Here at the Practical Environmentalist, we talk a lot about green building as a way that you as an individual can have a big impact on improving the environment. Turning your home or apartment into a more eco-friendly dwelling can affect various aspects of the environment. For example, effective landscaping can cool your home in the summer, reducing cooling costs. By using alternative eco-friendly and renewable building materials, we can also reduce stress on our forests. Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs is a book by Clarke Snell and Tim Callahan. It is a great resource for those interesting green building. It is full of illustrations (in full color!) and info on how you can use alternative building materials in your home, office, etc. The book is appropriate for the homeowner, architect, and professional builder.
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That looks like a great book, with lots of what I’m looking for. I’ll have to check it out. I love your site, by the way!
cool topic! thanks for the link!