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Building a Home Category Index
Building & Construction
- General Websites on Building and Construction
- Green
Home Building
Building Today for Tomorrow. Welcome to greenhomebuilding.com
where you can find a wide range of information about sustainable
architecture and natural building. As an example of natural
building, the image at the upper left was taken during the
construction of the earthbag house that now serves as the home for greenhomebuilding.com
and Kelly and Rosana Hart, your hosts.
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Building plans for the homestead
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Building Mortgage-Free
- Books We Carry
- Suggested Reading
- Homing
Instinct: Using Your Lifestyle to Design and Build Your Home
by John
Connell. 
- The Not
So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live
by Sarah
Susanka
- Creating
the Not So Big House
by Sarah
Susanka and Grey Crawford
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- How
to Achieve Self Sufficient Living Without Utility Costs or a Big
Mortgage
by Jim & Mindy Phypers
We would recommend simplifying your lifestyle where you live now
first. You will soon find out if this is really for you and living
with less is really what you want. You will also of course be saving
money in the process which will help make the transition all the
easier when you finally pull up stakes, buy some land, start
producing your own energy, and perhaps build your own home.
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Natural Building
[Encompasses Cob, Straw, Rammed
Earth & Others]
- General Websites
- Cob
Cottage Company Website
- Cob
in Cornwall
Located in Cornwall, England. Cob in
Cornwall specializes in traditional English cob building and
restoration, lime plastering, and innovative natural building.
- Cob
Works Website
Located on Mayne Island near Vancouver Island, BC Canada
- ErthDesign
Located in Vancouver, BC Canada. ERTH*
specializes in design, consultation and contract construction of structures
using material in its most basic, elemental, unprocessed form.
We build with: Cobb, Rammed Earth, Wattle &
Daub, Adobe and Strawbale. [Note: Hopefully the links will
be working soon!]
- Groundworks
& Becky Bee
Located in Murphy, OR.
- House
Alive Website
Located in Jacksonville, OR. Empowering people to build affordable homes that
are responsible and beautiful through the use of natural design and
building techniques.
- Kleiwerks
We are an international grassroots natural building organization,
teaching people how to build their own, appropriately designed, hybrid
homes with affordable and indigenous materials.
- Seven
Generations Natural Builders
Located in Bolinas, CA. Dedicated to teaching people how to house themselves. We teach cob,
straw bale, and other natural building skills. We advocate
building with local natural materials using methods that are
ecologically sensitive, environmentally sound, and economically
affordable. SGNB is focused exclusively on the
new cob and straw bale natural builder. We believe it's important
for new builders to learn a balance of natural building techniques.
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Natural Building - Getting Started
- Natural Building Workshops
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
- Yahoo
Groups: Organic_Architecture
Created: March 8, 2001
Members: 1676 (as of 30 November 2004)
This list is about building and retrofitting using super cheap
natural materials and recycled ones. This list is a catch-all
list to deal with all kinds of building materials : adobe, cob,
papercrete, sawdust, reeds, stone, sawdust/concrete, straw,
cordwood, earthbags, tire walls, straw bales, poles, bamboo,
thatch, turf, and the recycling of materials like cardboard,
rail road ties, used power poles, glass bottles, steel, aluminum
and broken concrete in mixed format alternatives.
Straw Bale Construction
- Books We Carry
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- What is it?
- Photo Galleries
- Straw Bale Construction Workshops
- HouseAlive.org
10-Day Shelter Workshop
House Alive is located in Jacksonville, OR, but conducts workshops in other
areas. During this unique workshop we will build a simple
cob/straw bale hybrid cabin from start to finish. Everything taught in
the 4-day cob workshop will be covered, as well as basic strawbale
construction, how to install a simple solar electric system and the
construction of a earthen mass heating stove (“rocket stove”).
Emphasis will be on ease of construction, time efficiency, low-cost
methods and beauty. This workshop will prepare you to build your
own complete self-sufficient comfortable shelter in any climate.
- Magazines & Newsletters
- The
Last Straw Journal
Welcome to the web site of The Last Straw
Journal/TLS! TLS is the only journal published to record the revival and
development of strawbale worldwide. Those who subscribe to this
quarterly journal become members of the international strawbale
community, supporting the revival of bale building and its emerging
presence around the world.
