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“A Truly comprehensive and enormously helpful book. I wish we'd had this guide when building our Hempcrete homes in Swindon!" - Kevin McCloud "This is an excellent practical guide, with detailed information on how to specify and build with hempcrete to create comfortable buildings with low environmental impact. It show

Organic NZ is filled with info to live a healthier lifestyle - for you and the planet! Published by the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand, working since 1941 for sustainable organic agricultural and good health. Topics range from home garden to large-scale success stories; eco-building; urban organics; genetic engineering & chemical issues; food matters & natural health.

Radically Sustainable Green Buildings. Earthship Biotecture. Affordable residential buildings made of recycled materials.

This beautiful earth bag home contains 450 ft² of space and was built for less than $5000. Recycled or salvaged materials were used wherever it was possible (i.e. the door and flooring). The rounded shape provides great stability for the entire structure, and two rows of concrete bags reinforced with barbed wire provide a solid grounding. Here's a step by step of the build... Starting on a rubble trench foundation. Railroad ballast was used for the rubble... Covering over our sediment fabric…

The ancient method of cob building uses a simple mixture of clay sub-soil, aggregate, straw and water to create solid structural walls built without shuttering or forms, onto a stone plinth. It is now undergoing a renaissance as an 'eco-friendly' building material because of its amazing 'green' credentials. 'Building with Cob' shows how to apply this ancient technique in a wide variety of contemporary situations, covering everything from design and siting, mixing, building walls, fireplaces…

“Earthships Explained by Michael Reynolds”

I just finished The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us About Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business, Avery, April 5, 2016, by Anastasia Cole Plakias, vice president and founding partner of Brooklyn Grange. Driven by their visionary and tenacious spirit, we've followed the young company from the start because of Ben Flanner,...

Solar Passive House Plan 19863

1600SL - SunTerra Homes: Green Energy Homes and House Plans

Sustainable Architecture, Building school, Eco housing, Evolved homes, sustainability, self sufficiency, Michael Reynolds, green housing