The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

The home, an essential part of the American dream, has been beset by troubles since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007. Whether from an unstable housing economy, ever-rising energy costs, or the environmental ruin of urban sprawl, the origin and variety of these assaults can be bewildering. Surprisingly, some of the answers to many of these modern-day troubles lie in some of humanity s most ancient building techniques. Earth-sheltered building has existed since the heyday of Skara...