Yearly Archives: 2009

Reading Exterior

Vardo Build Video

(Not Ours!) Some *really* cool ideas for a bigger one, although Dayna wants a Reading Wagon (on modern running gear of course).

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Latest (FUN!) Project – Part II

Got some more done this weekend. Sorry for the crappy cellphone images!

Tomato Problem Solver

DING DING! http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/tomatoproblemsolver/

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Latest (FUN!) Project

It was driving me nuts in some ways that we sold our teardrop to P&P so I was looking for something to do that wouldn’t take a lot of time, was easily built (and hence easy on my back) and unique. While researching my dad’s … Read More

Car Living

Don’t know how I stumbled across these two links but they made for a good read. Thinking about it, I’ve seen quite a few people living like this over the years so it was interesting to see what goes through their minds on a daily … Read More

Free plans

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/plans/index.htm Building and Facility Plans from the Extension Ag & Biosystems Engineering of North Dakota State University Cool Stuff!

Very cool ideas

Natural Building Series http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbibaba/sets/72157594275164829/

kindle

Get your Kindle here!

International Living Building Institute

The International Living Building Institute is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the creation of a truly sustainable built environment in all countries around the world.  Comprised of the leading green building experts, futurists and thought-leaders, we believe that providing a compelling vision for the … Read More

Interesting Cooling

This site has an interesting article on a very old form of cooling.

Rainwater Collection Materials

http://www.rainharvest.com/ These guys carry a lot of stuff! Prices look reasonable, not sure about shipping but they have a lot of cool stuff!

Some reading…

http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=434.20 http://mb-soft.com/solar/index.html http://www.earthshelters.com/PAHS_Improving_ch_1_intro.html http://www.earthshelters.com/Catalog.html#anchor_13038