Sustainable Compromises: A Yurt, a Straw Bale House, and Ecological Living

by Alan Boye

Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd built in New Mexico. Thirty-five years later, he decided to try again. This time, with an idealism tempered by experience and practical considerations, Boye and his wife constructed an off-the-grid,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803264879
• ISBN13: 9780803264878
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"