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People Build it....and sometimes Sell it
When Your Home Is Sort Of A Movie Star
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The mystery didn't put them off. They bought the house in 1994 for about US$165000. Soon after the Lujanos and their young daughters, Jacqueline and Arissa, ...
Straw homes leading the way in eco-friendly living
Birmingham Post - Birmingham,West Midlands,UK
Project manager Bee Rowan said: “Straw bale technology has only been in the UK for ten years but in the USA these houses people will pay a premium for them ...
Eco-Homes Built With Straw Bales
Sky News - UK
A hotel and restaurant owner is building staff houses from bales of straw to beat rising energy costs. Peter Rowan is creating two semi-detached three
RAINBOW: Couple hope fire-safe features will preserve home in ...
North County Times - Californian - Escondido,CA,USA
"There's very little oxygen inside a straw bale." There also are straw-bale walls in front of and behind the house to prevent embers from being blown
Our First In-Depth Look At A Rammed Earth Home
By Laura
A few weeks ago Ben found this article about a rammed earth house located in Chapel Hill, NC, about 40 minutes from where we live. He called Gary, the owner and builder of the house, and scheduled for us a little visit.
Clare builders win state awards
Clare Northern Argus - Clare,South Australia,Australia
The extensive use of rammed earth, western red cedar, iron bark and Australian Oak were featured throughout this extremely energy efficient home. ...
Modern classic
Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA
The home's exterior has rammed-earth walls accented with a purple panel and metalwork weathered to a rusty brown. The modern exterior is softened inside by ...
Wartime Tunnels Go On The Market
Sky News - UK
The group's website said the tunnels were extended by the Government in the early 1980s with the addition of a bunker and briefing room
London WWII-era bombproof tunnels up for sale
The Associated Press
BT said the tunnels were then used by the government's Public Record Office to store some 400 tons of "highly sensitive documents
Congress Hopeful Makes Rounds in Greenwood
Greenwood Today - Greenwood,SC,USA
He also built an earth sheltered house. “He spoke the language of solar Sunday’s and BTU’s”, she said. “There were great options back then but we did not ...
Lighthouse auctions draw bidders like moths to a flame
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Borden Flats Lighthouse, off the coast of Fall River, Mass., was deemed "surplus" by the US government and put up for sale at auction. .
‘’Atkinses choose to rebuild in different, green way
Village News Network - Fallbrook,CA,USA
The Atkinses had designed a straw bale home, designed to withstand any firestorm that would come through the area again. The 2600-square-foot, three-bedroom
£The 25 house
The Move Channel - London,UK
The ‘Underground House,' as it became known on Grand Designs, was one of the most striking and unusual properties of the last series.
Healthy Living through Sustainability
By bryan
Park City Architecture is proud to be affiliated with SIREWALL, a truly sustainable, alternative construction method that brings out the beauty of natural rammed earth walls. The SIREWALL system combines a centuries old building medium, ..
Igloo homes
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Owners also promise a 'worry-free' hurricane season with the help of the geodesic network of structural arches created by the thick concreted seams that ...
Green all over
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
But when you step into the upper floor, where most of the living space is, it blooms into a cozy, high-ceilinged, well-lit glory that only a strawbale home ...
Family turns to straw bales for green, efficient addition
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
The home was one of 40 homes featured in an Ontario-wide straw bale house tour. "But when you think about all the energy and fossil fuels that go into
The Coolest Apartment Block on Earth
Environmental Graffiti - London,England,UK
With over 1000 unique windows, individualized handles on windows and doors, a living roof, café, parking garage, restaurant, bar, playground, and a running ..
Plans unveiled for new eco-house
The Lowestoft Journal - Lowestoft,England,UK
PLANS have been unveiled for what is believed to be the first earth-sheltered eco-house in East Anglia on a former paddock close to the parish church, ...
Tour Offers Glimpses of a Green Future
East Hampton Star - NY, USA
Bill Chaleff and Edvin Stromsten both built earth-sheltered structures in East Hampton that make the most of available daylight and also employ solar ...
Robert Kingsbury
WMUR - Manchester,NH,USA
We can recommend earth sheltered houses which also immediately cut electrical consumption and also pay for themselves in about 5 years.
’Show features West Virginias caves
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
“Underground West Virginia” - West Virginia has 4300 known caves, more than a third of them in Greenbrier County. In this vast underground, ...
Letter from Gers in Southwest France
Times Online - UK
... his office was for sale. It was perfect. A three story ancient building, in the central square of an old Bastide, in a very dilapidated condition, .
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Vertical farm planned
Windsor Star - Ontario, Canada
VANCOUVER - Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses are being touted as part of the next "green revolution" in Vancouver and its surrounding communities.
