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91Straw Bale Homes - An Earth Friendly Choice
Nearly half of the houses on our planet are made from stone, mud and straw. In the industrialized areas of the world it is common practise to use plastics, foams and OSB. These materials can be bad for your...
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89Live Green - Earthship Biotecture-Earth Friendly, Sustainable and Beautiful Homes
Earthship Biotecture, sustainable, beautiful homes in New Mexico made of trash and dirt. With photos, links, and video, presents Earthship building systems for resisdential or commercial use.
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88Cob Building
Although many Egyptian Pyramids are formed of stone as pictured, some were made of sun-hardened adobe-like bricks. (public domain) After reading for years about Native American and Mexican adobe houses and...
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83Ecocities: What They Are And Where To Find Them?
Ecocities, also known as sustainable cities, are cities around the world that are designed to require minimal input from the rest of the world and to exert minimal output on the world around them. In other...
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88Green Roofs: Energy Savings and Much More
Most green roofs in the United States are on large-scale commercial or public buildings but the residential market is catching up. Green roofs can be installed on traditional residences providing homeowners with a beautiful way to cut down their heating and cooling costs.
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88Nine Green Home Heating Alternatives to Start Working on for this Winter
September is here which means that summer is over and fall is just around the corner. Although the sun is still shining warmly in most parts of the United States today, the months of needing to heat our homes...
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54Build Green Energy System To Power Your Home For Free
How do we save the environment as well as reduce our budget in energy consumption under these kinds of economic conditions? With expanding cost of crude oil and as the level of air pollution increases the...
74The Benefits of Rubber Sidewalks
Rubber sidewalks have been gaining a lot of attention in cities around the country lately due to their many benefits. Rubber sidewalks are made from recycled rubber tires and consist of interlocking modules...
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72On the Green Path: Get Outside and Play!
There's so much interest in this topic, and so many types of advice, it can be overwhelming! I've divided this hub into 5 parts, so you can read them one at a time or choose the one that's most important to...
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54Prefab Offices: Cheap, Modular and Green Building Construction
If you're considering using a prefabricated design for your office building project, you may be on the right track. Building prefab offices are superior to regular construction in many cases. Prefabricated...
