In the spring of 2008, Ken Ward and Andrée Zaleska bought a house. Not just any house: a dilapidated neighborhood store in need of some serious love. The pair, along with their respective children, are working to make the JP Green House a zero-carbon, sustainable building — and a demo home that will be open to the public. Follow their adventures in the story index at right.
In which we chronicle the creation of a groundbreaking eco-home
Getting to know the neighborhood — through its trash
Fourth of July musings on symbols, patriotism, and identity
You and me and a billion tiny spores
Treasure hunting during building demo
Love in a time of cataclysm
The amazing promise and many challenges of passivhaus construction
Should Kuba have a puppy?
Puppies and bunnies and carnivorous eco-curmudgeons
The fight to save childhood
Therapy on the Titanic
The best part about climate change
Eve of Destruction (New Millennium)
Simple people
Reinventing the JP Green House
Home Economics of the JP Green House, Part 1
