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Jack Ehrhardt

June 29, 2012 By admin

Going Quiet Kingman, Arizona · By Charlie Laurel Jack Ehrhardt and his contracting company, ACE Builders, built the first “Earthship” in Arizona for a client in Dewey in the early 1990s. An Earthship is a self-sustaining, passive solar home made from used tires packed with dirt, cans, bottles, and other discards. The home was designed […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Children, Families and Learning, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Lifelong Learning, Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, Reused Materials, Solar, SW book, Wind

The Hogan Project

June 29, 2012 By admin

Reconnecting the People and the Forest Cameron, Arizona · By Peter Friederici and Roberto Nutlouis From most of the western Navajo Nation, in north-central Arizona, the diamond summits of the San Francisco Peaks are landmarks on the horizon. To the Diné, as the Navajo call themselves, the Peaks are one of the four sacred mountains […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Green or Natural Building/architecture, SW book

Charlie Laurel and Margaret Spilke

June 29, 2012 By admin

Way off the Grid Alpine Ranches, Arizona · By Ashley Rood and Rose Houk The name “Earthship” might raise the question whether the alternative home design this word refers to is something of this world or perhaps the next adventure into space. In fact, these homes are quite earthbound and represent a self-sustaining, self-determined masterpiece […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Green Products, Reused Materials, Reused/Recycled Materials, SW book

Susie Harrington and w/Gaia Design

June 29, 2012 By admin

Designing from the Outside In Moab, Utah · By Roger Clark Susie Harrington sits cross-legged on the floor of her living room, which doubles as a yoga studio. “Buildings consume approximately one-half of the energy in this country,” she says, then pauses, allowing her group of visitors to write notes. “One of my goals is […]

Filed Under: Adobe, Business - self, Children, Families and Learning, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Education Programs, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Passive Solar Design, Strawbale, SW book, Utah

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