Frog's Way: Green Features

So what’s so green and sustainable about our B&B? A whole lot, and we keep finding new ways to demonstrate that green living can be affordable, beautiful, comfortable, and good for all people and species.

Frog’s Way is built with nine kinds of local woods; super-insulated walls; double-pane, south facing windows for maximum solar heating and lighting; and nontoxic stains and paints. We decorate with photos and paintings of local scenes by local artists, use home-made quilts on the beds, and lamps made right next door from beautiful gourds.

Our super efficient natural gas boilers send hot water through radiant heating floors.  Our electricity is provided primarily by solar panels, our programmable thermostats keep energy use down, and we keep appliances unplugged and lights off as much as possible. We recycle and compost and provide nontoxic soaps, shampoos, cleaning supplies, tissues, and toilet paper. We provide cloth napkins and washcloths and avoid daily changes of sheets or towels.

We are located in one of two, (and soon-to-be three), co-housing neighborhoods demonstrating cooperative, inter-generational living , with no car traffic between the houses. These neighborhoods are part of an ecovillage, which is part of a global network of communities striving to “live well and lightly together”, and ensure a positive future for all life.

We provide 175 acres of land with trails, woods, ponds, farms, wetlands and meadows for recreation and renewal; a library in each bedroom with books and magazines on sustainability, community, natural health, and cultural and natural history of our region; easy access to Ecovillage tours, meals, events, and common house buildings; and encouragement to experience our neighbors in the village by helping out with cooking, food harvesting, or meal cleanup.