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.
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.