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1 review
Nick Grant, Mark Moodie, ...

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2001

Great wastewater alternatives overview, esp. for the UK
This is a good way to get acquainted with some alternatives to conventional septic systems. It's terminology and other information is more geared to Britain, so North American readers might find it is not as directly helpful as they'd like, but the easy-to-read format makes it a good addition to designers' collections.

Out of the Woods

1 review
Benedicte Foo

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2001

Best Segal self-build book
This is the best book on the Segal style of self-building popular in the UK. There are three elements to the Segal movement: A practical building method for light wood frame buildings; An ecological approach to building; A track record of owner built communities. This book sticks mostly to the buildings. Segal built houses are essentially stick buildings made up of ring frames, raised like the ...

The Energy Saving House (New Futures)
Thierry Salomon, Stephane Bedel

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2002

Lifting the Lid
Peter Harper, Louise Halestrap

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2001

The Water Book
Judith Thornton

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2006

The Little Book of Slugs

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2003

"A perfect stocking filler for any gardener . . . funny and entertaining as well as very useful."- Garden News The Little Book of Slugs arose out of the Centre for Alternative Technology's Bug-the-Slug campaign. It collects over seventy different organic solutions to the slug problem, distilled from over three hundred professional and leisure gardeners. As well as organic methods to combat the slug, it includes details of slug lifestyles, ...

Windpower Workshop

5 reviews
Hugh Piggott

Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2001

An Absolute Must-Have For Windmill Enthusiasts
This book contains real practicality, not just empty theory. Talk about "put your money where your mouth is" - Hugh lives on a remote spit of land in Northern Scotland that doesn't even have roads, much less access to the power grid. If necessity is the mother of invention, there's good reason why he was highly motivated to develop the kinds of simple airfoils and low speed alternator ...