“This home was featured in the pilot episode of The Natural House. It shows how a timber frame home built with straw clay insulation and earthen plasters can be healthy and beautiful. Segment 2 of 3.”
green building
How to Grow Fresh Air
“Some 17 years ago, I became allergic to Delhi’s air. My doctors told me that my lung capacity had gone down to 70 percent, and it was killing me. With the help of IIT, TERI, and learnings from NASA, we discovered that there are three basic green plants, common green plants, with which we can grow all the fresh air we need indoors to keep us healthy. We’ve also found that you can reduce the fresh air requirements into the building, while maintaining industry indoor air-quality standards.
Straw Bale Dome Home in France
This fine looking home in France was built for a materials cost of only £2,500 ($3,800). This is one of the nicest homes we’ve profiled recently. Projects like this really keep me energized about natural building. Please forward to everyone you know and help this go viral.
Do-it-yourself Pole-barn Building
Put up a pole building for a fast, solid and cost-effective workshop, storage space or livestock shelter.
Housing Reclaimed – Sustainable Homes for Next to Nothing
“As editor of the Topeka-based magazine Natural, Home & Garden, Jessica Kellner had plenty of stories of families and organizations from across the country who had built their homes from materials that were otherwise destined for the landfill.
House of Three Tents
Here’s another amazing Faircompanies video.
“When Glen and Gerry bought property in Northern California, they wanted first to live on the land to determine the best place to site their home. They found a company that makes tent cabins and erected three. They’re not of the camping variety, but more semi-permanent fabric shelters sold by Sweetwater Bungalows.