Sustainable Compromises : A Yurt, a Straw Bale House, and Ecological Living /

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"Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd built in New Mexico. Thirty-fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boye, Alan, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boye, Alan, > 1950-
Boye, Alan, > 1950- > Homes and haunts > Vermont.
Sustainable living.
Homes.
Ecological houses.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Durabilite de l'environnement > Philosophie.
Maisons ecologiques > Vermont.
Style de vie durable > Vermont.
Sustainability > Philosophy.
Ecological houses > Design and construction.
Ecological houses > Vermont.
Sustainable living > Vermont.
Vermont.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What I Lived For
  • Sustainable Compromises
  • Where I Live
  • Water
  • Design
  • Foundations
  • El Sol
  • Economics
  • The Beautiful Tree and Other Disasters
  • The Amoeba
  • The Straw That Broke The
  • Finances
  • Collaboration
  • Artifacts
  • Solitude
  • Visitors
  • Thick Skin in a Winter of Discontent
  • Spring
  • Higher Laws
  • Postscript: Mistakes Were Made.

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