Ecological Building

Evolve to Ecology explores some resources here for people researching how to build an ecological home or community center or school. We also see sustainability being intergrated into the blueprint of a new economy and society and much of what we do is about moving towards that, we have our own consultants on ecological building and we can be contacted regarding eco-village projects or private ecological house building.

Check out First Earth which was a documentary with the aim of filming and photographing as many ecological cob/adobe housing designs as possible. First Earth is a documentary about the movement towards a massive paradigm shift for shelter -- building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the very earth itself, and living together like in the old days, by recreating villages. It is a sprawling film, shot on location from the West Coast to West Africa. An audiovisual manifesto filmed over the course of 4 years and 4 continents, First Earth makes the case that earthen homes are the healthiest housing in the world; and that since it still takes a village to raise a healthy child, it is incumbent upon us to transform our suburban sprawl into eco-villages.''

Adobe & Cob built designs Thanks to the research of David Sheen of First Earth. Go to ' I Love Cob' for even more cool pictures of Cob Structures

a sustainabile economy blueprint

The root of all ecological crisis is how we are managing the economy and capitilism, we need to factor in an economy that functions withint the limits of the Earth's Natural Carrying Capacity. This is a brilliant diagram giving new solutions and a blueprint to a more sustainable society. From Nooventures-mind ventures in the Quest for a Life-Sustainaing Civilization Design

Brazil's ECO-VILLAGES

Simon Dale Eco houses

Another source of ecological housing is european based Simon Dale's woodland housing designs can be made with natural materials for less than 5K

To Build A VILLAGE - OPEN SOURCE ECOLOGY

sTRAW bALE BUILDINGS

eARTH BAG BUILDING

eCO dOME bUILDING, CALEARTH.ORG

dO IT YOURSELF SOLAR PANELS

eLECTRICAL WIRING OF SOLAR PANELS

uSEFUL LINKS AND FURTHER RESEARCH

Visit the Earthships website, tall their constructions are made out of recycled tyres, great for earthquake areas, this organization have built eco-homes in areas that have suffered environmental disasters such as Haiti, China and Africa.

Opem Source Ecology and Global Village

Geodome Asembly

Mayan School built out of Recycled Tyres

By Example Solar Shower

How to Build a Compost Toilet

Solar Ovens

Building out of Recycled Bottles

Interior Designs using found or recycled objects

Solar Homes Built From Recycled Materials

Wholesale Solar