The Yurt: Low-Cost Home
Presents the yurt as a low-cost housing option with practical lessons for simple and adaptable shelter design.
Formal research materials including technical papers, reports, and studies that present documented findings, analysis, and outcomes related to ASPI’s work.
Presents the yurt as a low-cost housing option with practical lessons for simple and adaptable shelter design.
Describes breadbox solar water heaters as a simple technology for heating household water with solar energy.
Discusses strategies for promoting appropriate technology in ways that support community education and adoption.
Shows how landscaping with edibles can combine food production with practical home and site design.
Examines Appalachian chip mills and their implications for forest resources, land use, and local communities.
Presents an energy policy statement that frames renewable energy and conservation as priorities for healthier communities.
Highlights heirloom apples in Central Appalachia as an important part of regional food heritage and biodiversity.
Introduces cordwood building methods as an affordable natural building approach using local materials.
Introduces solar photovoltaics as a practical renewable energy technology for small-scale applications.
Encourages naturalizing the backyard through landscaping choices that support habitat and ecological health.
Explores wood waste utilization as a way to reduce waste and make better use of local material resources.
Promotes backyard gardens as a practical way to strengthen household food production and self-reliance.
Explores ecotourism in Appalachia as a way to connect conservation, local culture, and sustainable economic activity.
Examines kudzu in Appalachia as an invasive plant issue with ecological and land-management implications.
Explores exotic plants in Appalachia and their effects on native landscapes and ecological balance.