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Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven, Simple Sourdough Bread, Perfect Loaves by Kiko Denzer Publisher Comments Kiko Denzer and Hannah Field, maker and baker, invite you into the artisan tradition. First, build a masonry oven out of mud. Then mix flour and water for real bread "better than anything you can buy." Total cost? Hardly more than a baking stone - and it... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage by Ianto Evans Publisher Comments Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage,cobb, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Straw Bale House (Real Goods Independent Living Book) by Athena Swentzell Steen Publisher Comments Imagine building a house with superior seismic stability, fire resistance, and thermal insulation, using an annually renewable resource, for half the cost of a comparable conventional home. Welcome to the straw bale house! Whether you build an entire... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Building with Cob: A Step-By-Step Guide by Adam Weismann Publisher Comments Cob building uses a simple mixture of clay subsoil, aggregate, straw, and water to create solid structural walls, built without shuttering or forms, on a stone plinth. This ancient practice has been used throughout Britain for centuries—in fact... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Carbon-Free Home Signed Edition by Stephen Hren and Rebekah Hren Publisher Comments You've read the stories and watched the documentaries. So you're convinced burning fossil fuels leads to global climate change; supplies of fossil fuels are diminishing in quantity and increasing in price. You've fretted and worried, but still go... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture by Nader Khalili Publisher Comments How to build, step by step, an adobe and ceramic architecture that is affordable and self-help. How to build arches, vaults, domes, and utilize the natural energy of wind, sun-and-shade to help save forests and create a sustainable architecture. How to... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates by Paul Lacinski Publisher Comments In 1994, when Chelsea Green published The Straw Bale House, the response from many people was a loud, "Huh?!" Those days are gone. With more than 100,000 copies sold, and straw bale projects underway in most regions of North America, we've entered a... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Using Natural Finishes: A Step-By-Step Guide by Adam Weisman Publisher Comments With the increasing awareness of eco-building techniques alongside the desire to make our homes healthier, the historical benefits of using natural renders and paints are being rediscovered. Using Natural Finishes is an in-depth guide to the selection... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Energy: Use Less-Save More: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home (Chelsea Green Guides) by Jon Clift Publisher Comments ENERGY: USE LESS--SAVE MORETHE CHELSEA GREEN GUIDES--A NEW SERIES OF POCKET-SIZED BOOKS TO HELP SAVE THE EARTH!Did you know that lowering the temperature of your thermostat by a mere 2 degrees Fahrenheit could reduce your energy bill by 10 percent? Or... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes by Daniel D Chiras Publisher Comments Permaculture is a verbal marriage of "permanent" and "agriculture." Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include:use of compatible perennials;non-invasive planting techniques;emphasis on biodiversity;specifically adaptable to... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Elderhouse: Planning Your Best Home Ever by Adelaide Altman Publisher Comments The Baby Boomers are moving through the culture like the snake that swallowed the elephant. We've passed through the hippie, yippie, and yuppie stages, bringing with us the lion's share of the nation's economic activity. Now we are looking at our soon-to-... (read more) Your price: $27.50 New - Trade Paper
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The New Solar Electric Home: The Photovoltaics How-To Handbook by Joel Davidson Publisher Comments The original Photovoltaics How-To Handbook, acclaimed as "the Best of the Books," is now revised, expanded & updated for our New Age of Photovoltaics. Condensing years of hands-on & industry experience, PV pioneers Joel Davidson & Fran Orner tell you... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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Freewheeling Homes by David Pearson Publisher Comments The House that Jack Built SeriesEveryone has, at some point in their lives, entertained fantasies about spending some time—a few days, weeks, months, or years—in a home on wheels—whether a simple holiday caravan or a traditional horse... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Circle Houses: Yurts, Tipis and Benders (House That Jack Built) by David Pearson Publisher Comments Among nomadic peoples, round-shaped homes, echoing natural forms, have sheltered families since the dawn of recorded time. The natural world is filled with circles, but it's surprising how unusual circular houses are in industrialized society. In our... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity by Wm Coperthwaite Publisher Comments William Coperthwaite is a teacher, builder, designer, and writer who for many years has explored the possibilities of true simplicity on a homestead on the north coast of Maine. In the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and Helen and Scott... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An Easy Household Guide (Chelsea Green Guides) by Nicky Scott Publisher Comments REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: AN EASY HOUSEHOLD GUIDETHE CHELSEA GREEN GUIDES--A NEW SERIES OF POCKET-SIZED BOOKS TO HELP SAVE THE EARTH!Do you know what to do with your old cell phone? Where you can responsibly dispose of old medicines? What happens to the... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames S by Steve K. Chappell Publisher Comments A Timber Framer's Workshop covers the gamut of traditional timber framing in detail. From Joinery design, framing systems, wood technology, engineering and structural design considerations to practical tips on laying out and cutting your own timber frame.... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Rammed Earth House by David Easton Publisher Comments The Rammed Earth House is an eye-opening example of how the most dramatic innovations in home design and construction frequently have their origins in the distant past. By rediscovering the most ancient of all building materials —earth&mdash... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Making Better Concrete: Guidelines for Using Fly-Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures by Bruce King Publisher Comments Why a book about concrete? Because we use so much of it — far more than any other building material. It seems only sensible to inquire as to how we can use this ubiquitous building material without undue damage to the life and landscapes that... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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Grow Your Own House by Simon Velez Publisher Comments Bamboo, which has been used as building material for centuries and is widely available (35 million acres worldwide are covered in bamboo), is being rediscovered today. Its cost-effectiveness and ability to endure adverse environmental forces make it one... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $30.26 New - Trade Paper
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