Very mellow video with nice music track of a frosty morning in Taos, down there in Ranchos de Taos. This has been a very cold and snowy winter in Taos. Brrrr, has been said a lot this winter. The masses huddling by their wood fired stoves. Has it been colder in the past 15 years..., or more? The old timers know for sure. The snow has been on the ground for months now. In mid February it is finally beginning to melt away. The spring and summer in Taos should be marvelous, and tulips love it.
Robert Plarr's Angel's Nest estate is features in this video (6min, 22sec). Angel's Nest is Robert Plarr and Victoria Peter's magnificent sustainable mansion in Taos, New Mexico, It is powered by the wind and sun. This movie offers some wonderful views of yet another amazing sustainable home in the Taos area. The movie also captures the "feeling" of being here in the Taos vibration.
Living out on the mesa, away from power lines and pavement, does not mean sacrificing comfort or technology. This short view of an "off the grid" home provides inspiration that we can integrate creativity, simplicity and reliable technology into our modern living spaces. During a video shoot for a solar energy documentary, Peter Walker discovered Ken Anderson from Edge Architects, an architect design firm which has intelligently integrated both high and low tech systems. In fact, this home called "Casita Nuaannarpoq", has been designed to allow for high speed satellite internet, rainwater catchment, and electricity from the sun.
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