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Whole Green Catalog: 1000 Best Things for You and the Earth ~ Michael W. Robbins

"House Dangerous :

Indoor Pollution in Your Home and Office-And What You Can Do About It!"
by Ellen Greenfield & Ralph Nader.

* "
Alternative Housebuilding"
by Michael McClintock.

* "Earthship : How to Build Your Own"
by Michael Reynolds.

* "Designing With Nature : The Ecological Basis for Architectural Design" by Ken Yeang.

* "Green Building Resource Guide"
by John Hermannsson.

 

* "Complete Book of Underground Houses : How to Build a Low-Cost Home"
by Robert Roy.

* "
The Earth-Sheltered House : An Architect's Sketchbook" (Real Goods Solar Living Book) by Malcolm Wells.

* "
Energy-Efficient Building" by Fine Homebuilding Series.

* "The Homestead Builder : Practical Hints for Handy-Men"

by Charles Dwyer & John Kelsey.

* "Wind Energy Comes of Age" (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Paul Gipe.


* "
Independent Builder : Designing & Building a House Your Own Way" (Real Goods Independent Living Books) by Sam Clark.


* "
Cottage Water Systems : An Out-Of-The City Guide to Pumps, Plumbing, Water Purification, and Privies" by Max Burns.

 


* "
Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture : How to Build Your Own" by Nader Khalili.


* "
New Mexico Style : A Sourcebook of Traditional Architectural Details"
by Nancy Warren.

* "
Southwest Home Plans : 138 Sun-Loving Designs for Building Anywhere"

by Home Planners Inc.

* "
La Casa Adobe" by William Lumpkins.

* "Santa Fe Style"
by Christine Mather & Sharon Woods.

* "Adobe : Homes and Interiors of Taos, Santa Fe and the Southwest"
by Sandra & Laurel Seth.

* "Pueblo Architecture and Modern Adobes : The Residential Designs of William Lumpkins" by Joseph Traugott & William Lumpkins.

* "Build With Adobe" by Marcia Southwick.

* "Adobe Architecture"
by Myrtle Stedman & Wilfred Stedman.

* "Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding: The Earthwood Method"
by Rob Roy.

* "Western Home Plans: Over 200 Home Plans".

* "Western Living" by Sunset Publishing Corporation.

* "Building a Multi-Use Barn : For Garage, Animals, Workshop, Studio" by John Wagner.

* "The Passive Solar House" (Real Goods Independent Living Books) by James Kachadorian.

 

* "Barns and Backbuildings: Designs for Barns, Carriage Houses, Stables, Garages & Sheds with Sources for Building Plans, Books, Timber Frames, Kits, Hardware, Cupolas & Weather Vanes" by Donald Berg.

* "The Easy Guide to Solar Electric : For Home Power Systems" by Adi Pieper & Barbara Johnson.

* "The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book)" by David Easton.

* "Backroad Home: Simple Country Designs of Cottages, Cabins, Barns, Stables, Garages and Garden Sheds with Sources for Blueprints, Kits, Building Accessories, Catalogs and Guide Books" by Donald Berg.

* "The Evolution of an Independent Home; The Story of a Solar Electric Pioneer" by Paul Fowler.

* "American Country Building Design : Rediscovered Plans for 19Th-Century Farmhouses, Cottages, Landscapes, Barns, Carriage Houses & Outbuildings" by Donald Berg.

* "Wind Energy Basics : A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems" (Real Goods Solar Living Book) by Karen Perez.

* "How to Build in the Country: Good Advice from the Past on how to Choose a Site, Plan, Design, Build, Decorate & Landscape Your Country Home" by Donald Berg.

 

* "The Solar Electric House : Energy for the Environmentally-Responsive, Energy-Independent Home"
by Steven Strong & William Scheller.

* "Buildings of Earth and Straw : Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw Bale Architecture"
by Bruce King & Ann Edminster.

* "Wind Power for Home & Business : Renewable Energy for the 1990s and Beyond" (Real Goods Independent Living Book) by Paul Gipe.

* "The Straw Bale House" (A Real Goods Independent Living Book) by Athena Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge, & David Eisenberg.

* "The New Solar Electric Home : The Photovoltaics How-To Handbook" by Joel Davidson.

* "The Cobber's Companion : How to Build Your Own Earthen Home" by Michael Smith.

* "The Cob Builders Handbook : You Can Hand-Sculpt Your Own Home" by Becky Bee, Mitch Spiralstone, & Alex McMillan.

* "Clay and Cob Buildings" by John McCann.

* "Adobe : Build It Yourself" by Paul McHenry.

* "Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings : Design and Construction" by Paul McHenry.

* "Practical Photovoltaics : Electricity from Solar Cells" by Richard Komp.

* "Consumer Guide to Solar Energy : Easy and Inexpensive Applications for Solar Energy" by Scott Sklar & Kenneth Sheinkopf.

* "Wind Energy Technology"
by John Walker & Nicholas Jenkins.

* "The Fuel Savers : A Kit of Solar Ideas for Your Home, Apartment, or Business" edited by Bruce Anderson.

* "Wind and Solar Power Systems" by Mukund Patel.

* "Grid Integration of Wind Energy Conversion Systems" by Siegfried Heier

* "Build It With Bales : A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction, Version Two".

* "Practical Pole Building Construction : With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings" by Leigh Seddon & Susan Williamson

* "Monte Burch's Pole Building Projects : Over 25 Low-Cost Plans" by Monte Burch

* "The Home Water Supply : How to Find, Filter, Store and Conserve It" by Stu Campbell & Roger Griffith

* "Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them" by Rolfe Cobleigh.

* "Cooking With the Sun : How to Build and Use Solar Cookers" by Beth & Dan Halacy

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