How-Tos

Build Your Own Hydroelectric Generator
Most machines that make electricity need some form of mechanical energy to get things started…
PDF, 908 kb
Earth Plasters and Aliz
A clay slip, known to some as an aliz can be applied to an earth-plastered wall almost like paint is used on other surfaces…
DOC, 92 kb
Earthen Floors
DOC, 56 kb
Electricity
DOC, 164 kb
Graywater Guide: Using Graywater in Your Home Landscape
Are you tired of watching your bathing and laundry water go down the drain when it could be put to good use on your landscape?...
PDF, 1.2 mb
Harvest the Rain
DOC, 52 kb
Information Guide to Straw Bale Building
For self-builders and the construction industry
PDF, 1.0 mb
On Site, Environmentally Sound Wastewater Treatment
Before the advent of the flush toilet, humanure, or 'night soil,' was applied to the land, and purchased as valuable commodity…
DOC, 128 kb
Pallet Building
DOC, 56 kb
Straw Bale
DOC, 484 kb
The Sawdust Toilet
DOC, 728 kb
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