Living Homes: Stone Masonry, Log, and Strawbale Construction; Building Your High-Efficiency Dream Home on a Shoestring Budget, by Thomas J. Elpel, 2010. Originally published in 1998, this is the sixth edition. This hefty book (250 pages, 8.5″ X 11″) is chock full of detailed information, personal musings, photos and diagrams, and practical tips. Thomas Elpel [...]
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Living Homes: a Review
Posted August 22nd, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Book Review – The Social Entrepreneur Revolution
Posted April 27th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
By Sarah Isles “The Social Entrepreneur Revolution: Doing good by making money, making money by doing good” by Martin Clark, 2009, Marshall Cavendish Business, Great Britain. Martin Clark is a social entrepreneur whose job has inspired him to write a guide on how to become a social entrepreneur. It contains many real life cases [...]
Adobe Homes for All Climates: a Review
Posted April 9th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Published in 2010, Adobe Homes for All Climates: Simple, Affordable, and Earthquake-Resistant Natural Building Techniques, by Lisa Schroder and Vince Ogletree presents a comprehensive look at how one might go about building with adobe. It is based on many years of experience by the authors building residences, mainly in New Zealand. They evolved very specific [...]
Cookbook Review: Baking With Whole Grain Flours
Posted July 22nd, 2010 by Admin. Comment (1).
From CULINATE This book makes the most of little-used grains I thought I knew chocolate-chip cookies. And then I made Kim Boyce’s, from her book Good to the Grain: Baking With Whole-Grain Flours. Her chocolate-chip cookies, made completely with whole-wheat flour, lack nuts. Sacrilege! But the cookies — and the book — are a revelation. [...]