Introduction

I live in central Spain with my wife and dogs. I spent five years designing a self-sufficient, self-sustaining eco-house and lifestyle and learning and earning what was necessary to implement my designs. Six years ago I bought a three hectare abandoned vineyard overgrown with trees, bushes and weeds in a forested area at the foothills of a mountain range. Since then I have been putting my ideas and designs into practice. I have almost finished the house and its systems and a lot has been done with the land but much remains to do. I expect I will never finish everything since new ideas and new projects keep suggesting themselves.

Setting up and living the responsible life that I wish to live is a slow, never-ending process. A process that has its good days and bad. I want to live responsibly - responsibly toward my family, friends and animals, my health and my finances, the environment and society. I want to do right. But what is right and what is wrong is not as clear as black and white. Rather it is shades of grey. And it is shades of green. I try to distinguish good from bad by learning. But while we are all immersed in the world's wisdom, no one man can absorb it all. And even humanity may not. I try to learn as much as I can anyway. But I know I can improve more if others have the generosity to donate their two cents of knowledge to help me broaden my perspectives and my wisdom. And I hope to be able to repay their kindness in kind.

On a final note, all pictures, text and designs are my own and not copied from any source. I have not copyrighted any of this material, so anyone can use any material posted in this blog as they like. I simply ask that people not try to copyright anything posted here and not try to sell anything they acquire from here. I want to ensure that whatever information I provide here remains free.