A recent blog post about a rebuilt ghost town in Spain turned out to be quite popular. This got me thinking about the practicality of living in ghost towns. If you don’t mind fresh air, no traffic jams, lack of noise and nosey neighbors then you might like it just fine.
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Tiny Texas Houses: Monthly House Spotlight
“In this video Brad Kittel reviews the houses and projects under way at Tiny Texas Houses during the month of August. For more information or to get involved please visit Tiny Texas Houses.com and Pure Salvage Living.com.” “The whole place is 99% pure salvaged.”
ESR: Making Waste our Greatest Resource
“At ESR we design sustainable solutions to waste and energy challenges. These solutions weave together engineering and ecological thinking and are deeply embedded in the economic, social, and cultural context of their application.
Pallet Planters
This blog post shows several ways of building planters with free wood shipping pallets. Be sure to use pallets stamped as non-toxic. This stamp denotes that the pallets have not been treated with pesticides. Our Natural Building Blog now has about a dozen pages of free information on almost every aspect of pallet building (floors, paneling, walls, furniture, etc.). Use the search engine on the right side of the page using ‘pallet’ as the search phrase.
GreenStone Beer Bottle House
“Las Vegas Entrepreneur finds a creative way to recycle Beer Drinkers empties and Builds the World’s Largest Eco-Friendly GreenStone Building.
DIY $200 Homemade Greenhouse
“Hello all! Here is my homemade greenhouse. Only took me about a day to construct once I gathered all materials.