“This message was inspired by Earth Day and Buddha’s birthday… Mother Earth in jeopardy and refugee crises abound, are you beginning to feel it is surreal? Corporate interests increase their militaristic stranglehold on every available aspect of life itself, and we still don’t know what time it is. Time to go the other way.
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Shelter Institute Workshops, Books and Tools
“Shelter Institute classes will empower you. For over 35 years, we’ve been teaching people how to build, renovate, general contract, or simply how to live better in their homes. We take a common-sense approach toward teaching and building. You’ll learn by experience. We integrate timeless tools and traditional techniques with cutting-edge knowledge and technology. At … Read more
Artisan Crafts Beautiful Tiny House from Salvaged Trailer
“Travis built his own Tiny House on Wheels. He started with a water damaged trailer and proceeded to build without any plans.”
California Green Building Standards Code
“The California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen Code) is Part 11 of the California Building Standards Code and is the first statewide “green” building code in the US.
Building a Natural Future with Joe Kennedy
“Joseph Kennedy is an architectural designer, writer, artist and filmmaker who specializes in sustainable building, ecological design, and community development. After many years of teaching sustainable building techniques in Africa, Asia, Europe, United States and South America, he now teaches architecture at NewSchool of Architecture & Design. Joe is a co-founder of the organization Builders Without Borders, and international network of ecological builders who advocate the use of local, affordable materials in construction. Widely published in journals, proceedings and books, he also co-edited The Art of Natural Building, now in its greatly expanded second edition.”
Earth Houses of Vilcabamba, Ecuador
I heard about rammed earth and adobe houses of Vilcabamba in a tourism video of Ecuador. Vilcabamba is famous for its natural beauty, perfect climate and high percentage of centenarians. Intrigued, I did some searching around on the Internet and discovered the following natural homes of interest. This shows how easy it is to find sustainable homes built of natural materials in most parts of the world now.