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Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter: Scaling Back in the 21st Century by Lloyd Kahn Staff Pick The house I grew up in (with my sister, my two parents, a constant but ever-changing assortment of critters, and all the associated clutter one might expect) was 800 sq. ft. In a word: tiny. But the homes in Lloyd Kahn's Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter give... (read more) Your price: $26.95 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) Your price: $35.00 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: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Barefoot Architect by Johan Van Lengen Synopsis A former U.N. worker and prominent architect clearly explains every aspect of taking a greener approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates--including design, materials, and implementation. Hundreds of explanatory drawings by van Lengen allow... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes by Athena Steen Publisher Comments While enthusiasts of straw bales praise the exceptional energy efficiency of bale buildings, and the wise use of resources involved in utilizing an agricultural byproduct as an affordable construction material, the real reason straw bales have excited... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction by David Johnston and Scott Gibson Publisher Comments Highlighted by more than 350 full-color photographs and illustrations, a comprehensive study of sustainable, energy-efficient, and healthful home construction offers a detailed explanation of green building fundamentals that covers such topics as site... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods by Clarke Snell Publisher Comments The best-selling and highly regarded reference to sustainable construction gets an update! Its refreshed with a completely revised introduction, a bright new cover, and extensive online resource tie-ins. Plus, its now printed on recycled paper with agri... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Prefabulous + Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home by Sheri Koones Publisher Comments Prefabulous and Sustainable dispels the negative myths associated with prefab homes and shows the reader how beautiful and remarkably green prefab homes are. In this guide to prefab home-building author Sheri Koones, demystifies the prefabricated house... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Natural Timber Frame Homes by Wayne J Bingham Publisher Comments Timber frame construction goes sustainable with this new building combination.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Adobe: Build It Yourself by Paul Mchenry Publisher Comments This book explores the depths of adobe and enables the reader to build their own home intelligently and realistically. With an emphasis on adobe construction, McHenry discusses the planning of every aspect of one's home from the financing to the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Yurt Handbook by Paul King Publisher Comments The yurt or ger is a low-impact structure that causes no permanent damage to the land on which it is pitched. It is easy to erect and can be taken down in an hour. It is cool in summer and, with a stove, warm in winter. For centuries, people throughout... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cob Builders Handbook by Becky Bee Publisher Comments Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand, and straw. Becky Bee's manual is a friendly guide to making your own earth structure, with chapters on design, foundations, floors, windows and doors... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw by Chris Magwood Publisher Comments Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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New Sustainable Homes: Designs for Healthy Living by James Grays Trulove Publisher Comments What makes a sustainable house a sustainable home? NEW SUSTAINABLE HOMES will address that question by presenting a wide range of projects where the architect and client have made a conscientious effort to incorporate sustainability into the design of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities by Kathryn Mccamant Synopsis The cohousing “bible” by the US originators of the concept.... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Trade Paper
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New Old House: Designing with Reclaimed Materials by Ed Knapp Publisher Comments As Americans become increasingly aware of the need to reduce, reuse, and recycle, along comes a book that is all about how to incorporate those ideas into the biggest investment in life-building a home. The New Old House showcases the design... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Choosing Green: The Homebuyer's Guide to Good Green Homes by Jerry Yudelson Publisher Comments I find Choosing Green incredibly insightful and chock full of insider's experience. This is the kind of book that will help homebuyers cut to the chase and leap frog the poseurs towards legitimate green home living. I think Choosing Green would also be... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Green Remodeling: Your Start Toward an Eco-Friendly Home by John D Wagner Synopsis "Green Remodeling" shows homeowners how they can take part in environmentally friendly techniques when remodeling. Some of the topics covered include reducing home energy use, selecting nontoxic products, saving water, and more.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Adobe Homes for All Climates: Simple, Affordable, and Earthquake-Resistant Natural Building Techniques by Vince Ogletree Publisher Comments The lay-up of adobe bricks is an easy, forgiving way to achieve a solid masonry-wall system. Contrary to stereotypes, adobe is perfectly adaptable for use in cold, wet climates as well as hot and dry ones, and for areas prone to earthquakes. With its... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Shelter 2ND Edition by Lloyd Kahn Publisher Comments Shelter is many things - a visually dynamic, oversized compendium of organic architecture past and present. A how-to book includes over 1,250 illustrations: and a whole Earth Catalog-type sourcebook for living in harmony with the earth by using every... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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