You CAN Make a Difference

I had a fantastic meeting with a couple who are interested in building an eco-friendly home.

As we got to know each other and I started to understand their needs and wants, they said something that stuck with me.

"We know building our little eco-friendly home won't have a huge impact on the environment, but we still want to do it."

I have found that this is common thinking. We believe that our "little" acts do not amount to anything significant. In reality, everything that is significant is made of many seemingly insignificant parts. Alone they may not be much, but together they are a masterpiece.

Everything we do (or don't do) will have an impact on something or someone.

This home for this couple will be an example of what's possible. Even if it only inspires two other people to build better, it's now two more homes that would have not been built. And if those people then inspire two more, then those people each inspire two more, all of sudden momentum starts to pick up.

Essentially it gets doubled with every home. It is exponential growth. Here's how the numbers would look:

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 8
• 16
• 32
• 64
• 128
• 256
• 512
• 1,024
• 2,048
• 4,096
• 8,192
• 16,384
• 32,768
• 65,536
• 131,072
• 262,144
• 524,288
• 1,048,576

Before we know it, we have over a million new homes built or renovated to a standard that works with the environment instead of against it.

How's that for impact!?!?

To add to the good news, they lit up when I said we could do a show of their project and inspire even more people :)

The Passive House that started it all for us.