Magnitude 5.3 Aftershock Hits China-Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
... border area of China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan at 0:05 am Tuesday, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting the China Earthquake Administration as ...
Attracting Crowds, CAS Unveils a Spectacle on its Roof
CoStar Group - Bethesda,MD,USA
Developed at a cost of almost $500 million and crowned with a "living" roof that itself functions as a chief exhibit, the 400000-square-foot structure
Going 'green' a way of life for Keljo
ThisWeekNews - Columbus,OH,USA
The "living roof" on the sauna features prairie grasses and wildflowers covering about 98 percent of its surface. "Basically, I have a layer of soil in
How to grow a roof for your garden shed
Sunday Mirror - UK
So why not transform yours into a trendy “living” roof? It makes use of a boring surface and adds an interesting element to your garden – especially if ...
Built Green Features
Blanco County News - TX, USA
A rooftop rainwater collection system consists of a suitable roof and guttering system, a storage tank(s), and a simple filtration system.
Butterfly counters miffed at SF museum
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... nonthreatened species in appropriate habitats, such as the academy's new living roof, which hopefully will become a new roosting area. ...
East Texas man makes amazing house from straw and mud
KLTV - Tyler,TX,USA
The roof will be a living roof like the one on Moser's outhouse. He says green roofs absorb a lot of heat. Moser also plans on building a screened-in porch ...
Rainwater News Rainfall News-Everything from droughts to salvaging rain water.
Melbourne's spring drought set to send rainfall records to a new low
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
MELBOURNE is closing in on a number of unwelcome records, as the severe lack of spring rain continues to worry scientists and water officials
Drought, beetles killing Forests
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
“Several of the current bark-beetle outbreaks across North America are the largest and most severe in recorded history,” said Barbara Bentz, an entomologist
Drought plagues every county
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Hawaii's flash flood season, October through April, has begun with moderate to severe drought across most of the state, says a National Weather Service ...
’The urban farmers almanac
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Backyard goats can yield milk, meat and weed control; bees in rooftop hives can both feed us and help local flora; and fish in unused swimming pools or ...
‘Atlas of underground aquifers may help avert future water wars ...
Newspost Online - Baroda,India
London, Oct 26 (ANI): A new high-resolution atlas that shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water, may help to provide a legal framework
Atlas of hidden water may avert future conflict
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
... natural resources, yet are entirely hidden. Now, for the first time, a high-resolution map shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water. ...
Pupils have designs on saving Portishead's open-air pool
Evening Post - Bristol,England,UK
She said: "I have featured a rainwater storage feature so water collected can be recycled. I go to the pool in the summer and I hope that some of the ideas
Art of simple solutions
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Trethan Heckman stands next to his 1500-gallon rain water storage tank connected to the gutter system of his Petaluma home. Heckman states his home roof ...
PM sets plans for Drainage Unit
Nation News - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
... with the relevant agencies of Government, to ensure maximum retention of rainwater, in adequate storage, as well as minimise incidents of flooding. ...
Southern drought creeping northward
The Associated Press
Kentucky also suffered through a severe drought a year ago, but "this is probably the worst that I've had to deal with," said Joe Hunley, Magoffin County's ...
Drought now severe in 8 W.Va. counties
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
The latest US Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows severe drought conditions in Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne and Wyoming
Job 'well' done: Cistern reopened at Fort Knox
VillageSoup Belfast - ME, USA
These cisterns, with walls of brick, granite and cement, were the collection points for rainwater that drained from the fort’s sod roof.
‘’Rain harvest answer to soaring water bills
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
A huge 45000-litre capacity water storage tank has been installed in an underground pit next to the new building. This forms part of a rainwater harvesting ...
AFGHANISTAN: Ministry warns of severe food shortage
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
The huge food shortfall has occurred largely due to crop failure resulting from a severe drought, officials said. Drought has led to the failure of up to 90 ...
Army suspends Ft. Irwin tortoises relocation
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Biologists theorize the problem may be connected to severe drought conditions, which have killed off plants and triggered a crash in rodent populations.
Tornadoes, drought warnings play havoc
Post Searchlight - Bainbridge,GA,USA
He said Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and Rome are experiencing severe drought, which typically occurs every 20 years. And extreme drought, which typically ...
Tennessee Counties' Drought Status Moved Back to 'Severe'
istockAnalyst.com (press release) - Salem,OR,USA
... and Franklin counties in Tennessee were recategorized from being in a moderate drought to being in a severe one, the third of five drought categories. ...
Melbourne suffers as drought in southern Australia declared worst ...
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
"There are currently some very severe droughts in those regions, and also substantial rainfall declines." He said the current dry was at the extreme end of ...
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