| features... Sustainability
and the Building Codes
Retrofitter
of building codes, author David Eisenberg
eloquently illustrates why building codes need to
change.
The
Straw Bale Café
Jim Merkel,
dedicated sustainability activist, reveals to us
how he built a love nest/café for under $1500
and with an ecological footprint 23 times less
than normal construction.
Affordability,
Naturally
Alison
Pernell succinctly gives us a history lesson as
well as an optimistic perspective of what will
happen with affordable & sustainable housing.
Sustainable
AND Affordable
...What
a Concept!
Researcher
Carla Grindle discovers many hidden treasures via
the web as she pursues this very seemingly
oxymoronish topic.
Building
Her Own Earthship
Reporter and
carpenter Becky Kemery reveals Christina's story
about how she built her own Earthship.
Let's
Build Less
Are you a
builder? Listen to builder Shay Salomom's plea
for builders to build less rather than the
ego-villages we see around us.
Living
Well in Just 380 Square Feet of Space
Dean
Disandro, self acclaimed political gadfly,
explains how we can solve the affordable housing
crisis. He has already done it!
Dome
Sweet Dome
LA Times
writer Mary Rourke reports a moving story of
Nader Khalili's passion for Sufi poet Rumi as
well as natural building and earth art.
South
Coast Edition...
Green
Building Gets a Boost in Ojai
Cheap
Sustainable Building Materials? You Are Standing
On It!
Community
Housing Action in SB
Building
Our Way out of the Housing Crisis
Creating
Self-Sufficient Communities in the Mojave Desert
SB
Announcements
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In
this Issue...
Everyone knows
there's a housing crisis (or as Shay Salomon
writes, we have a "homing crisis" since
even though we have almost tripled our personal
square foot per person since 1950, nobody is at
home. What irks me is that there is no outrage
against the increasing rents and the fact that
only 20% can actually afford to buy a house.
Where is the outrage?...
columns...
Eco-Elder
News
Disarmament News
Parenting News
Possibilities
Health News
PFLAG News
Green Party News
Global News
departments...
Letters to
the Editor
SLO Hours
Directory
Shorts
Salvaging,
Eco-building locally, Papercrete, Mud Luscious,
Teresa builds her cartoon home
Current
Battles with Chemicals
NO Spray!,
Sludge Alert, Stop Duke Energy
People's
Self-Help Putting a Dent in Affordable Housing?
Resources
for more info
on affordable and sustainable housing,
alternative building materials, web sites and
exciting new developments
Notes on
Affordable Housing Action in SLO
Zapatista
Chronicles
by Peggy
McGonigle
reviews...
10 books and
2 videos are reviewed this issue.
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