I remember a quote from Michael Reynolds, the architect guru of the Earthship, when he said that tires and tin cans were the greatest natural resource of the twentieth century. Well, we are in the twenty-first and there is still plenty of “stuff” for the taking. Plenty. I love stories like these: “Aside from the wiring, plumbing, lights and some store-bought rocks for the indoor fireplace, the home is built almost entirely from salvaged materials—which Guy much prefers. “A hundred years ago, they used bigger, older trees. It was heart pine—a harder pine, and a better cut of tree,” he says. The Baker family built the house without plans or blueprints, following only a vision in Guy’s head. When it was finished, the family loved it so much that they made it their permanent home—despite its relatively small size for a family of five.” Read the rest…