Strawbale with Solar Oven

Aprovecho, Cottage Grove, OR

Garden

Fall Internship
Building local food networks, and the 100 Mile Diet

Sept. 1 - October 13

Learn to create a local food economy through the gathering and cultivation of food, forest, and fuel crops produced within 100 miles of the Aprovecho campus.

All of our programs combine lecture and discussion formats with practical, hands-on activities. We encourage a holistic understanding of each subject area that is grounded in specific experiences and enhanced by the broader intellectual perspectives available in our diverse learning environment.

from : the Aprovecho Media Page:

Watch

Video: Building a Rocket Stove

Video: How to Build an Insitutional Barrel Stove

Video: Shell Foundation- Breathing Space India

Video: “Rocket Science”

Video: Charcoal burning Rocket stove

Instructional Video: Building a VITA Stove

Listen

Ann Dornfeld’s (KLCC/NPR) report on
Cleaner Burning Cook Stoves

Download Publications

Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves
This manual covers the principles of Heat Transfer and Combustion Efficiency

Seattle and Bellingham’s Reuse Store
Re-Store

Industrial Materials Exchange
IMEX in North America

SFs’ Center For Reusable Art Parts
SCRAP

San Mateo’s County’s RecycleWorks
Recycle Works

California’s Integrated Waste Management
California’s ReUse Stores

Habitat for Humanity
Re-Store

MN, USA The ReUse Center Retail Stores
Quality Reclaimed Building Materials

Europe’s Re-Use A Shoe
Let Me Play

M&S and Oxfam Ireland Clothes Exchange
Oxfam Ireland needs UR gear

The Reuse People of America
WA CA CO
links

Planet Re-Use
providing the global design and construction community the best in reused and recycled materials

Ecology Center: Berkeley
Directory

Earthship Biotecture, the official site, offering how-to books, demos, community, rentals, and a coffee table book to boot.

Nautilus

Housing Built with Tires

How to Build an Earthship

Toas Earthships

See post 11/10/05

This part of Permaculture is about the water. Keeping the rain that falls on the land, keep things alive during the summer, keep it all wet, dank, moist, alive. Some of the most beautiful cisterns are made by techniques put out by earthships, using bottles and cans. In their part of the world the earth is reddish, adding color to the already colorful glass.

Guide

System

Earthship Water System

Earthship News

Permaculture is permanent agriculture and permanent culture.

The following include some techniques which help to keep Sun, Wind, and Water within a system, feeding it in a natural way, creating richness of land and soil.
From K.E.A.G.

Bill Mollison Techniques Bill and David Holmgren coined the term Permaculture in the 70s. He wrote the book, though others are now experimenting on their own, and doing wonderful new things.

Sustainable Landscape, includes good bibliography.

Earthaven

Practical Permaculture

Bungala Ridge

Leed is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

in Canada

in USA

Living Machines. Found through the above sites.

Bonded Logic uses recycled jeans to create insulation.

Bonded Logic Inhabitat

Nature’s Carpet

Eco Rock is cleaner, greener drywall.

Bamboo Floors

Organic Lifestyle’s bamboo floors.

Euroslate is made from recycled tires!

EuroSlate/EuroShake’s™rubber roof system is designed to be walked on without any restrictions, and its advanced cubical structure enhances insulation performance.

* Maintenance free
* Impact resistant
* Will never rust, split, crack or show other surface wear
* Lightweight (under 4 lbs. per sq. ft.)
* Energy Efficient
* Indestructible - there is no other product that will take wear and tear like Euroslate™

GreenSpace Homes and Cottages: Canadian building supplies.

Top 10 Natural Building Materials

Cob

Cob Cottage Company, Oregon

Cob Works

Natural Building Colloquium

CBC News

First Ecological “All-in-One” Desktop

The beginning of the end of the toxic computer industry. Give thanks!

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See winners from 2007!