The Tiny Life
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Ryan Mitchell's long-running tiny house blog covering build costs, zoning and parking rules, composting toilets, and downsizing. Readers can estimate what a small dwelling actually costs and what legal obstacles apply before committing to one.
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The Zero Waste Home
Johnson describes the five-step method (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) her family used to cut household waste to a jar a year, with room-by-room substitutions readers can apply immediately.
zerowastehome.com
The official site for Bea Johnson’s Zero Waste Home, offering practical tips, guides, and resources to reduce waste in daily life. It features blog posts, actionable how-tos, and information about the Zero Waste Home book and speaking engagements.
Build It Solar
Gary Reysa's archive of free, tested plans for solar water heating, solar space heating, PV, and home insulation retrofits, with measured performance data and costs. Readers can select and build a project suited to their climate.
Treehugger
Sustainability news site publishing explainers and how-to guides on home energy, waste reduction, green materials and climate policy, with sourced reporting. Useful for tracking developments and finding practical starting points for household changes.
The Sustainable Home
Liu works room by room through small projects — refillable cleaners, low-water plant care, mended textiles, less plastic — aimed at renters and apartment dwellers. Readers get concrete substitutions that require no renovation or ownership of the home.