Little House On A Small Planet

The essential guidebook to planning, building, renovating, and inhabiting an ecofriendly small house"I cannot recommend this book highly enough. For anyone who has ever dreamed of getting off the mortgage rat race and creating not just a house, but a cozy nest that fits--this is the book! Every page is an inspiration. . . . There is something here that will fit nearly every lifestyle."
--Janet Luhrs, author of The Simple Living Guide
"Salomon offers the savviest plan I've read for figuring out what house you really need. . . . Her questions have forced me to rethink so much."
--Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press
"Little House on a Small Planet is the emergency user's guide needed by humanity at this moment of global environmental crisis."
--Gregory Paul Johnson, President of the Small House Society
"The photographs alone are worth the price of this book. . . . [The] writing is clear, enjoyable, and inspiring."
--Jack Challem, best-selling author of Syndrome X Little House on a Small Planet is a guidebook and an invitation. With floor plans, photographs, advice, and anecdotes, this unique book asks and answers, "What fills a home when the excess is cut away, and how do we get there from here?" You'll discover how to:
- Build, remodel, redecorate, or just rethink your needs
- Think, sometimes literally, outside the box
- Live close and simple
- Apply spiritual and social solutions to your material desires