For a list of books, articles, videos, magazines, newsletters, builders, suppliers, and organizations see the Resource Guide. For more information on this topic, consult my book, The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes.

General Interest

The Big Fringe
Check out this site for alternative housing, including cordwood construction and Renewable energy.

U.S. Department of Energy's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
A great place to learn about sustainable development and what communities are doing to promote it.

Environmental Building and Design
Lists numerous resources pertaining to sustainable building and supplies.

Green Building Professionals Search
Searchable list of green building professionals in your city, state, province, or country.

Greendesign.net
Contains a wealth of information on designing and building a green home.

Green Shopping Magazine
Lists a variety of green products. Check out their construction site and articles on a wide variety of subjects.

Natural Building Resources
A goldmine of information on alternative building.

The New Independent Home
Michael Potts's web site with links to other valuable sites.

Sustainable Construction Techniques
Offers background information on solar heating, rammed earth, straw bale, xeriscaping, and permaculture.

Advanced Buildings
A goldmine of information on environmentally responsible building.

Online Catalogues and Suppliers

Chelsea Green
A leader in natural building and sustainable lifestyle publications.

Iris Catalog
Books, videos, and software for green construction.

Jade Mountain
Great source of Renewable energy products and much more!

Natural Building Resources
A goldmine of information on alternative building.

National Association of Home Builders
Check out their catalog for a wide range of environmental publications.

Dirt Cheap Builders Catalog
This online catalog contains numerous valuable books on natural building not found anywhere else. Be sure to check it out.

Real Goods Trading Company
A great source for a wide range of products including wind generators, PVs, inverters, and household products.

Solar On Sale
Super low prices on a wide range of Renewable energy products.

Yellow Mountain Institute
Eco-store and Resource center.

Rammed Earth

Rammed Earth Links
Links to photos of rammed earth homes, builders, products, books, articles, and videos.

Straw Bale

The Last Straw
one of the most valuable resources in straw bale building.

Straw Bale Construction Links
Links to numerous other sites.

Earthships and Tire Homes

Solar Survival Architecture
The inventors of the earthship

Earthship Landing: The Alternative Way of Building
Provides information on Earthships, books, videos, and links to other sites.

Cob

Cob and Natural Building Links
Great place to broaden your search for information.

Cob Email List-Server
If you want to be part of the on-going discussion of cob and ask questions that may arise as you research and or pursue this building technology, this site if for you. It also has a search mode that allows you to check out topics previously discussed.

Builders - Earth, Mudbrick, Adobe, Cob
A list of builders in Australia, the United States, and New Zealand.

Cordwood

Cordwood masonry/Stackwall
Links to other sites.

Earthwood Building School
Lists books, videos, workshops, and links to other sites on cordwood construction.

Log Homes

Sunrise Productions
An on-line source of books and videos on building log homes.

Renewable Energy

Alternative Energy Systems Company
This company offers a wide range of products and services for those interested in different forms of Renewable energy.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
U.S. Department of Energy's site with lots of information on Renewable energy and links to dozens of other sites that you may find useful.

Gridwatch.com
A gold mine of information that lists suppliers and manufactures of consumer products for PV and wind energy.

Masonry Heater Association of North America
A wealth of information, including basic concepts and design, on masonry stoves.

Mr. Solar
Loads of information on solar, wind, and small scale hydropower, including several on-line courses, articles on renewable energy, an on-line catalog, and more.

Passive Solar Industries Council
Link to Other Sites -- This site is listed separately because it is the mother lode of links to government and nonprofit organizations involved in energy-efficient building and renewable energy.

Sun Angle
A shareware Javascript program that calculates solar angles based on location, date, and time.

Sustainable Building Sourcebook
A gold mine of extremely valuable information on solar energy, including PVs, solar thermal, passive solar design, earth-sheltering, landscaping for energy conservation, and much more.

Gray Water Systems

Oasis Design
Contains valuable information on gray water systems

Green Building Materials

For a list of local retail outlets, see the Resource Guide of my book, The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy Efficient, Environmental Homes

Building for Health Materials Center
Sells healthy, environmentally sound building products.

Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Austin's Green Building Program. This is a gold mine of extremely valuable information on green building materials.

National Association of Home Builders Research Center
This site provides a wealth of information on green building products, including results of field tests.

Online version of the Good Wood Publication
Lists sources of sustainably harvested wood in the United States.

Site Considerations and Landscaping

Introduction to Permaculture: Concepts and Resources
Contains a wealth of information on newsletters, journals, and organizations throughout the world.

Permaculture and Sustainable Living and Livelihood
Numerous links to other sites, covering a wide range of topics on permaculture.

Sustainable Building Sourcebook
See the section on landscaping.

Cohousing

The Cohousing Network
Wealth of information on cohousing.