Small House Style - small, simple, modular, prefab, modern, solar house plans and design

Weighing in at just over 800 square feet, this 2 level house with an open, loft-like plan is a dream. It is located in the historic city of Kromeriz in the southwest of the Czech Republic (in case you want to go and stare).

We recently came across the Sustainable Furniture Gurus blog. From the site: "This is a blog for vendors and retailers to join and learn how to take sustainable products from the forest floor to the showroom floor. It's going to take many "gurus" sharing their market experience to push the sustainable agenda along. We consider ourselves a facilitator of those discussions."

This fast-paced, almost* fact-filled, and most importantly, SIMPLE look at the materials economy is a must see for anyone interested in or concerned with the connections between environmental and social issues and creating a more sustainable and just world. Some gentle doom and gloom at the beginning but the end is where it is at - we can fix this thing and many people are working hard to ...