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Welcome to KuleKat’s Eco-Essentials – personal experience and opinion on tackling everyday issues in ways that are sustainable, environmentally friendly, ecologically responsible, whatever you want to call it. It might surprise you to realise that the primary motivation behind this ongoing quest is actually financial rather than anything one might consider vaguely worthy and earnest. So if you came in search of tree-hugging, muesli munching, sanctimonious liberal bleating about the injustice of it all then bad luck! This is about saving serious loot with the least amount of impact possible. +KuleKat
Wood Burners
There are many reasons to want a wood burning stove – they look lovely, feel nice, create a welcoming, homely focal point, save money and are environmentally friendly. Back up a second, what was that about money and the environment? Yes, it’s true and official even; just check out the many grants and incentives to encourage wood biomass heating microgeneration technologies (in plain English – woodburners).
Solar Power
We are all familiar to some extent with solar power, whether through personal experience with domestic solar panels or garden lighting, or simply seeing it installed in various places. So is this a technology of the future or a path ultimately leading nowhere in the end? Given the money currently to be had by going solar, I’m placing my bets on the former.
Environmental Issues
We’ve spent the past century or so building a world predicated on fossil fuel, and the consequences of doing so are about to bite us on the butt. Tomorrow’s hangover is fast catching up with yesterday’s hydrocarbon fueled binge in the shape of climate change. To compound our woes, as we continue to demand ever more energy we now find that the barrel is running dry. Whoops Apocalypse?
KuleKat’s Eco-Essentials Last updated: January 2012 by KuleKat

