. Building a Small "Starter" Straw Bale Home or Guest House (low cost to build - ultra energy efficient - no utility costs) Plans and Budget: SIZE: 480 square feet , external - 312 square feet, internal (see plans below) ESTIMATED COS... |
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RESOURCES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND NATURAL BUILDING (BOOKS - MAGAZINES - WEB SITES) MAGAZINES: Home Power Magazine: The Hands-on Journal of Home Made Power - six big, fat detailed issues per year, this is THE magazine for informatio... |
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"Paradise Journal" by Jim and Mindy Phypers The following account is based on excerpts from a journal kept by Jim and Mindy Phypers during an extraordinary journey to New Zealand in the early 1980's. Beginning as a two week honeymoon, th... |
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LIME STUCCO PLASTERING WHY USE LIME STUCCO INSTEAD OF CEMENT STUCCO? Lime sticks extremely well to the surface of the straw bales, and chicken wire is therefore not required as it is when using a cement stucco. Portland cement will not stic... |
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A FEW THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT SOLAR HAVEN (either in the media or in letters sent to the Solar Haven web site) Jim and Mindy Phypers have been successful in doing what Tucson's Civano and other advocates of solar energy have not yet been abl ... |
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CHIEF SEATTLE'S TREATY ORATION of 1854 "In 1851 Seattle, chief of the Suquamish and other Indian tribes around Washington's Puget Sound, delivered what is considered to be one of the most beautiful and profound environmental statements ever made. The c... |
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Background in Music: Jim Phypers has been playing woodwind instruments most of his life, beginning on the clarinet when he was eight. He has been teaching and performing on the recorder since 1961. He has studied recorder and early music... |
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INTERNATIONAL WATER-HARVESTING AND RELATED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Australia State Governments in the following states in Australia have taken active steps to ensure that the newly construc... |
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Colloquium: Introduction The Context: Natural Building The Building Codes Societal Impact Matrix Return of The Village Habitat For Humanity Earthmother Dwelling Intuitive Design Curves of Breath & Clay Feng Shui... |
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Colloquium: Introduction The Context: Natural Building The Building Codes Societal Impact Matrix Return of The Village Habitat For Humanity Earthmother Dwelling Intuitive Design Curves of Breath & Clay Feng Shui... |
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