Earth She Laughed / Robert Francis Johnson --
Foreword / Albert Bates --
Introduction / Michael G. Smith --
Context for Natural Building --
Case for Natural Building / Michael G. Smith --
Importance of Housing Ourselves / Ianto Evans --
Natural Building and Social Justice / Robert Bolman --
Building As If the Future Matters / Ted Butchart --
Vernacular Architecture of the Desert / Jean-Louis Bourgeois --
Sustainability and the Building Codes / David Eisenberg --
Life Cycle Cost and Value of Four Houses / David A. Bainbridge --
Case for Caring Craftsmanship / Duncan MacMaster --
Designing for Vitality / Carol Venolia --
Intuitive Design / Linda Smiley --
Healthy House / Paula Baker-Laporte --
Responsive Design: Integrating the Spirit of Place with the Vision of Home / Susie Harrington --
Eighteen Design Principles to Make Square Feet Work Harder / Robert Gay --
Combining Natural Materials for Energy Efficiency / Catherine Wanek --
R-Value Comparison Chart --
Designing with the Sun / Susie Harrington --
Siting a Natural Building / Michael G. Smith --
Permaculture House / Peter Bane --
Regenerative Building: An Ecological Approach / Michael G. Smith --
Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities / Joseph F. Kennedy --
Natural Building Materials and Techniques --
Natural Building Materials: An Overview / Joseph F. Kennedy --
Natural Insulation / Joseph F. Kennedy and Michael G. Smith --
Foundations for Natural Buildings / Michael G. Smith --
Rubble Trench Foundations / Rob Tom --
Earthen Floors / Athena Steen and Bill Steen --
Tamped Road Base Floor / Frank Meyer --
Adobe Building / Paul G. McHenry --
Bamboo Construction / Darrel DeBoer --
Cob Building, Ancient and Modern / Michael G. Smith --
Compressed Earth Blocks / Wayne Nelson --
Cordwood Masonry: An Overview / Rob Roy --
Building with Earthbags / Joseph F. Kennedy --
Earthships: An Ecocentric Model / Jack Ehrhardt --
Digging In for Comfort / Kelly Hart --
Building with Hemp / Tom Woolley --
Light-Clay: An Introduction to German Clay Building Techniques / Frank Andresen --
Mechanizing Straw-Clay Production / Alfred von Bachmayr --
Paper Houses: Papercrete and Fidobe / Gordon Solberg --
Rammed Earth: From Pise to P.I.S.E. / Scott Grometer --
Stone Masonry / Michael G. Smith --
Straw Bale Building: Lessons Learned / Catherine Wanek --
Timber Framing: A Natural Building Form / Steve Chappell --
Wattle and Daub / Joseph F. Kennedy --
Roofs for Natural Building / Joseph F. Kennedy --
Green Roofs with Sod, Turf, or Straw / Paul Lacinski and Michel Bergeron --
Thatching Comes to America / Deanne Bednar --
Earth Plasters and Aliz / Carole Crews --
Working with Lime / Barbara Jones --
Natural Paints and Finishes / Joseph F. Kennedy --
Recovering from Waste: Using Recycled and Agricultural Materials / Dan Imhoff --
Building with the Sun: The Real Goods Solar Living Center / David Arkin --
From the Nile to the Rio Grande / Dick Doughty --
Elegant Solutions: The Work of Hassan Fathy / Simone Swan --
Earthbag-Papercrete House / Kelly Hart --
Clay, Straw, and Permaculture: Natural Building at P.I.N.C. / Toby Hemenway --
Earth Sweet Home Institute / Juliet Cuming and David Shaw --
Evolving a Village Vernacular: The Earthaven Experiment / Chuck Marsh --
Building with the Earth at Auroville / Satprem Maini --
Natural Building - A European Tradition / Catherine Wanek --