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Final tours of Eco-Home let owner Julia Russell plan her next steps

By Mary MacVean
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When she started ‘greening’ her Los Feliz bungalow, Julia Russell was unusual. Now home renovations that conserve water or take advantage of the sun for light, or include vegetable gardens are growing common. And Russell is ready to retire.

This summer she held the final tours of Eco-Home, the house she made into a laboratory for energy conservation. She reminisced and talked about her plans to spend time with family and decide what she’ll do next. One thing she won’t have to do is worry so much about housekeeping now that her home won’t be open to the public.

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-- Mary MacVean

L.A. at Home
Mary MacVean

Mary MacVean is the former Mind & Body editor at the Los Angeles Times. She’s a runner and a cook, and has worked at The Times as morning assignment editor, web liaison, food writer and copy editor. She was a national editor and writer focusing on food at the Associated Press and a features editor and a columnist in Moscow, where she also ran a children’s cooking school. She left The Times in 2015.

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