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References and Resources

The following are books, magazines, and other reference materials that we have found insightful. The ideas that they present are helping us develop our thoughts, goals, and plans for our future home here in the country.

House Design: The Not So Big House: Blueprint for the Way We Really Live Sarah Susanka, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 1998, ISBN 1-56-158-576-6 Creating the Not So Big House Sarah Susanka, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 2001, ISBN 1-56-158-605-6 Designing Your Natural House Charles G. Woods and Malcolm Wells, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 1992, ISBN 0-442-01327-2 How Buildings Learn: What Happens after They're Built Stewart Brand, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, New York, NY, 1995, ISBN 0140139966 A Little House of My Own, 47 Grand Designs for 47 Tiny Houses Lester Walker, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, NY, 1987, ISBN 1-57912-151-9 Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency Andrea O. Dean and Timothy Hursley, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY, 2002, ISBN 1-56898-292-5 Mini House Style Rico Komanoya, HarperCollins, New York, NY, 2004, ISBN 0-06-058907-8 Dwell Dwell Magazine, San Francisco, CA. Covers modern home design Link The Small House Society c/o Resources for Life P.O. Box 2717, Iowa City, IA 52244-2717 Phone: 319.621.4911 Link Passive Solar House Design: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC Link Passive Solar Design Paper Link Passive Solar Home Designs for South Carolina South Carolina Energy Office, Columbia, SC Link The Passive Solar House, Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home, James Kachadorian, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT, 1997, ISBN 0-930031-97-0 The Solar House Daniel D. Chiras, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT, 2002, ISBN 1-931498-12-1 Energy: Home Power Home Power Inc., Ashland, OR. Covers self-generated energy topics both in the published magazine and free articles available on its website: Link Home Power Articles: Solar-Electric Systems Simplified, December 2004 Link Solar Hot Water Simplified, June 2005 Link Rainwater: Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged Suzy Banks and Richard Heinichen, Tank Town Publishing, Dripping Springs, TX, 1997. Link The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX, 2005 Link Personal Finance: Your Money Or Your Life, Transforming Your Relationship With Money And Achieving Financial Independence, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, Penguin Putnam, New York, NY, 1994, ISBN 0-140167-153 Link Other Things of Interest: To remove your name from direct marketing lists (telephone, mail, and email) for 5 years, visit the Direct Marketing Association. Link

Articles about our projects and other things with which we are involved: Cannon Courier, March 7, 2006, Solar Panels Installed in Cannon County Link Oberlin Lambda Alumni Newslettter, Winter 2006-2007, Seeking Home: A Sustainable Living Experiment Link Fairview Gazette, April 4, 2007, Cannon county pair, utilizing solar power, achieve ‘net zero’ energy usage Link Cannon Courier, April, 2007, Parchcorn Branch Tree Planting Completed Link The Tennessean, July 3, 2007, Communal living makes a comeback Link Cannon Courier, October 23, 2007 “We All Live Downstream” Catchphrase For Watershed Summit Link Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, November 11, 2007 Building a green community Link Books by our friends: Wild Fermentation & The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved Sandor Ellix Katz Link Natural Seduction & Miami Beach: Blue Print of an Eden Michele Oka Doner Link