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Well I have been thinking of this project for a couple months now and never got around to it. It started in October 2010 when I received my new City of Cincinnati recycling bin. My old bin was a very small green open bin with a crack down the side (from garbage men throwing it) that could hold maybe 12 cans a couple of milk jugs and 4 broken down boxes. This is basically what it looked like.

The New Bin came and it was Huge! It could fit 96 gallons. This thing was 5 feet tall!

Needless to say I no longer had to worry about an overspilling recycle bin.

On top of that they offered this new program where they would weigh your recyclables and give you points based on how much you recycled. You could then take those points and turn them in for gift cards or discounts to stores or other things. BONUS!

Suddenly I started recycling everything I could get my hands on. More points = More money.

There was an anticipated side effect to this: Less trash. I noticed that I didn't have to take the trash out as often. So I had the idea. What if I made the entire house as sustainable as possible?

As you know this is a big undertaking. It means using little to no non-renewable energy, it means no trash, It means living off the land and giving back to the land. Now that's going to be hard. No doubt everyone is thinking what I am thinking. "There is no way you can do that unless you have an abundance of cash." Well I am here to tell you, you are probably right. But I am going to try anyway and I am going to record each small step I take here.

So here goes. My goal is to follow the R's. Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. I will cut down on energy consumption and waste as much as I can. I will find ways to reuse anything I can and I will recycle what I can't reuse. Let's see how it goes.