than some of you may think. I am still dubious about Global warming and I know many of you will be [...]

Make Some Real Compost

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:03:55 +0000

We have now been making compost for years, especially since we began a more self sufficient lifestlye. No fancy setup although I would still have a compost tumbler if we did not have such a large plot that we can use, with pretty much unlimited space. Many people come to this site looking for various snippets [...] Related posts:

How to use energy efficient space heaters to save energy & money

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:14:39 +0000

This is a guest post from Jeff at Sustainablog.org who has many great ideas on products that will move you more to Self Sufficiency by being more energy conscious. After the recent record cold spells experienced by much of the United States, you may be dreading the arrival of the electric, gas or heating oil bill. [...] Related posts:

Eton Solar Radios Are They Better Than Our Old Wind Up Radio

Mr.Dirty Boots — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:28:36 +0000

#nogoogleads {display:none !important;} Wow, it has now been just under a year since I first wrote about how great solar radios are. And yes, ours is still going strong and is now well over 11 years old if not more. Of course, technology moves on and things get improved. I have been looking at the Eton [...] Related posts:

Self Sufficiency Resources

Mr.Dirty Boots — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:18:50 +0000

This is not something that I do very often but as this site has grown and we have now got a few hundred regular readers and an awful lot of people come here every day via the search engines I though it was about time to share the Self Sufficiency Love. We read a number of [...] Related posts:

Have A Free Tree Planted Every Month With Permission Research Surveys

Get Paid To Take Paid Surveys Online

Mr.Dirty Boots — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:57:36 +0000

Back when we realized that moving to Spain had one serious drawback (earning money) I took a look at the world of Survey taking. To get paid to take paid surveys online seemed like a good way to earn an extra income. It is all part of being more independent and living a more Self [...] Related posts: