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condohype

05/23/07 12:57 PM

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?” […]

Links I’ve been harvesting for a while

03/8/07 9:38 AM

Hello everyone, I’ve been meaning to collect these up and post them. So without further delay:
Land:

http://www.bchomesforsale.com/
http://www.okhomeseller.com/
http://www.landquest.com/
http://www.bc4sale.ca/
http://www.niho.com/

Offgrid Power:

http://www.gaiam.com/realgoods/
http://www.backwoodssolar.com/
http://www.energyalternatives.ca/
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001011.php Listeroid (Bio)Diesels (Start here… but also see: http://www.utterpower.com/ and http://www.utterpower.com/jeffm.htm)

Lodging/Housing:

http://www.sustain.ca/ (Ontario)
http://www.wildernesscabin.com/index1.htm (BC!)
http://www.yurtco.com/ (BC!)
http://www.yurts.com/ (Oregon (I think))
http://www.weekendwarriorcabins.com/ (and http:///www.robinsonplans.com/) (Saskatchewan)

Cohousing/Ecovillages

http://www.yarrowecovillage.ca/
http://www.cohousing.ca/