Welcome to the Hope Ecovillage Blog

We are pursuing the development of an Ecovillage in the Rochester, Minnesota area. An Ecovillage is an urban or rural community that strives to integrate a supportive social environment with a low-impact way of life. Our vision is a village of 10-20 homes clustered to enable sharing of utilities and resources on 5-10 acres. This will be an off-the-grid development that we hope will demonstrate an alternative to a conventional low sustainability housing development. If this concept interests you, please get in touch with us and keep checking back for updates on our progress. You can comment below or email me at hope.ecovillage@gmail.com

Sunday, January 8, 2012

E-Cat

Here is how I would like to incorporate an E-Cat into my home heating and DHW:


On Hold!

I haven't blogged for quite some time. My plans for the ecovillage have been delayed as we were unable to sell our home and therefore are unable to finance it at this time. We are purchasing an older home in Rochester where we can live for a couple of years until we can sell our Eau Claire home. So, I'm still hoping to get there, it's just going to take longer than I had hoped.

In regards to sustainability, there has been some optimistic developments this summer. I have been following the developments of Andrea Rossi with his Cold Fusion/LENR device. I am optimistic that this technology will pan out which would alleviate many of our problems. In case you haven't heard about this, here's a link that does a good job of what's happening:

http://ecatnews.com/

So I probably won't be blogging too much until we sell our house and then are able to move forward again. Good luck to everyone else and let's pray that Rossi delivers in 2012!

Ivan