The Natural House

The Natural House By Daniel D. Chiras. Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient Environmental Homes. This extraordinary book explores environmentally sound natural building methods. The central section of the book is devoted to varied methods for constructing sustainable housing: rammed earth, straw bale, earthships, adobe, cob, and stone. Chiras is an unabashed advocate of these new technologies, yet he openly addresses the pitfalls of each, while exposing the principles that make them really work for natural, humane living. 469 pages, paperback. USA.