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Articles and Books1. Books we suggest reading2. Other articles and sites we suggest reading 3. Articles that featured our work 1. Books that will help anyone interested in earthen construction for a project or for life work Natural Remodeling for the Not So Green House - Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner - Lark Books The Hand Sculpted House - Evans, Smith, Smiley - Chelsea Green Publishing Co. Building Green - Clarke Snell and Tim Ballahan - Lark Books Introduction to Permaculture - Bill Mollison - Tagari Build Your Own Earth Oven - Kiko Denzer - Hand Print Press 2. Check these out! Dirt exposure 'boosts happiness' The National Green Building Standard, known as ICC-700, was approved on January 29 as an American National Standard. Capturing Energy with Thermal Mass The Architecture 2030 Challenge The Living Building Challenge How To Choose a Green Architect/Contractor 3. Articles that featured our work! SF Gate Home of the San Francisco Chronicle Houzz Tour: Designed for Harmony with the Land A beautiful home we installed an earthen floor in. Sebastopol, Sukita's hometown. Alison Aves Daily Journal of Commerce - The Business of Building "Oregon Tradeswomen make earthen floor" See the slide show of the workshop. Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., had us install an earthen floor, we did it as an earthen floor installation training workshop. March, April 2010 Dan Carter Planet Green Renovation Nation See the slide show of the 'Locally Grown' episode of Renovation Nation. Steve Thomas travels to Portland, Oregon, to have a look at the Granger family's renovation, which includes an earthen floor installed by From These Hands. October, 2009 Renovation Nation The Living Shelter Cafe Sukita talks about earthen floors on the radio, interview with Terry K. Phelan on The Living Shelter Cafe This is an MP3 player, it's loud at first! 1/27/09 - Earth-based Finishes for Existing Structures You can check out other interviews with Terry on her site! Portland Spaces "Collectively Green" Zack Dundas Feb/Mar 2009 The Oregonian In a transformed garage, an artist and a writer revive the Italian art of pupperteering January, 2009 Ruth Mullen Portland Spaces "Down Home Dirty Work Laying an earthen floor is smart for the environment, plus it's soft, warm, and colorful underfoot" Jackie D'Antonio May 2008 Oregon Home's Green Living
June, 2007Greener as they go J.B. Rabin Oregon Home's website The Oregonian "Structural Integrity Sustainability expert Mike O'Brien builds his dream house" 17, May 2007 Ruth Mullen Willamette Week Sustainable Mud 18, April 2007 Laura Shinn Portland Tribune Dig It 23, March 2007 Rebecca Ragin The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce "New green floor product is actually brown: mud" 28, February 2007 Katie Zemtseff Portland Business Journal "Prove your eco-credentials with a nice, new dirt floor " 23, February 2007 Matthew Kish The New York Times "Down and Dirty" 9, February 2007 David Gelles |