Natural Building
Curious about natural building? Learn about local and national natural building communities and organizations who are already implementing these practices.
General
Earthaven Ecovillage – Black Mountain Ecovillage with neighborhoods of natural building homes and businesses.
Green Home Building – A range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building.
Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building – Institute devoted to finding solutions to the world’s housing problems through sustainable building.
Kleiwerks – Asheville based international natural building non-profit.
Natural Building Colloquium Southwest – A great source for information on natural building technologies and products.
The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture – Non-profit foundation dedicated to research and education of the public in environmentally orientated arts and architecture.
The Farm – Ecovillage Training Center in Summertown, TN established in the 1970’s.
Transition Culture – An Exploration into the Head, Heart, and Hands of Energy Descent.
Straw Bale
Straw Bale Buildings – Building Science for Strawbale Buildings.
Straw Bale – Frequently Asked Questions about Straw Bale Buildings.
StrawBale – StrawBale Innovations, LLC, a company dedicated to providing the very latest information and techniques on straw bale construction.
The Last Straw – The International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building.
Cob
Cob Cottage Company – Oregon-based company conducting research on natural building and empowering people to build their own natural built houses.
Earthed – UK-based Sustainable Building, Design, and Education specializing in Cob.