Suggested reading:
1. A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder by Michael Pollan
2. The Not So Big House (a series of books on building and landscaping to the human scale), by Sara Susanka
3. Ritual House: Drawing on Nature’s Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design by Ralph Knowles
4. The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken
5.Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
6. Affordable Home Design: Innovations and Renovations by Martha Torres
7. The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options (Chelsea Green Guides for Homeowners)
8. The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture by Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne
9. Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) by Bob Ramlow and Benjamin Nusz
10. Redux by Jennifer Roberts
11. Sustainable Architecture White Pages: Earth Pledge Series on Sustainable Development
House as a Symbol of Self by Carl Jung
Suggested films:
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Building with Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home
3. Kilowatt Ours
4. Blue Vinyl
5. The Charcoal People of Brazil Vanguard Films