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Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven, Simple Sourdough Bread, Perfect Loaves
Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven, Simple Sourdough Bread, Perfect Loaves
by Kiko Denzer
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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)

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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
by Ianto Evans
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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)

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The Straw Bale House (Real Goods Independent Living Book)
The Straw Bale House (Real Goods Independent Living Book)
by Athena Swentzell Steen
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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)

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Building with Cob: A Step-By-Step Guide
Building with Cob: A Step-By-Step Guide
by Adam Weismann
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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)

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The Carbon-Free Home Signed Edition
The Carbon-Free Home Signed Edition
by Stephen Hren and Rebekah Hren
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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)

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Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture
Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture
by Nader Khalili
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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)

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Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates
Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates
by Paul Lacinski
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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)

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Using Natural Finishes: A Step-By-Step Guide
Using Natural Finishes: A Step-By-Step Guide
by Adam Weisman
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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)

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Energy: Use Less-Save More: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home (Chelsea Green Guides)
Energy: Use Less-Save More: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home (Chelsea Green Guides)
by Jon Clift
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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)

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The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
by Daniel D Chiras
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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)

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Elderhouse: Planning Your Best Home Ever
Elderhouse: Planning Your Best Home Ever
by Adelaide Altman
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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)

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The New Solar Electric Home: The Photovoltaics How-To Handbook
The New Solar Electric Home: The Photovoltaics How-To Handbook
by Joel Davidson
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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)

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Freewheeling Homes
Freewheeling Homes
by David Pearson
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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)

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Circle Houses: Yurts, Tipis and Benders (House That Jack Built)
Circle Houses: Yurts, Tipis and Benders (House That Jack Built)
by David Pearson
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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)

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A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity
A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity
by Wm Coperthwaite
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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)

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An Easy Household Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An Easy Household Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
by Nicky Scott
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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)

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A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames S
A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames S
by Steve K. Chappell
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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)

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The Rammed Earth House
The Rammed Earth House
by David Easton
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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)

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Making Better Concrete: Guidelines for Using Fly-Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures
Making Better Concrete: Guidelines for Using Fly-Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures
by Bruce King
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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)

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Grow Your Own House
Grow Your Own House
by Simon Velez
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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)

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