Building with Earth

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April/May 2002
By Dan Chiras 
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For a comprehensive list of books, articles, videos, workshops and links to vital Web sites, go to: www.chelseagreen.com/Chiras/resource.htm

ADOBE HOMES FOR TODAY
by Laura and Alex Sanchez
THE SMALL ADOBE HOUSE
by Agnesa Reeve
THE COB BUILDERS HANDBOOK: You can Hand-Sculpt Your Own Home by Becky Bee
THE NATURAL BUILDER, Volumes 1 and 2 by Steve Berlant www.naturalbuilder.com
THE NATURAL HOUSE: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes by Daniel D. Chiras
ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION: Contemporary Natural Building Methods by Lynne Elizabeth and Cassandra Adams
THE RAMMED EARTH HOUSE
by David Easton
PUTTING THE "ARC" BACK INTO ARCHITECTURE by Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer (435) 2598378
BUILDINGS OF EARTH AND STRAW
by Bruce King

THE ART OF NATURAL BUILDING:
Design, Construction, Technology edited by Joseph F Kennedy, Michael Smith and Catherine Wanek

ADOBE: Build it Yourself by Paul G. McHenry Jr.

ADOBE AND RAMMED EARTH BUILDINGS:
Design and Construction by Paul G. McHenry Jr.

EARTHSHIP, Volumes I, II and 11 by Michael Reynolds

THE COBBER'S COMPANION: HOW to Build Your Own Earthen Home by Michael G. Smith (541) 942-2005 www.deatech.com/cobcottage

ADOBE BUILDER MAGAZINE
(505) 861-1255
www.adobebuilder.com

THE COBWEB
(541) 942-2005.

Videos
BUILDING WITH THE EARTH:
Oregon's Cob Cottage Co.
The Cob Cottage Company
PO. Box 123
Cottage Grove, OR 97424

RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION
Bullfrog Films
(800) 543-3764


Writer Dan Chiras, Ph.D., lives with his two sons in a nearly independent passive solar/solar electric, rammed-earth tire and straw bale home in Evergreen, Colorado. This article is adapted from his newest book, The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient Environmental Homes.
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