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Back Issues: 2007



Issue #57
Then and Now
This issue includes updated versions of some previously published articles to illustrate how things were Then and how they are Now.
A straw-bale builder's rules of thumb
One woman's view about strawbale
Step-by-step instructions for building your own moisture sensor
Building small, comfortable, livable spaces
Forty helpful tips for planning and organizing a bale wall raising
Key solar and environmental design flaws to avoid
Mixing, masking, sifting, measuring,
and mudding tips from a pro
An update on the evolving world of strawbale (what's changed, stayed the same)
A mortgage-free, waste-free, subsidy-free, work/live-at-home, low-price way of living (Friland in Denmark)
Earthbag Structures in disaster and poverty-stricken areas
Finishing bale walls with siding (rain screens)
Thatching with cattails
Used Pool Liners as roof membranes
Waste Wood Columns: Turning scrap into structure
Lessons of a Mixmaster (with recipes)
Truth Windows, Mandalas and Straw Bales.
etc.


Issue #58
Water Conservation & Management
What is Catchwater and Rain Harvesting?
What is Graywater?
What is Permaculture?
Greywater, Greywater, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink?
Introducing Peak Water and Water Miles
An Integrated Urban Rainwater
Harvesting Retrofit Rainwater Jars
Water Storage for Off-grid Living
Microhydro: Water Power
Planted Filter: A Modern Reed-bed System
Rain Chains
Outdoor Showers
Post-Tsunami Affordable Housing Project: Bamboo Design
The Lone Oak: Bold and Daring
How Did They Do That? ( More about Lone Oak)
Hiles’ Circular Hangar
etc.


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