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.

See also Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture.