The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook


Book Description

Covers power, conservation, and gear.




Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook


Book Description

The essential guide to energy independence – fully revised and updated




The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook


Book Description

A resource guide for people who want to use sustainable, clean, local sources of power, providing lists of books and tools, and offering directions and hints for committing to an independent lifestyle.




The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook


Book Description

Covers power, conservation, and gear.










The Hand-sculpted House


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Cob, a structural composite of earth, water, straw, clay, and sand, has been used for centuries, in virtually all parts of the world, to create homes ranging from mud huts in Africa to lavish adobe haciendas in Latin America. This practical and inspiring hands-on guide teaches anyone to build a cob dwelling.




The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook


Book Description

Covers power, conservation, and gear.




Serious Straw Bale


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Bergeron and Lacinski's new book Serious Straw Bale is the first to look carefully at the specific design considerations critical to success with a straw bale building in more extreme climates-where seasonal changes in temperature, precipitation, and humidity create special stresses that builders must understand and address. The authors draw upon years of experience with natural materials and experimental techniques, and present a compelling rationale for building with straw-one of nature's most resilient, available, and affordable byproducts.




Hemp Horizons


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Hemp is the world's most versatile fibre. Roulac traces its historical usage and examines its future. B/W illlustrations.