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Why?

July 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.The question of why you do what you do seems to be bouncing around the nether regions of my head lately, I have to be honest that when things get challenging I ask the question more often than when life rolls out the [...]

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Tags: author: levi · children · community · families · goals · housing · jason · neighborhoods · the good project · transportation

Make Your Own Soap

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Jessie (My awesome wife) has been really digging this blog lately. We now have homemade hand soap, deodorant and laundry soap is on the way, all because EnviroMom is helping us think about our waste and consumption in a new way with her writing. Makes me think about what else we can produce at home…  [...]

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Tags: DIY · author: levi · conservation · creativity · environmental preservation · families · green living · recycling · resources

Think About This

July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Watch It.
Micah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdrCalO5BDs

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Tags: author: micah · children · families · music · video

Inspired

June 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Because we all need a little reminder that the world needs changing, and that there is no one more qualified to make a difference in the world from your seat than you.  Others may have a different way of doing things that will make great waves but you and only you can accomplish the great [...]

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Tags: author: levi · families · financial issues · food · video

Moving Time

June 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today my family and got up early and unloaded a good portion of the junk in our garage out on to the front lawn. Jessie walked down to Peet’s, got some wonderful coffee and we sat in our camping chairs and waited for people to come pick through the stuff we have but no longer [...]

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Tags: author: levi · children · families · housing · neighborhoods · the good project · west sacramento

Our New Neighbors And A Little Showing Off

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

We have not talked much on here about our new neighbors and I am not sure why that is, I guess I just forgot to mention it lately.  But we now have just about the coolest neighbors you could ask for.  Green Sacramento a sustainable building material retail store and GreenBuilt a sustainable home remodeler [...]

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Tags: author: levi · community · eco-urban companies · families · green industry · midtown

Make A Real Difference

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Many of you know that Jessie and I adopted our little baby girl Ruth last year. She is a wonderful little joy in our lives and we are big fans of adoption.
Its heart wrenching to hear the statistics of how many adoptable children there are in the system. And the sad truth is that there [...]

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Tags: author: levi · children · families · green living · sacramento

Communication Breakdown

April 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The following is another excerpt from the story of our travels to Burkina Faso. Read along as we brave the Metro in Paris, become red with African Dust in Burkina Faso, and climb rickety ladders to reach rooftops. Our intent? To learn more about Earth Roofs in the Sahel and to see [...]

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Tags: africa · author: rachel · burkina faso · families

The Good, The Bad, And The Just Plain Frustrating (Part 3)

April 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I had breakfast with my dad today and he and I were talking about Chicago and how its such an awesome city. He mentioned that it all started with a fire. That fire was by no means a good thing but it was in rebuilding from that fire that a vision for a truly great city was born. It was the passion that came from people who suffered a terrible loss that inspired them to build a truly great city. We don’t choose the fires in our lives but we get to choose how we are going to react to them. I choose to dig in and dream big.

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Tags: author: levi · dream big. live small. do good. · families · goals · jason · the good project

Jason Presley

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

I have had an overwhelming amount of email from people wanting to help out Jason’s family.
He left behind two beautiful little girls and a wife who are now trying to figure out how to go on without him. Jason did not have a life insurance policy, so it’s going to be a [...]

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Tags: author: levi · families · financial issues · jason