The Resource Sustainable compromises : a yurt, a straw bale house, and ecological living, Alan Boye
Sustainable compromises : a yurt, a straw bale house, and ecological living, Alan Boye
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- Summary
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- "An account of Boye's experiences building and occupying alternative, sustainable houses"--
- "Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd built in New Mexico. Thirty-five years later, he decided to try again. This time, with an idealism tempered by experience and practical considerations, Boye and his wife constructed an off-the-grid, energy-efficient, straw bale house in Vermont. Sustainable Compromises chronicles these two remarkable attempts to live simply in two disparate American eras. Writing with hard-won authority and humor, Boye takes up the 'how-to' practicalities of 'building green, ' from finances to nuts and bolts to strains on friends and family. With Walden as a historical and philosophical touchstone and his own experience as a practical guide, he also explores the ethical and environmental concerns that have framed such undertakings from Thoreau's day to our own. A firsthand account of the pleasures and pitfalls of living simply, his book is a deeply informed and engaging reflection on what sustainability really means--in personal, communal, ethical, and environmental terms"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- What I Lived For
- Sustainable Compromises
- Where I Live
- Water
- Design
- Foundations
- El Sol
- Economics
- The Beautiful Tree and Other Disasters
- The Amoeba
- The Straw That Broke The
- Finances
- Collaboration
- Artifacts
- Solitude
- Visitors
- Thick Skin in a Winter of Discontent
- Spring
- Higher Laws
- Postscript: Mistakes Were Made
- Isbn
- 9780803265011
- Label
- Sustainable compromises : a yurt, a straw bale house, and ecological living
- Title
- Sustainable compromises
- Title remainder
- a yurt, a straw bale house, and ecological living
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Boye
- Subject
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- Boye, Alan, 1950- -- Homes and haunts -- Vermont
- Ecological houses
- Ecological houses -- Design and construction
- Ecological houses -- Vermont
- Electronic books
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General
- HOUSE & HOME -- Reference
- Homes
- NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Sustainability -- Philosophy
- Sustainable living
- Sustainable living -- Vermont
- Vermont
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- Boye, Alan, 1950-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "An account of Boye's experiences building and occupying alternative, sustainable houses"--
- "Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd built in New Mexico. Thirty-five years later, he decided to try again. This time, with an idealism tempered by experience and practical considerations, Boye and his wife constructed an off-the-grid, energy-efficient, straw bale house in Vermont. Sustainable Compromises chronicles these two remarkable attempts to live simply in two disparate American eras. Writing with hard-won authority and humor, Boye takes up the 'how-to' practicalities of 'building green, ' from finances to nuts and bolts to strains on friends and family. With Walden as a historical and philosophical touchstone and his own experience as a practical guide, he also explores the ethical and environmental concerns that have framed such undertakings from Thoreau's day to our own. A firsthand account of the pleasures and pitfalls of living simply, his book is a deeply informed and engaging reflection on what sustainability really means--in personal, communal, ethical, and environmental terms"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boye, Alan
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Our sustainable future
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Boye, Alan
- Boye, Alan
- Sustainable living
- Ecological houses
- Ecological houses
- Sustainability
- NATURE
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
- HOUSE & HOME
- Ecological houses
- Homes
- Sustainable living
- Vermont
- Label
- Sustainable compromises : a yurt, a straw bale house, and ecological living, Alan Boye
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- multicolored
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- What I Lived For -- Sustainable Compromises -- Where I Live -- Water -- Design -- Foundations -- El Sol -- Economics -- The Beautiful Tree and Other Disasters -- The Amoeba -- The Straw That Broke The -- Finances -- Collaboration -- Artifacts -- Solitude -- Visitors -- Thick Skin in a Winter of Discontent -- Spring -- Higher Laws -- Postscript: Mistakes Were Made
- Control code
- ocn872624311
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803265011
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 37db0ef1-8d23-4c70-825b-21b120e302e4
- 22573/ctt1d9k0kz
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)872624311
- Label
- Sustainable compromises : a yurt, a straw bale house, and ecological living, Alan Boye
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What I Lived For -- Sustainable Compromises -- Where I Live -- Water -- Design -- Foundations -- El Sol -- Economics -- The Beautiful Tree and Other Disasters -- The Amoeba -- The Straw That Broke The -- Finances -- Collaboration -- Artifacts -- Solitude -- Visitors -- Thick Skin in a Winter of Discontent -- Spring -- Higher Laws -- Postscript: Mistakes Were Made
- Control code
- ocn872624311
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803265011
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 37db0ef1-8d23-4c70-825b-21b120e302e4
- 22573/ctt1d9k0kz
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)872624311
Subject
- Boye, Alan, 1950- -- Homes and haunts -- Vermont
- Ecological houses
- Ecological houses -- Design and construction
- Ecological houses -- Vermont
- Electronic books
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General
- HOUSE & HOME -- Reference
- Homes
- NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Sustainability -- Philosophy
- Sustainable living
- Sustainable living -- Vermont
- Vermont
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- Boye, Alan, 1950-
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