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

Sustainable Solar Home -Resources for building a sustainable solar home.
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
Wise Earth - The Social Network for Sustainability
Natural Building Network
Calendar for Sustainable Sources
Seven Generations Natural Builder
Whole Earth Catalog
Mother Earth News
Natural Building Colloquim Southwest
Energy-10 Software Tool

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
Yestermorrow Design/Build School

Strawbale Links

The Last Straw - International Quarterly Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building
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
Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building
Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition
Aprovecho
Arm of the Spiral
Photo tour of Nebraska's Straw-bale Buildings

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.
Papercrete And Me
"Papercrete" School Stands up to Typhoon
Papercrete.com
Living In Paper
The Chrysalis Institute

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

Earth Building School
Sage Mountain Center Whitehall, Montana.
Texas Natural Builders

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
Earthen Endeavors

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

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

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
Firespeaking
Masonry Stove Builders
SunRay Kelley - Massive Wood Fire Heater

Dome House Resouces

Roofing Alternatives

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

Flooring Alternatives

Greywater Links

Green Building Materials

Plaster & Paint Links

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