Whole-house thinking

thank you for the post Googolplexer...and thank you MoonLoon for your personal story. It shows in many ways how technology has superceded humanity. Now the world suffers because we have strayed so far from nature and natural living.

MoonLoon, that is beautiful! Thanks for sharing your story here.

I am a little bored,so will comment. Between 1951, my birth year, and 1983, I spent most of my vacations and free time with my Grandmother on a small, 65 acre farm, located in the middle of a 55,000 acre Federal Migratory Bird Refuge/Wildlife Mgt. in Mississippi.As my Greatgrandfather,Grandfather, Grandmother, Mother , and myself refused to sell the land to the Gov't. we were allowed to live there, of course obeying the game/hunting laws.
This farm had a well (with bucket), no electricity or phone until 1965, and of course an outhouse until my grandmothers death in 1983. It was a great life for a child or young person. You learn the hard lessons of life and you learn what is important. The minor hardships of life mean nothing, some days you are hungry, cold, hot, tired , dirty. You also learn that milk, butter, eggs, pork, chicken, beef, and garden vegetables, come from your labor on the farm. Cash is hard to come by and when night falls you go to bed. But one thing is consistent, that is the love of your family. I can never forget my grandmother walking the house with a kerosene (coal oil) in those days, lantern. Tucking each child to bed and saying "Goodnight".
The farm was almost completely self dependent. We grew corn for the chickens, pig, and cattle. Some hay also. Vegetables were harvested in the summer and pickled in jars, and placed in a "root cellar" during the winter to prevent freezing temperatures from breaking the jars. A pig was butchered each winter and smoked in the "smoke house' for later consumption. We also, had a "potato house" for storing root crops, onions, carrots, potatoes, etc. during the winter. We cut wood from the property to provide heat for the house, the wood cook stove was abandoned in 1958 for a propane stove. My grandfather was a hard drinking man, coonhunter, and cursed like a sailor, yet always gave us love and affection. A "Whole House" is composed of more than technology. It is composed to be in harmony with both Man and Nature!

The way humans used to live before we outsmarted ourselves.

Great Approach!

I am all for it!