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An ecohouse (or eco home) is an environmentally low-impact home designed and built using materials and technology that reduces its carbon footprint and lowers its energy needs.
This includes:
Glass that has two or three layers with gas in between to prevent heat loss
Solar panels
Geothermal heating and growing plants on the roof to regulate temperature, quieten the house, and to produce oxygen
A wind turbine for when there is wind, and a battery if not
Eco Home Studio
ECO-HOMES + COMMUNITIES
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Eco-Friendly Tiny House Styles
by Mollie McGee It’s a growing world we live in. Houses are bigger, cars are bigger–there’s this misconception that bigger means better. I’m here to tell you this is simply not the case. When we live in houses that are bigger than what we need, we end up creating massive waste. When we drive seven-seater … Continue reading Eco-Friendly Tiny House Styles
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Eco-Homes for all: Why the socio-cultural matters in encouraging eco-building
Introduction Self-build homes come in all shapes and sizes and are driven by a variety of intentions. Different budgets, environments and regulations shape them. I am particularly interested in those who collectively self-build homes based on ecological principles and within a small budget – self-build eco-homes often in eco-communities[i]. These homes are especially interesting because … Continue reading Eco-Homes for all: Why the socio-cultural matters in encouraging eco-building
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Help sheets on how to do community builds
We have produced 2 help sheets for those interested in building in a community. The first ins how how to find a site and the second are key lessons learnt from existing projects’ successes and failures. Please feel free to use and share. by Jenny Pickerill and Ruth Hayward
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Who builds the houses? Gender in eco-communities
Most houses in eco-communities are built by men. This article explores why this matters and some ways that women have started to reclaim the task of building their own homes. Gender is just one form of difference between us; we also differentiate ourselves by race, class, sexuality, size, and many other markers. But when it … Continue reading Who builds the houses? Gender in eco-communities
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Building community and learning from failure
Many of us have dreamed of living in community but have struggled to know where to start. You can read all the books out there and still flounder. Having both explored the possibilities of starting a community we feared that we were repeating the same mistakes others had already made. Despite a long tradition of … Continue reading Building community and learning from failure
Ecology Center
Ecology Center
07 March 2021
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Sustainability is Key: Learning from Gardening with Lori “CompostGal” Caldwell
Lori Caldwell is one of the skilled sustainable gardening and landscaping class instructors we are lucky to partner with at the Ecology Center. She has taught classes on composting, container gardening, re-use culture in the garden, and so much more.… Read more »
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Biden Turns Up the Heat to Lower Global Warming: Key Takeaways of Biden’s Action Plan for the Climate Crisis
Photo Credit: Doug Mills, New York Times On his first full day in office President Biden recommitted the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, promptly halted the Keystone Pipeline, and ordered a review and reinstatement of over one hundred… Read more »
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11 Black Climate Activists You Should Know and Support
One of the many ways climate change takes form is through environmental injustice, infiltrating communities globally, affecting the quality of our air, water, and right to occupy land. These injustices disproportionately affect communities of color, a phenomenon that has been… Read more »
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Late Winter: A Pruner’s Best Season
This article was written by James Hosley of the Ecology Center Help Desk. Photo from Tree Pruning Workshop at EcoHouse Why We Prune: The purpose of pruning is to shape trees or woody shrubs, so that they are healthier and… Read more »
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What Can I Drop off at the Berkeley Recycling Center?
If you are a Berkeley Resident, you wheel out your recycling carts to the curb each week where it is collected for processing by the Ecology Center or the City of Berkeley. Our trucks transport and empty your recycling at… Read more »