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Resources Web Sites 1. www.buildingforhealth.com - Building for Health Materials Center. Extremely knowledgeable and helpful about healthy building options.2. www.ecoasishomecenter.com - Locally owned environmental building supply company located on Airport Rd. in Breckenridge. A good resource for paints, decking, carpet, cork and bamboo flooring. Owner Cathy Kumar. 3. www.americanpie.org - Public Information on the Environment. This is a non-profit organization that has a hotline 1-800-320-2743 to answer questions about environmental and air quality issues. 4.www.naturalhomemagazine.com Natural Home Magazine is dedicated to natural home building , products and resources. 5. www.greenbuilder.com Sustainable sources. You can see the green building check list on this website. 6. www.strawhomes.com- The International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building. Cutting edge informative articles. 7. www.solarenergy.org - Solar Energy International offers hands on workshops and online courses in solar, wind, and water power and natural building technologies. They have an informative website and are located in Carbondale, Colorado. 8. www.strawbalecentral.com. A website and organization created by Catherine Wanek author of The New Strawbale Home created to disseminate and coordinate information and activities regarding natural building, sustainable architecture, and ecological living.
Books 1. Baker Laporte, Paula. Prescriptions for A Healthy House. New Society Publishers, 2002. 2. Chiras, Daniel. The Natural House. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000. 3. Wanek, Catherine. The New Strawbale Home. Gibbs Smith, 2003. 4. Hawken, Paul; Lovins, Amory; Lovins, Hunter L. Natural Capitalism
. Little, Brown and Co. 1999.
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