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Sun, Wind and Straw: A recipe for Success

by TreeHugger on 04.22.05
Design & Architecture

straw2.jpgHere is a nice little pile to celebrate Earth Day in. Glen Hunter and Joanne Sokolowski have built a post and beam home with straw bale walls, passive solar heating and no electricity. And this is no less is more entry-they have it all, everything except a clothes dryer. Treehugger likes Glen's attitude towards interiors- the walls are made out of book-cases and other elements that can move as needs change-"We built a 100-year house, not a 20-year tract home." ::Globe and Mail by [LA]

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Glen's site: http://glenhunter.ca/

jump to top Tyler says:

"No electrcity?" Not hardly - and a statement that might mislead people into thinking this is more of a privation than it is...

jump to top Colin says:

I phrased that poorly. I meant no connection to to the electricity grid- they have lots of electricity.

jump to top LA says:
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