A lot of people are wearing T-shirts that say on the front “Same Same” and on the back “But Different.” Saw a guy in Bangkok whose T-shirt read “No Money No Honey.” There are some nice looking yellow T-shirts with a red star. Just about every male trekker wears cargo shorts, with baggy pockets. The backpackers have huge amounts of stuff. I lightened up drastically, shipping about 13 pounds home, leaving books behind. Now I’m pretty mobile, can walk for a few miles with all my stuff…
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The Barefoot Architect
By Johan van Lengen
A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, including design (siting, orientation, climate consideration), materials (adobe, cob, bamboo), and construction. Inexpensive and sustainable methods – including sections about small-scale energy production, pumping, cleaning and storing drinking water, and dealing with septic waste. Hundreds of explanatory drawings by van Lengen allow even novice builders to get started.
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The Barefoot Architect
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The Septic System Owner’s Manual
By Lloyd Kahn
How they work, how to maintain them, what to do if things go wrong. The latest info on new products and techniques. Simple, clear, informative. Plus great drawings by "VW Idiot Book" artist Peter Aschwanden.
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The Septic System Owner’s Manual
By Lloyd Kahn
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Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter
by Lloyd Kahn
Building on the enormous success of the original Shelter, Lloyd Kahn continues his odyssey of finding and exploring the most magnificent and unusual hand-built houses in existence. Among the intriguing domiciles described in Home Work are a Japanese-style stilt house accessible only by a cable across a river; a stone house in a South African valley whose roof serves as a baboon trampoline; multi-level treehouses on the South China Sea; and a bottle house in the Nevada desert. Over 1500 photos illustrate various innovative architectural styles and natural building materials that have gained popularity in the last two decades such as cob, papercrete, bamboo, adobe, strawbale, timber framing, and earthbags.
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by Lloyd Kahn
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Shelter
Edited by Lloyd Kahn
Our classic namesake book from 1973, with over 1000 photos of amazing handbuilt shelters: huts, tents, domes, yurts, caves, barns, houseboats, treehouses, sheds, and much, very much more.
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Edited by Lloyd Kahn
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Wonderful Houses Around the World
By Yoshio Kumatso
Photos of homes in Mongolia, China, Indonesia, India, Romania, Tunisia, Spain, Togo, Senegal, and Bolivia, along with colorfully colored illustrations of each home, make this a wonderful book for children.
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By Yoshio Kumatso
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Mongolian Cloud Houses
By Dan Frank Kuehn
How to build a yurt, using natural, low-cost materials. Clear step-by-step illustrations. Many yurt resources for materials, supplies, ready-made yurts.
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By Dan Frank Kuehn
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Stretching:
20th Anniversary Revised Edition
By Bob Anderson
We wrote the book on stretching. This is the one your doctor, chiropractor, and best friend all told you about. Easy, people-friendly exercises. Three million copies sold in 28 languages.
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20th Anniversary Revised Edition
By Bob Anderson
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1 comment:
Would be nice Lloyd if you would post a list of what you will take on your nest trip (and what you took on the last trip that was useless). Now that we have to carry cameras and laptops it's getting more difficult travel with a managable load....
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