On a crisp Wednesday morning not long ago, the Living Designs Group enjoyed a group hike up Lake Fork Peak (12881 feet, 3926 meters) in the beautiful Sangre de Christo Mountains in Taos, NM.

Lake Fork Peak
Alpine Valley
Lake Fork waterfall

The Living Machine at the Sharon, VT rest center is up and running, using wastewater treatment to create a beautiful envionment for weary motorists.

The New York Times (August 31, 2005) reports:

It is a rare rest stop attraction, especially in Vermont, a humid greenhouse soon to be filled with orchids and other flora better suited to steamy jungles than snowy mountains. But this exotic enticement is possible here because of the most mundane of rest stop features: flushing toilets. The State of Vermont has installed a system that uses plants and organisms to clean wastewater at a rebuilt rest stop on Interstate 89 here, 10 miles northwest of White River Junction, and then pumps the treated water back to the toilets for reuse.

Link to NYT article: Vermont Blends 'Green' Flush Toilets and a Greenhouse