Green Options » Hutterites http://greenoptions.com/tag/hutterites Posts tagged 'Hutterites' Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Amish Increasingly Accepting of Solar Power, But Still Shun iPods http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/21/amish-increasingly-accepting-of-solar-power-but-still-shun-ipods/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/21/amish-increasingly-accepting-of-solar-power-but-still-shun-ipods/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:15:45 +0000 Levi Novey http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/21/amish-increasingly-accepting-of-solar-power-but-still-shun-ipods/ Two Amish Boys Look Out from a BuggyKnown for a living in a culture that typically disapproves of modern technology, some members of Amish communities are now bucking their traditional ways by increasingly turning to solar power to meet their energy needs.

Philly.com highlighted this transition among the Amish in an interesting article that was published on their website this weekend. What is most surprising to me is that the Amish have fewer doubts about using solar power for purposes that relate to work, than they do for use inside their homes.

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