Unplugr

link:
http://www.greeninventor.org/strawjet.shtml

I’m loving this new blog that savages the vacuous marketing behind the condos that are springing up all around Vancouver like mushrooms in cow shit:
condohype [via Rob Cottingham]

First impressions are important and Origin’s is one of timeless elegance, thanks to West Coast-inspired architecture and enduring, natural-looking materials like timber, brick and Hardie plank siding.
“Natural-looking materials?” […]

http://www.onedayvancouver.ca/portal.php

Mike asked me to post a list of the books I have that are related to homesteading and homebuilding, so here it is. Note that the connection of some of these to homesteading is extremely tenuous.

From Eco-Cities to Living Machines
The Foxfire Book
Creating Alternative Futures
Guns, Germs and Steel
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The […]