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What's the best way of getting an eco-friendly off-grid house?
I think you're right that building your own is likely to be necessary (we're in the same position). What I've discovered in Australia is broadly applicable in the global north, so:
An earthship can't ...
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What's the best way of getting an eco-friendly off-grid house?
I suggest that you question some of your assumptions.
Difficulties of off-grid.
Off-grid is HARD, and generally isn't worth it unless you are a long ways from the power lines. If you are looking at ...
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What's the most environmentally friendly micro USB charging cable...if any?
Just buy a used USB cable. You can go to a computer recycler and they will have thousands.
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How do I find an eco-friendly laptop?
Always try to buy hardware, that is easy to repair and upgrade. This will save you from throwing it away to buy another one, when it breaks, starts to overheat due to dust in the fan or needs more ...
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How do I find an eco-friendly laptop?
There are plenty of sites selling reconditioned laptops or second hand laptops. Some companies upgrade regularly and this releases perfectly serviceable computers to the public. These surely have ...
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How do I find an eco-friendly laptop?
I thought a new development would be worth mentioning: CrowdSupply hosts a successful crowd-funding campaign for the EOMA68 line of computing devices. EOMA68 is a standard, and the computing devices ...
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What's the best way of getting an eco-friendly off-grid house?
We would like to implement as many sustainable strategies as possible, ideally being nearly off-grid, with solar panels, rainwater storage, grey water recycling, humanure / methane tank toilets, ...
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Software engineering to aid the environment?
I think as a software engineer by far the best you can do for the environment is working with compiled languages. That's languages that use pre-compiled code like C, C++, Go or Rust, or languages that ...
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What's the most environmentally friendly micro USB charging cable...if any?
You can always learn to solder, and make your own cables. By re-using electronic scrap you'll prevent the need for new cables. Then it can be as long as you need.
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