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Green Building: Not Just for Freaks?

Posted by Philip Higgs on December 4, 2007 - 6:45am.

Green building is gaining acceptance, but right now there are growing pains to grapple with if you're a do-it-yourselfer.

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Straw Bale Building 102: Getting Plastered

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 27, 2007 - 6:00am.

What do you do after your straw bale walls go up? Get plastered! (Oh ho ho!)


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Straw Bale Building: I'm A Believer

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 20, 2007 - 5:30am.

When I wanted sunshine, I got rain: But now that I'm a straw-bale evangelist, whats a little moisture to me?

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Straw Bale Building 101

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 14, 2007 - 7:29am.

Hay is for horses; straw is for building test walls in a three-day straw-bale building course.


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Weekend with Nerdy

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 5, 2007 - 12:42pm.

Some people like dancing. Some people like parties. I like parties where I can talk green building while other people dance.

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Is Concrete Green?

Posted by Philip Higgs on October 30, 2007 - 6:01am.

The old studio is down. But I can't make up my mind about how to build the new studio.

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Tear the Roof Off the Sucka!

Posted by Philip Higgs on October 16, 2007 - 10:10pm.

The deconstruction continues. Over the weekend we almost had the roof off – but then the rains came

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Green Building Gets a Permit

Posted by Philip Higgs on August 30, 2007 - 5:58am.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a permit! But we also have a problem. Why am I not surprised?

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Green Building: Using What You've Got

Posted by Philip Higgs on August 7, 2007 - 7:31am.

When it comes to building green, using the resources close to you is key.

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Getting Approval for Green Building

Posted by Philip Higgs on July 24, 2007 - 7:37am.

Construction drawings for the new green studio were not approved. I'm taking it a bit personally.

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