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Currently, we are beginning a global transition to highly energy efficient appliances, but, as with many commodities, we are not at the “promised land” yet. In the United States, we often need to buy products that are less energy efficient than what can be found in Europe, and this places us in a quandary. We […]

Moody Moons, a blog that focuses on “A Celebration of the Seasons & the Spirit,” featured Rubicon Seven’s Ecohavens rentals on Cape Hatteras, NC,  in its November 13, 2020 blog post. Our rentals, Irida I, Irida II, and Irida III (coming in Spring 2021), are available to rent through Airbnb and Vrbo.

This week, The New York Times published an article entitled “How the Coronavirus Compares with 100 Years of Deadly Events.”[1] It juxtaposed the rate of deaths from COVID-19 with the death rates from other major historical events, such as disasters and pandemics. In the cities that have suffered the highest number of deaths from COVID-19, […]

Shortages of potable water have reached a critical, if not crisis level in much of the world. Nearly 25% of the world’s people now face extremely high levels of water stress. Water restrictions are becoming more common, and the costs of treating wastewater are high. In the United States, processing wastewater into potable water accounts […]

Congratulations to Christopher Nesbitt and Celini Logan Nesbitt, our friends and colleagues in permaculture, who run the Maya Mountain Research Farm (MMRF) in Belize. The farm was founded in 1988 and is one of the oldest ongoing permaculture projects in Central America. This year, MMRF is the recipient of the prestigious Innovation Award from The […]

Congratulations to the 241 competitors who raced in the windsurfing OBX-Wind long distance race on April 15th. Often going faster than the wind, these racers could hit top speeds close to that of a jet ski. The difference is that over the two hours of racing, the competitors saved perhaps more than 964 gallons of […]

How do we spread the word, through the recognition of Earth Day, about the looming effects of climate change? By reaching out to as many people as possible, as often as we can. On April 22, 2019, Tedrowe was invited to speak about Earth Day on WHOG, a radio station serving Hobson City, Alabama. Hobson […]

We just transitioned from 1990’s lighting to 2018, swapping 23 incandescent bulbs for Ecosmart LEDs. First, it was surprising how much better the lighting was; LEDs have come a long way. But, just how much energy will we save? The old incandescent bulbs used over 1563 kW of electricity per year, while the new bulbs […]

We recently chose coffeemakers for use in our ecotourism spaces. For many of us, the first thing we do in the morning is switch on the coffeemaker and wait for those first restorative sips of caffeine, so it was an important choice. We want our coffee quickly, and we want it to taste good. But […]

Vacations are usually not designed to save the planet, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be. Rubicon Seven is entering the “save the planet” vacation experience with two accommodations in the Cape Hatteras area of North Carolina. Our philosophy is that we can heal our ourselves and the planet at the same time, and […]

  The year’s American Sociological Association’s annual meeting takes on the profound theme of “Feeling Race.” Beyond the intellectual exercise of knowing race, the conference pushes us to be with race, understanding that relationships and emotions are at the core of all our lives.  As keynote speaker Claude Steel noted, if we wish to ever […]

In 2017, The Hill stated that our company was seeking to bring sustainable development to Ukraine, under the support of Mr. Sergey Taruta. More accurately, we will work with any leader, government official, or citizen who wants to transform the country towards being sustainable in all respects. Our allegiance is to those who place the […]