No news at the house front

The house project is on stand-by at the moment. There is not much we can do at the moment but wait until I finish my thesis and secure some kind of empolyment somwhere. Until then, we concentrate on paying of the land and collecting ideas on what we want and do not want.

As part of the planning, we are trying to keep in mind that we want the house to be as ecologically sound as possible. (It is the only way I can justify us building a new house to myself....)

I have been trying to collect information on what materials (such as paints, insulation, foundation materials) to use, Charlie has been finding out information about energy efficient heating.

We are not aiming to be 'eco-warriors' with this project but I think, it is extreamely important that you take into account the environment in this kind of projects. And as I learned few weeks back, according to the WWF, Finns' ecological footprint is the third-heaviest in the world.

There was I thinking we were environmentally rather good nation....

ps. We have so much snow here...and it is snowing again! Anyone fancy coming for a skiing holiday?!?