Green Building Press - Information and publications to help you create healthy and ecological homes and buildings. Sustainable Development Commission is the UK Government's independent watchdog on sustainable development, reporting to the Prime Minister and the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales. They have 100s of examples of green housing developments, sustainable transport, waste, procurement and clean energy projects from 70 independent contributors across the UK. Malcolm Wells is arguably the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture. He has done more to promote gentle building, energy conservation, and treading lightly on this earth, than any other proponent of geotecture, terratecture, or whatever you want to call earth-sheltered architecture. Little Houses is a forum for discussing building and dwelling in living spaces, smaller than typically built today. Whether you will be building your home, remodeling or downsizing, this is the best place to share your housing related thoughts. Currently (May 2007) the group has around 1600 members. Organic Architecture building using super cheap natural and recycled materials like: adobe, cob, papercrete, sawdust, reeds, stone, tire walls, strawbales, poles, bamboo, thatch, turf, and the recycling of materials like used power poles and glass bottles. Currently (May 2007) the group has over 2300 members. Living in Paper is a detailed, up-to-date source of information about using waste paper for affordable, sustainable housing. Given the skyrocketing costs, and the pressing need for homes, it is just a matter of time before waste paper will begin to take its place as an acceptable and even desirable residential construction material. Since 1998, Kleiwerks International has reached thousands of people around the world. We are currently seeking support as we continue promoting social transformation and ecological regeneration through natural building and whole-systems solutions. Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It is part of the Wikimedia Foundation Group the non-profit organization with the goal of providing free knowledge. The information is contributed and edited by a community of people with experience in the topic. This is the earth sheltered homes section. The British Earth Sheltered Association is a non-profit making organisation aiming to encourage the design and construction of Earth Sheltered Buildings in the United Kingdom. Ancient Earth School of Natural Building is an organization dedicated to experiential education through building sustainable structures with natural materials. The Hollies is a development centre for training in Practical Sustainability. They aim to create working examples of what a sustainable society might look like in the areas of agriculture, housing, energy, gardening, economics and community development.