Category: Eco-Design

. The History of Miniature Trees If a fruit or nut tree is preferred that’s both short and sweet, plant a genetic dwarf tree. A recent addition to the realm of tree crops, the genetic dwarf (or miniature) tree became available to home gardeners only 20 years ago. The more familiar semi dwarf tree, by […]

The Green Peace Corps intends to breed well cared for miniature livestock that are holistically pasteurized in rotation including varieties of miniature grass-fed cows, goats, sheep, pigs, llamas, horses, mules, and donkeys. These miniatures as well as full-sized alpacas (which are still small) and large exotic birds, all varieties of poultry, and rabbits and other […]

Alternative Housing: Numerous varieties of alternative homes have been constructed, from tree houses and pallet homes to geodesic domes, spheres, and earth ships. As environmentally conscious decision-making becomes commonplace, the use of alternative natural materials has become more frequent as builders seek to minimize the environmental impact of large-scale home building. Green building designers consider […]

Deconstruction is the process of taking a building apart in the reverse order of construction to skillfully remove valuable building materials and save rich architectural history. It is estimated that buildings consume about 40% of the world’s energy and about 16% of the clean water. This impact is made more severe by careless demolition of […]

The making and use of cement concrete causes of an estimated 5% of global warming emissions. Hemp concrete made from hemp stalk is lighter and more porous and known to sequester carbon. Beautiful model homes have been made from hemp concrete and industrial hemp has finally been legalized in the United States and some other […]

“rainwater harvesting systems, including innovative roof pitches, gutters and water tanks can form the main water supply”