{"product_id":"9780865717770","title":"The EcoNest Home: Designing and Building a Light Straw Clay House","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuild your own beautiful, environmentally friendly, healthy natural home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis masterpiece is recommended to novices and experts respectively.\u003c\/i\u003e —Franz Volhard, architect, and author, Leichtlehmbau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn The EcoNest Home every aspect of creating a beautiful, sensible, and healthy home is explored and demonstrated with elegance and clarity. Filled with practical information… [this exceptional work] is at once informative, beautiful and inspiring.\u003c\/i\u003e —Martin Hammer, architect; co-author, \u003ci\u003eLight Straw-Clay and Strawbale Construction appendices in the International Residential Code\u003c\/i\u003e ; co-director, Builders Without Borders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn EcoNest is not just a home – it is a breathtakingly beautiful structure that nurtures health and embraces ecology, bringing together time-honored traditions and modern innovations for the best of both worlds. This unique approach to construction combines light straw clay, timber framing, earthen floors, natural plasters and other natural techniques with the principles of Building Biology to create a handcrafted living sanctuary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe EcoNest Home is a complete theoretical and practical guide for prospective designers and builders, including:\u003cbr\u003e• A detailed explanation of the nature-based science behind EcoNests\u003cbr\u003e• Fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions to guide you through construction\u003cbr\u003e• Dozens of inspiring photos of completed projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive North American resource on light straw clay construction, written by its leading proponents, The EcoNest Home is a must-read for anyone considering building their own healthy, affordable, environmentally friendly, natural home.\u003cbr\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn this remarkable book, Paula and Robert offer a radical paradigm shift worth seriously considering for better health and a more sustainable world!\u003c\/i\u003e —Cindy Mercer, co-founder, Planet Heritage Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA great new book for the ecological designer, builder and homeowner.\u003c\/i\u003e —Sukita Reay Crimmel, co-author, \u003ci\u003eEarthen Floors: A Modern Approach to an Ancient Practice\u003c\/i\u003e ; and developer, Claylin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Baker-Laporte and Robert Laporte are the creators of the EcoNest concept. Robert has built over 50 houses using the EcoNest system and has trained hundreds of professional builders and aspiring owner-builders in using the techniques. Paula has worked as the architect for the EcoNest Company for nearly two decades and is the primary author of \u003ci\u003ePrescriptions for a Healthy House\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, Mother Earth News is recommending select New Society Publishers books to its readers. This book is one of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018703126768,"sku":"9780865717770","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865717770_p0.jpg?v=1763830221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865717770","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}