[Cob] magazine?

[Robin Jury]

One magazine that keeps things real about homebuilding is the Aussie 
magazine "The Owner Builder" http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au
Covers a broad range of techniques, including mud bricks, cob etc. It is 
inspirational what many ordinary people can achieve when they set their 
mind to it. Well printed, without being a "glossy".





Amanda Peck wrote:
> 
> 
> Open to suggestion here!
> 
> Nothing specific I know of on cob.  So these are really general.
> 
> A couple of ezines or blogs.
> 
> One from Texas--if you go to the wolf page, you'll hear a howl that 
> terrified one of my cats.
> 
> http://www.rebelwolf.com
> 
> And Kelly Hart's:
> 
> http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/weblog/archive/2004_12_01_archive.htm
> 
> And in print
> 
> Countryside has bad paper, reports from thems that are doing it, often 
> bad pictures.  But they love an acquaintance, he gets published every 
> year or so--his pictures aren't bad, getting better, too.  And there's 
> something very similar that has a guns for self-defense column, although 
> it's columnist based.
> 
> Mother Earth News has better photographs, better written, generally.  
> But it had a bad reputation for a while at least. (S E L L O U T)
> 
> Home Power seems to be catering now to people who can do $60,000+ 
> cogeneration (or really high-end off-grid) systems.  (There's lots and 
> lots of tax incentives to sell electricity back to the grid.  
> Unfortunately this may make  PV out of reach for those who want a small 
> independent system--already there's a pretty serious shortage of panels, 
> and prices are going up in step with the tax incentives)
> 
> I generally do get Natural Home, and the Taunton Press version Inspired 
> Home  (it could be the other way round) as well as the others, because 
> the pictures in those two are so nice, and I occasionally find ads for 
> things I'm looking for sources for.  And every once in a while an 
> article IS good.
> 
> One of these days I may get up enough energy to actually subscribe to 
> the British Permaculture magazine, articles have been all over the place 
> in this one,from cob to farming in Kenya or some nearby country.  Ah, 
> you can subscribe on-line (occasionally a not-too-distant bookstore has 
> it in stock):
> 
> http://www.permaculture.co.uk/PP/About.html
> ..........
> Carmen asks
> So, is there a magazine for the rest of us? :)
> 
> 
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