• A Cutting-Edge Architect’s Eco-Friendly Home

Peak Moment 86: As an organizer in the American Institute of Architects, Chris Stafford has long promoted sustainable design. As a natural builder, he worked with straw bale and clay in Greece and Saudi Arabia. For his Port Townsend home, he considered site, size, materials and energy. The 1500 sq. ft home uses mostly non-toxic materials (and fewer of them), foam insulation, metal roofing, solar hot water for space heating, photovoltaics for electricity, and an innovative rainwater collector for landscape irrigation.

• Our eco friendly home

• THE PRODUCE GARDEN-10 ways for a more eco friendly home, 1-5

Reducing our carbon footprint starts at home, here’s a few tips for you to try. It’s up to us!

• THE PRODUCE GARDEN-10 ways for a more eco friendly home, 6-1

• Bamboo in Eco-Friendly Homes

Live before a studio audience, Robin Wilson of Robin Wilson Home explains how to utilize eco-friendly bamboo in your home from the flooring to the countertops to your clothing.

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