Resources for building your community
This page needs a researcher, someone
to find good web and print resources related to building, construction issues, and alternative materials. Send
comments and information to NICA@IC.org
Web resources for land development
Working with Agencies
Chapter from the Community Resource Guide about working with
building and planning agencies, rezoning, etc.
Working with
professionals
A chapter from the Communities Resource Guide. Details of how to
find, hire and work with professionals to help you build your
community.
The Development process, an Introduction
Notes from the breakout session of the 1997 Cohousing Conference
Working with a developer
Notes from the breakout session of the 1997 Cohousing Conference
Site Development
Feasibility
Notes from the breakout session of the 1997 Cohousing Conference
Web resources for sustainable building
The Green Building Source Book
This is a huge reference book with many chapters on hundreds of
practical applications of green and sustain able technologies.
Its stuff like this that really makes the web worthwhile!
Yellow Mountain Sustainable Center
Check out the Online Workshop for specs and papers on straw bale,
rammed earth and other technologies.
Straw Bale
Ezine
From the folks at The Last Straw. Updated regularly, full of
good info on straw bale
Solstice
A good resource page for alternative energy sources, writings,
and info.
Oikos
Resource list
List of links and information for "green" building
materials like straw board, etc.
Green clips Archive
An archive of news articles and
resources for sustainable building.
Jade
Mountain products Catalog
A web catalog featuring a wide variety
of sustainable and alternative products. If you are going
off-grid, this is a great place to puruse for ideas on alternate
electrical production.
Ecovillage Resource
List
A listing of resources from the Eco-village
Information Service.
In Context, A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture
This contains many back issues of the magazine plus listings of
other resources.
Sustainable
architecture, building and culture
Lots of links here about eco-building stuff.
Sustainable
development online library
This is a huge meta database site with thousands of references,
journal abstrat mailing service, etc.
Resources for sustainability
Many links to all manner of interesting stuff
World Wide Web virtual library for sustainable
development
Large list of links, many great sites here
Books and Magazines
Communities Magazine No. 95. Summer 1997
Sustainable building and design issue. Good
articles on featured communities and some good reference book
reviews.
The Cohousing handbook
Chris Hanson 1996
Lots of very good information here on
development process. Geared towards capital project model
cohousing but would benefit anyone who is trying to develop
housing on a piece of land. Available from Community
Bookshelf.
Organizations
Out on a Bale
Source for books, videos, workshops on Straw Bale construction.
1037 E. Linden St. Tucson, AZ 85719 602-624-1673.