The March Hare: Winter '03
Issue 35

Footprints in the Snow * Hopper's Index * New Member Bio: Gare * Lying alone in plush tufts *
Adventures in Straw Bale Home Building * Nature Corner * New Member Bio: Tamar

Hopper's Index

Number of members of DR at time of founding in 1997: 6
Average age of founding members at time of founding: 24
Number of members and residents as of January 1, 2003: 18
Average age at that time: 34
Percentage of members and residents who are left handed: 22%
Number of members who do not have light colored eyes (i.e. not blue or green): 4
Number of members and residents whose parents are divorced: 4
Number of members and residents who are an “only child”: 1
Number of computers in use at DR: 11
Number of vehicles owned by the DRVC: 3
Chance that a vehicle is a Volkswagen Jetta: 66%
Average miles driven by the an American licensed driver each year: 13,000
Average miles driven by a DRVC member during 2002: 1,594
Total wattage of solar panels in use at DR: 4758
Number of interns hosted by DR since 1998: 69
Number of these with Canadian citizenship: 8
Number of members and residents who were once DR interns: 5
Number of members and residents who did not complete a 4-year college degree: 4
Number who have a graduate degree: 1
Number of homes built at DR since 1997: 9
Number of these that do not have straw as a major building component: 1

Our own shameless knockoff of this popular cultural icon! Maybe it will even become a regular feature of the March Hare. Thanks to Tony for compiling the numbers.

Footprints in the Snow * Hopper's Index * New Member Bio: Gare * Lying alone in plush tufts * Adventures in Straw Building * Lady Builder * Nature Corner * New Member Bio: Tamar