{"product_id":"sustainable-compromises-a-yurt-a-straw-bale-house-and-ecological-living-paperback","title":"Sustainable Compromises: A Yurt, a Straw Bale House, and Ecological Living - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Boye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd built in New Mexico. Thirty-five years later, he decided to try again. This time, with an idealism tempered by experience and practical considerations, Boye and his wife constructed an off-the-grid, energy-efficient, straw bale house in Vermont. \u003cem\u003eSustainable Compromises\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles these two remarkable attempts to live simply in two disparate American eras. Writing with hard-won authority and humor, Boye takes up the \"how-to\" practicalities of \"building green,\" from finances to nuts and bolts to strains on friends and family. With \u003cem\u003eWalden\u003c\/em\u003e as a historical and philosophical touchstone and his own experience as a practical guide, he also explores the ethical and environmental concerns that have framed such undertakings from Thoreau's day to our own. A firsthand account of the pleasures and pitfalls of living simply, his book is a deeply informed and engaging reflection on what sustainability really means--in personal, communal, ethical, and environmental terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His most recent book is \u003cem\u003eTales from the Journey of the Dead: Ten Thousand Years on an American Desert\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eTales from the Journey of the Dead: Ten Thousand Years on an American Desert\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.08 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985739776301,"sku":"9780803264878","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UkdEVFdLSmh2RDdCZ2RpTjJEK0xtZz09.webp?v=1776138770","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sustainable-compromises-a-yurt-a-straw-bale-house-and-ecological-living-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}