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The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.

The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.

Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern

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Scott Adams
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Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Scott Adams: documented birth year 1957; activity date not established. Wikidata Q457923, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457923 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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