Living Large In Our Little House

Here are Living Large Links for this week. Living Large isn’t just about liv­ing in a small home, but liv­ing among nature, with our pets and liv­ing a more sus­tain­able life – so here are some links I think our com­mu­nity might enjoy:

A taser espe­cially designed for wildlife. Maybe it’s just me, but I would think you wouldn’t want to be close enough to a wild bear or moun­tain lion to taze it.

The New Normal: An Agenda for Responsible Living, a new book on sus­tain­able living.

It looks as if Rowdy Kitten’s Tammy Strobel and her hus­band, Logan, are tak­ing the plunge and build­ing a tiny home. Congratulations!

Cool nature pho­tog­ra­phy: An ele­phant on alert in Kenya

…And more of a hum­ming­bird

Choosing col­ors for small homes

Another good rea­son to love Ben & Jerry’s. They con­vert waste from mak­ing their ice cream to energy at their Netherlands plant.

Today’s first time home buy­ers are back to start­ing with small “starter homes.”

One woman’s small house story.

The ben­e­fits of going veg­e­tar­ian