Green Buildings
Everyone wants their family to live somewhere healthy. But most homes are full of toxic chemicals, made using ill-building practices that harm the earth, and cost a fortune to heat and cool.
Well what if you used the earth as a building material, situated your house for optimal solar heating and it was beautiful.
There are examples of this happening all over the world - here's a sneak peak at a few of my favourites.
This couple Gord and Ann live on Vancouver Island and have started EcoSense, whose philosophy is that a home and all its systems should mimic the beauty and function of the natural world.
I love love love Rammed Earth houses! Hanna, Val and I saw one while wondering around on Salt Spring Island at the begining of May. Terra Firma is a company based on Salt Spring!
Dockside Green is being built here in Victoria, BC. It's a leading design for LEED Neighbourhood. The project is being done in a number of phases, with the first, Synergy completed and ready for moving in Feb '09.
Your house needs paint of course! An eco-house wouldn't use any smelly toxic regular paint - it would use Milk Paint! I just found out about Milk Paint this morning, a woman selling it called about being a vendor in the Green Living Expo this weekend.
Green building makes me happy. I want to be a home designer one day.
Heart!
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