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NOTE: Our well-known, popular photographs are now featured on
coffee mugs, greeting cards, tote bags and a few other products
on Redbubble

EXAMPLE: Our gloriously gorgeous greeting cards

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This web site was created with
solar and wind power
(last revision: june 6, 2018)

 

BUILDING PROJECTS

how to build your own load-bearing straw bale house in images
adobe and lime plastering - greenhouse - hot-water radiant floor heating -
building a privacy wall with corn-stalk bales (video) - retrofitting an old tin shed
into a guest house - how to retrofit a moblie home - polyurethane roofing -
staining lime plaster and concrete with ferrous/iron sulfate -
starter-straw bale house plans - earthbag construction - building a Rocket Stove

RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

installing your own solar electric system - rain water harvesting system-
small wind generator - solar hot water and heating system -
the basics of solar cooking

RESOURCES AND GOOD IDEAS

Mindy's tips on saving energy - inspiring quotes -
good books and magazines/important web sites -
global climate change films - "Achieving Self-sufficiency" -
"Why Use Renewable Energy?"

GRAB BAG SURPRISES

articles by Jim Phypers - Sonoran Desert wildlife -
raising African Pygmy Goats - Commander Ghost Cat of the Solar Haven PackRat Patrole-
listen to our "theme song

WHO WE ARE

a little about us - Jim's "Recorder Music Listening Page"
picture gallery of our volunteers - comments in the media about Solar Haven -
a personal statement from our hearts - SolarHaven2 Program in the State of Veracruz, Mexico
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You can now purchase products which show images of our SOLARHAVEN projects in the United States and in Mexico as well as of the many adorable dogs and cats that have been our constant companions.  These products include stationery,
photographic prints and spiral notebooks as well as smart phone cases,
throw pillows, tote bags, and coffee mugs.

Your purchase will help support our efforts to educate disadvantaged children in our village in Veracruz, Mexico 
as well as to help with the costs of food and verternary care for our seven rescue dogs and three rescue cats
which is more than our small, fixed income can manage. Since
coming to Mexico we have rescued eleven dogs.

Our new "BEST FRIENDS-Ghost and Homer" calendar can be configured before purchase
to start at any month of the year.

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Imagine your two-legged or four-legged family in the greeting card below.
We will custom design a product for you with your photo on it.

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"The Phypers Family"

"Five Dog Circus" -- Jim and Mindy -- "Security Cats"

 

"HOW It ALL HAPPENED"
(the story of the creation of Solar Haven in Arizona)

1 - Generates electricity to light our house and run its many gadgets
(stereo, computer, fans, microwave, power tools, etc.)

2 - Powers our S.L.C.D.D. -- "Solar Linear Clothes Drying Device" (patent pending)




3 - Keeps the air warm in our greenhouse to grow vegetables and herbs year round


4 - Heats water in our "Thermomax" Hot Water Heating Unit to provide all the domestic hot water we need and also all the water needed for the radiant heating system in the floors to heat our house

5 - Cooks our food using a "solar oven"




6 - Heats water in the portable "solar shower"


7 - Our friend the Sun also saves us a lot of money each month as we have no electric bills or gas bills.

 

8 - And the sun makes us happy!

At the end of the day, and in the morning too,
the Arizona desert puts on a show
like nothing we have ever seen.

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Monsoon rain storms
during July and August can be awesome.


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