{"id":8450,"date":"2010-08-19T13:09:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2010-08-19T13:09:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T18:09:40","slug":"dancing-rabbit-cob-house-yes-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/dancing-rabbit-cob-house-yes-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Rabbit Cob House Featured in YES! Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"
ziggy’s now getting attention from the print media: YES!<\/a><\/em> magazine<\/a> not only has an article on the cob house<\/a> in its current issue<\/a>, but also features a photo of it on the cover (shown above). They’ve also published a slide show<\/a> of the building process on their site. While ziggy’s house is fairly simple (no power, for instance… he chose to live without electricity), it’s also a testament to the notion that building doesn’t have to involve professional contractors… you can do it yourself.<\/p>\n Tempted to give it a shot? If you’d like some training before delving into your own structures, Dancing Rabbit offers work exchange opportunities<\/a>, and even green building jobs<\/a>, for folks ready to try their hand at building with earth, straw, and salvaged materials.<\/p>\n Living without electricity may be a bit radical for you… but you can power your home with <\/em>renewable energy<\/em><\/a>. Check out our current listings of <\/em>solar panels<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>vertical axis wind turbines<\/em><\/a>, and complete home <\/em>solar power systems<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Image credit: <\/strong>YES! <\/a><\/em>Magazine<\/a> via The Year of Mud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every dreamed of building your own house? By hand? With natural building materials and techniques? It’s a task many of us would shy away from, but our own ziggy did [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":17656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,2],"tags":[4580,4132,2708,4163,4581,4582],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEvery dreamed of building your own house? By hand? With natural building<\/a> materials and techniques? It’s a task many of us would shy away from, but our own ziggy<\/a> did just that at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage<\/a>… for a mere $3000. And, despite a lack of building experience, the finished product is not only functional, but gorgeous… I’ve seen it in person, and many sites have featured pictures of ziggy’s cob house.<\/p>\n