We must design our homes and communities in NEW ways -- ways that do not exhaust the resources of the earth, lead to alienation, create great disparity between the rich and the poor, and destroy the planet through global warming. This site is simply a listing of resources that may help in this quest.

My Chinese friend, Jin Fei Bao, lives in a small lovely apartment (seven-story walk-up) in a huge complex in downtown Kunming. He's dreaming of the day he can move to a luxury condominium, now under construction, to the north of Kunming. In Confessions of a Country Architect Don Metz consults a client: "... the Greenest approach to building is not to build at all -- or most ironically of all, to live in a city .... (with) public transportation, multi-family housing -- schools and shopping within walking distance.

Some inspirational simple designs

My Ideal House

"Affordable by Design" (good ideas; good resources) from (enviro-link.org)

Earth Healing: Fifty Possible Ways to Challenge Over-Commercialism

National Affordable Housing Network

Habitat For Humanity and other Useful Links

Open Architecture Network

A High-Performance House Plan for Cold Climates

The Small House Society

Here is an inspiration!