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Green Modern Kits

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About Me

Why Green Modern Kits?
We are modern house kit / green building partners coming together from different fields to provide you with Modern Home Kits - modern housing solutions , energy efficient cabin plans , green home design and energy-efficient solutions.
Individually, we are architects, metal builders, solar, rainwater solutions and... idea people who want to create modern, affordable, green housing solutions for all of us.

Green Modern Kits: Green Building For The Rest of Us! tm
Here, you find thermal mass and passive solar design. Architecture that allows for your personal customization and budget. Time-tested solutions with the latest sustainable housing technology.

In our world, we have kitchen gardens; don't have time for zen. This site is for those that appreciate practical, modern design.

See ideas. Save up for a green goal, whether it be a solar cooker or a green, modern house kit . Reduce dependency on precious resources AND financial loans. These are things to save for, invest in, then enjoy for generations.

    Energy efficient, eco-friendly, recyclable, renewable buildings economical systems make Green Housing Affordable Solar Systems , Cookers and more ! Rainwater Collection and Greywater Information Energy Efficient and Non-Electric Practical Products: Cooking Stoves , Grain mills, Washing Systems and more ! Green House Kits are pre-engineered and Cater to a Do-It-Yourself market concept

My Interests

Green building, modern design, solar electricity, rainwater collection, greywater.Please join our group Green Building Modern Design where we post on green building, organic farming, gardening, and modern design. Somehow it all goes together.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in green housing modern design, green building and affordable homes with passive solar, rainwater collection, and greywater irrigation. Organic farmers and homesteaders.

Music:

*Anything* Big Band, Misfits, Erik Satie, The Jam, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Chopin, Dismembered Tennesseans, Marian Anderson, Ramones, Iggy Pop, Maria Callas, and more.

My Blog

Yes, the profile song changed.

R.I.P. Christine Gibson. Richmond's own Patti Smyth.Thought "Fix It" was in keeping with our universal (punk) green mission.R.I.P....
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:11:00 PST

Green Modern Kits is on materialicio.us!

Materialicio.us found Green Modern Kits! And we haven't even finished building the prototype yet! (P.s. We'll have lots of fun open houses this spring- and even a camping weekend if you like! We are b...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:11:00 PST

IT’S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the first snowfall of the year, I happily open a certain drawer that is otherwise closed. In it are "my snowflake dishes."  They are only used on the ...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:58:00 PST

veggie dogs

Don't get me wrong. Growing up, my family was vegetarian for a few years and I understand why people choose that lifestyle and support it.But I also hunt respectfully, to control overpopulation of dee...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:47:00 PST

Hmmmm. Sushi, anyone?

I was just into my fifth bite of sushi when I looked down and... considered: When I order sushi, I just take it home and pull out the same ole chopsticks from the forks/knives/spoon drawer... But what...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:06:00 PST

Guilty pleasures

On another forum, someone asked what reader's favorite alcoholic beverages are.  It made me reflect on that, and secret (non-green) guilty pleasures: pink hair dye.But in response to the alcohol ...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:47:00 PST

SIPs Studio

I just had so much fun. David Day and I went to the Paint Studio he is building with SIPs and had a hands on demonstration on how (and why) we will be building our kit homes with SIPs. It was so great...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:29:00 PST

Consider Thrift

To give you a sense of how long I have been shopping in thrift stores, let's just say... I remember when you could just walk in and buy 1940s cocktail dresses. For fifty cents. I wear those same dr...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:50:00 PST

Starts off like a lead to a punchline...

Starts off like a lead to a punchline... "So a great blue heron landed in my back yard..."Except it was a blue heron, it was the size of my son, whom I grabbed, quieted, and holding his...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:49:00 PST

The Casati

For months, since the early spring, we called our first modern kit home another name. Tonight, I discovered another firm had just started marketing a plan based on a house they did in an overlapping m...
Posted by Green Modern Kits on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:32:00 PST