Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Designing for green living; Chapter 2 Choosing your criteria; Chapter 3 Taking stock; Chapter 4 Planning for change; Chapter 5 Getting started; Chapter 6 Sustainable systems; Chapter 7 Green building options; Chapter 8 Choosing interiors; walls, windows and doors; Chapter 9 Choosing interiors; floors; Chapter 10 Personal style and decoration; Natural Resources; Glossary.

About the Author

DAVID PEARSON IS AN ARCHITECT AND PLANNER WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE FIELDS OF ECOLOGICAL DESIGN AND INNER CITY AND NEW COMMUNITY HOUSING FOR MOST OF HIS WORKING LIFE BOTH IN BRITAIN AND THE USA. HE IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF GAIA INTERNATIONAL, AN INNOVATIVE GROUP OF ECO-ARCHITECTS WHO COLLABORATE IN COMPETITIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL EVENTS WORLDWIDE. HIS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOKS INCLUDE THE NATURAL HOUSE BOOK (SOLD OVER 300,000 COPIES IN 10 LANGUAGES), NEW ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE: THE BREAKING WAVETHE NATURAL HOUSE CATALOG, AND THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT SERIES.