- Email Lists
Cob Building
- Books We Carry
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Cob Builders Handbook
You Can Hand-Sculpt Your Own Home
by Becky Bee
ISBN: 0965908208
[more
info]
(See link below to view portions of this book online.) |
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The Hand Sculpted
House
A Practical &
Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
by
Ianto Evans, Michael Smith & Linda Smiley
ISBN: 1890132349
[more
info] |
- Suggested Reading
- The Cobber's Companion
How to Build Your Own Earthen Home
by Michael G. Smith
- Earthen Oven
by Kiko Denzer
- The Hand- Sculpted House
by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, and Linda Smiley
- The Natural Plasters Book
by Cedar Rose Guelberth and Dan Chiras
- Books Online
- Audio & Video Resources
- A
Cob Cottage Update: A Multimedia Visit
with Ianto Evans
and Linda Smiley on New Developments
in the World of Cob Building: RealPlayer audio clips on topics
such as cob garden walls, Rumford fireplaces, one-coat plasters and
more.
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- What is it?
- Photo Galleries
- Workshops
- Cob
Builders Workshops
Scheduled by Groundworks in OR.
- Cob
Cottage Company Workshops
Scheduled by Cob Cottage Company in OR.
- HouseAlive.org
4-Day Cob Workshop
House Alive is located in Jacksonville, OR but conducts workshops in other
areas. During the workshop you can expect to learn how to build
beautifully sculpted cob walls for your new house, cottage, garden wall,
or studio. We will cover everything from finding and preparing materials
to finishing it off with an earthen plaster. Students will learn how to
put in windows and doors, electricity and plumbing, as well as
sculptural details such as niches and arches and other 3-dimensional
art.
- Cob
Works Workshops
Located on Mayne Island near Vancouver Island, BC Canada.
- White
Oak Farm & Education Center Upcoming Events
Permaculture & Natural Building Course Scheduled by White Oak Farm
in Williams, OR.
- Apprenticeships
- PLAN-B
Workshops
Located at Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island, BC Canada. Our
vision is to create a learning and leadership program for participants
who want to immerse themselves in elements of natural building, the
construction process and community development. The residential
summer program will take place at a beautiful Vancouver Island
Ecovillage site.
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Cordwood
- Books We Carry
- General Websites
- Daycreek
Home Page
Daycreek.com is a web site devoted to our cordwood building
adventure and living a more self-sufficient lifestyle. 
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Log Homes
- Books We Carry
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Build Your Own Low
Cost Log Home
by
ISBN:
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- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
- Yahoo
Groups: LogHomeTalk
Created: 23 June 1998
Members: 367 (as of 30 November 2004)
Over time we have become a small log home community, separated only by
distance we have become friends. We share a common goal of wanting to
live in a log home. We also share the joy and pain of reaching that
goal.
- Yahoo
Groups: LogHomeOwners
Created: 22 September 2000
Members: 326 (as of 30 November 2004)
Log Home Owners love to share their knowledge and help others acheive
the same dream. Share your knowledge, or pick some up for yourself.
This group is not limited to Log Home Owners. The Owners are here to
help the future log home owners in their endeavor to build a log home.
The owners also share information on maintaining a log home.
Pole Construction
- Books We Carry
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Pole Building
Construction
by
ISBN:
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Pole Building
Projects
by
ISBN:
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- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Rammed Earth
- Books We Carry
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Timber Frame
- Books We Carry
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
Alternative Energy
- Books We Carry
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Wind
- Biodiesel
- Earth Ovens
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Home
Power Magazine
Since 1987, we've dedicated more than 100
issues to home-scale renewable energy and sustainable living solutions.
That means comprehensive coverage of solar, wind, and microhydro
electricity, home energy efficiency, solar hot water systems, space
heating and cooling, green building materials and home design, efficient
transportation, and much, much more.
Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer or not, off-grid or on-grid, Home
Power is here to help you make informed decisions about your home
energy use. We provide extensive product information, homeowner
testimonials, buyer advice, and "how-to" instructions.
- Email Lists
Other Building Resources
- General Websites
- Websites & Articles by Category
- Composting Toilets
- Maintenence
- Building Material Suppliers
- Workshops
- Magazines & Newsletters
- Email Lists
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