A rich, informative, and easy to follow step-by-step guide for planning and designing your own green home. Written for DIYers who want to design and build, and for those hiring engineers, architects, or contractors this book provides sound tips for ensuring a home is comfortable, energy smart, and eco-friendly. Creating a Green Home helps anyone planning a home to preserve natural resources and save money. Loaded with illustrations and helpful design checklists, Creating a Green Home tells the importance of site selection, how to orient a home for optimal energy efficiency, foundation types, roof styles, functional and artful floor plans and more. The book is written by owner-builders who make it clear that careful planning and design can save home owners money, time, and headaches during construction and long after a home is built.

An educational and inspirational book that offers practical guidance for art therapists working with transgender and gender-expansive youth and their families. It provides art therapy goals, recommended treatments and coping skills to use with this client group. Each chapter looks at how art therapy can address a different concern or aspect of the experience, such as transitioning, bullying, and recognizing or building a support system. It includes detailed case studies and cutting-edge art therapy interventions, which help young people to express the emotions surrounding the discovery of gender identity, the transition process, and self-care.