A lighter carbon footprint !
( & greater self-sufficiency for Deep Spring Estate)
Ever since arriving on this our own little piece of heaven, our Estate has always been very concerned about our own carbon footprint and what we can do about minimising it. On our Web site is a list of activities, implemented or soon to be implemented at our Estate to lighten our carbon footprint. Hopefully there are some useful tips in it for you as well.

• Recycle paper/carton waste for lighting fires in heaters.
• Recycle plastic bottles, cans, and glass.
• Recycle kitchen waste into compost & via animals.
• Contribution to unrenewable waste is brought back to lower then 50%, total yearly output of non-recyclable waste is approx 4 cubic meters, business & residential.
• Running solar hot water for Hydro-Jacuzzi & Saltwater pool.
• Burn home grown, regrown (coppicing) firewood for winter heating i.p.o electrical heating or gas heating.
• Repair, not replace.
• Planted 1000’s of native trees, scrubs & grasses.
• Recycling grey water, (all our washing machines, showers & hand basins) saving at least 85%. Greywater collected used for toilet flushing & garden watering.
• Run only low energy light bulbs, saving approx 80% on energy for light.
• Preferrence for consuming locally & home grown produce.
• Heavily insulated R3.5 ceiling & walls to keep in warmth in winter & coolness in summer.
• Installed oversized gutters for catching downpour rainwater store into in-ground tanks. Very cool way of storing rainwater.
• Grow organic food on property.
• Created larger eaves keeping sun out in summer with shade cloth, letting sun in in winter.
• Using our own filtered rainwater, collected from roof surfaces. No purchase of bottled water.
• Purchase only “single wrapped” products. No double wrapping. Save on wrapping waste.