{"id":3606,"date":"2010-01-16T06:17:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T06:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2010-01-16T06:17:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T06:17:44","slug":"learn-from-wombats-earth-sheltered-homes-have-a-low-environmental-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/learn-from-wombats-earth-sheltered-homes-have-a-low-environmental-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn from wombats: earth sheltered homes have a lower environmental impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3607\" style=\"width: 785px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/98174411_cb467868c8_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3607\" title=\"Earth-sheltered dwelling house in California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/98174411_cb467868c8_o.jpg\" alt=\"Earth-sheltered dwelling house in California\" width=\"775\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/98174411_cb467868c8_o.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/98174411_cb467868c8_o-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/98174411_cb467868c8_o-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/98174411_cb467868c8_o-624x393.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sunken garden looks nice but they could have done more with the external space for this earth-sheltered dwelling house in California<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When reducing the total impact of humans on the environment becomes a necessity, we may have to learn more from the lifestyles of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/13\/tunnelling-for-thermal-comfort\/\">wombats<\/a>, teletubbies and hobbits. If so, I hope our species will also become cuter, cuddlier, and friendlier. JRR Tolkien may prove correct in his view that diminutive sausage-eaters will save the world from the black forces of evil.<br \/>\n PS But is that a triple garage?<br \/>\n (image courtesy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/topherous\/\">Christopher Line<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When reducing the total impact of humans on the environment becomes a necessity, we may have to learn more from the lifestyles of wombats, teletubbies and hobbits. If so, I hope our species will also become cuter, cuddlier, and friendlier. JRR Tolkien may prove correct in his view that diminutive sausage-eaters will save the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}