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    Ecohouse: An Holistic Approach to Sustainable Living
    Ecohouse: An Holistic Approach to Sustainable Living
    Ecohouse: An Holistic Approach to Sustainable Living
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    Ecohouse: An Holistic Approach to Sustainable Living

    By Rogerio Cietto

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    The word eco means nature (in Greek oikos means house), so an Ecohouse would be a place that respects the environment (literally, a house inside a house). It would be easy for all of us to be ecologically friendly, in complete simbiosis with nature: we just need to live the way we did 10.000 years ago, hunting, planting, and living in shelters with no water or energy...

    It would not be wise, since many of us would die from starvation, diseases or disasters. But the way our ancestors lived may help us understand why we need to rethink our relation with nature. Our ancestors fought for their individual survival on a daily basis, and those with technology and resources (virtually unlimited at that time) had a step ahead.

    Today we fight for the same survival, but based on the benefits that we have today, and some of us are way ahead because of access to technology and resources (clearly limited when faced to the world population today).

    Before explaining the number of ideas gathered in this work, it's necessary to understand Sustainability and the concepts and principles that inspired this work.

    Sustainability is the ability to live respecting three factors:
    - environmental (good for the planet and its resources);
    - social (good for other people, be they near or far);
    - economical (accessible to everyone to purchase and maintain).

    Therefore, the ideas described are aimed to those with few natural resources, social problems and financial restrictions. If you are not in one of these categories, you can use them easily, or even improve them, according to your needs. Anything you save from nature will be good to others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRogerio Cietto
    Release dateDec 13, 2012
    ISBN9781301604920
    Ecohouse: An Holistic Approach to Sustainable Living
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    Rogerio Cietto

    ?? Um livro, Um dólar, Um bambu ??Para cada livro comprado vamos plantar um bambu em uma área degradada no cerrado brasileiro.?? One book, One dollar, One bamboo ??For each book purchased we will plant a bamboo in a degraded area at the Brazilian cerrado (savanna).?? Un livre, Un dollar, Un bambou ??Pour chaque livre acheté nous planterons un bambou dans une zone degradée du cerrado (savane) brésilien.?? Un libro, Un dólar, Un bambú ??Por cada libro comprado plantaremos un bambú en un área degradada en el cerrado brasileño (sabana).Rogério Paiva Cietto was born in a small town in São Paulo, Brazil, and worked as an attorney, language teacher, and also in civil construction.Nowadays he serves the people as a military officer in the Brazilian Army, as a Legal Advisor in International Humanitarian Law.Married to Camila and father of Maísa and Alessa, he is a devoted and caring leader of his family.As a consecrated member of the Holy Family Community in Goiânia, he is the coordinator of a spiritual retreat with physical activities, called Christian Armor Camp (CAC).He's planning to start with some friends a work cooperative in the heart of Brazil, manufacturing Guadua Bamboo for a number of uses, as a way to help the planet and the people.

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      Ecohouse - Rogerio Cietto

      Ecohouse – An Holistic Approach to Sustainable Living

      Published by Rogerio Paiva Cietto at Smashwords

      Copyright 2016 Rogerio Paiva Cietto

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Index

      Introduction

      Shelter

      Water

      Energy

      Food

      Introduction

      God blessed them and said Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth Genesis 1, 28. (so every man is called to rule over the sea, the air and the land, and that’s why we all have some SEAL’s and similar special forces’ spirit on us).

      The word eco means nature (in Greek oikos means house), so an Ecohouse would be a place that respects the environment (literally, a house inside a house). It would be easy for all of us to be ecologically friendly, in complete simbiosis with nature: we just need to live the way we did 10.000 years ago, hunting, planting, and living in shelters with no water or energy...

      It would not be wise, since many of us would die from starvation, diseases or disasters. But the way our ancestors lived may help us understand why we need to rethink our relation with nature. Our ancestors fought for their individual survival on a daily basis, and those with technology and resources (virtually unlimited at that time) had a step ahead.

      Today we

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