Low-impact Dream House
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Living with our landscape rather than against it will be in our favor when we find the need to survive in the future on less than our current carbon-bloated lives allow.
This amazing family home in Wales was dug into a hillside. This is part of a permaculture movement that seems to have taken hold more in Britain than in the U.S. The hobbit yurt house site includes interior images and their simple plans.
Cae Mabon, a retreat center also in Wales, has more beautiful permaculture buildings to dream about.
There are several institutes and schools, but I think these buildings built by the occupants themselves–for ~$120/sq ft–are far more appealing, they fit specific needs, and it would be great to live inside walls that you built yourself.
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