Sustainable Compromises - A Yurt, a Straw Bale House, and Ecological Living (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Our Sustainable Future
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Alan Boye
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-6487-8
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-6487-9
Barcode:	9780803264878

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