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Sustainable Living / Alternative Home-Building Links

Links for designing and building Resource-Efficient, Healthy Homes.

Solstice -Good info on alternative construction, energy efficiency and renewable energy
CSF: Earthfriendly and Self-Sufficient Architecture Discussion Board
Country Home Design/BuildDiscussion Board
Natural Life: Sustainable Shelter Links
Center for Resourceful Building Technology
Southwest Desert Sustainability Project
Building with Awareness
Home Sweet Home Design
The Humanure Handbook On-Line

Schools for designing and building Resource-Efficient, Healthy Homes

Institute for Solar Living / Real Goods (Near San Francisco, California)
Solar Energy International (Nationwide Workshops)
Institute for Social Ecology
Virtual Mountain Wilderness School

Strawbale Links

Red Feather Development Group Red Feather works with Native Americans to meet housing needs with strawbale construction.
U.S. D.O.E.: Strawbale Comes of Age
C.R.E.S.T.: On-line Strawbale Construction Resources
Surfin' Strawbale: Online Resources
Burbophobia: An Excellent List of Strawbale Resources
Strawbale Links
STRAP: The Strawbale Regional Assistance Project
Terra Home: Structural Frames for Arched Strawbale Homes

Strawbale Construction Schools

Institute for Solar Living / Real Goods (Near San Francisco, California)
Solar Energy International (Nationwide Workshops)
Sage Mountain Center Whitehall, Montana.

Papercrete (Fibrous Cement) and Related Links

Building with Papercrete and Paper Adobe
Papercrete News
Fibrecrete.com A Patent-pending cement and fiber building system.

Stone Masonry Links

Stone Masonry Schools & Organizations

Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School (Montana)
Kootenay Stone Masonry Training School (British Columbia)
Stone Foundation A society of stonemasons and others involved with and /or interested in stone, stonework and stone art.
Dry Stone Conservancy Working to promoting and preserving dry-stacked stone walls.
Irish Stone Walls & Buildings Includes classes in Ireland.
Learning Stone Includes a resource directory and forum for sharing ideas about working with stone.

Cordwood Construction Links

Cordwood Construction Schools

Sage Mountain Center Whitehall, Montana.

Log Home Links

Building a Log Cabin--Construction Photo Album
Sunrise Productions Log Home Bookstore
Linking Logs--Directory of Builders, Schools, etc.
LogHomeLinks.com--Lots of Links!
Log Home NetZine--On-line Newsletter
Log House Construction Problems
Skip Ellsworth Log Building Method
International Log Builders Association
Dream Dove Tail Tool
Be Green - Build Blue Pine beetle killed lumber products: log siding, lumber, railings, and other wood products manufactured from beetle killed logs, which gives the wood a distinctive blue color.

Log Home Building Schools

Timber Framing Links

Joiner's Quarterly Journal of Timber Framing & Traditional Building
Timber Framing Magazine Online

Timber Framing Schools

Fox Maple School of Traditional Building Brownfield, Maine.
Heartwood School

Earth Construction: Rammed Earth, Ceramic, Earthbag, Cob, Cast Earth, Adobe & Mudbrick Links

Earth Construction: Rammed Earth, Ceramic, Earthbag, Cob, Cast Earth, Adobe & Mudbrick Schools

Kleiwerks: Cob, Slipstraw, Earth Plaster, Bamboo

Earthship Links

Insulation Alternatives

Fireplaces and Masonry Stove Resouces

Masonry Heater Association
Temp-Cast Masonry Heaters
Maine Wood Heat Co., Inc. - Masonry Stove Kits and Plans
Peter Moore Masonry, Inc. - Contractor in Vermont
Consumer Energy Information Briefs: Masonry Heaters
Plans for building Rumford-style fireplaces

Dome House Resouces

DomeCrete

Roofing Alternatives

RoofThatch.com (Ohio)
Thatching.com (Virginia)

Flooring Alternatives

OldeWoodLtd.com Reclaimed Wood Flooring (Ohio)

Solar Power Links

Start Local: Guide to Solar Energy A good overview of solar options.
Boots on the Roof (Solar Career Training)
American Institute of Renewable Energy (Solar Career Training)
Alternative-Energy-Geek.com Learn about alternative energy.

Miscellaneous Links

Welcome To Entrepreneur Magazine's BizSquare

Co-op America's Green Pages On-Line

Alternative Economics

Eco-Nomics Learning from and teaching our fellow stewards of the earth green, affordable, self-sufficient living practices to provide a sustainable environment for the future of our world.

The Informal Credit Homepage

Economic Reform Australia Homepage

Sustainability - A Choice to Consider

http://www.crp.org/index.html-ssi

Sustainable Communities Network Homepage

Center of Excellence -- Sustainable Development

Common Dreams