Visit the websites below and spend some time going through their resources. Think about the questions posed at the bottom of this page. Participate in the threaded discussion.

Resources - Look at at least two of these in depth.

Sustainable Building Sourcebook
http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/

What is a sustainable home?
http://www.wwf.org.uk/sustainablehomes/sushome.asp

Autonomous and Sustainable Housing, Inc.
http://www.ecobuildings.net/index.php

Iowa DNR Sustainable Design
http://www.sustainableiowa.org/

RealGoods - Products for an Ecologically Sustainable Future
http://www.realgoods.com/

Reading Assignments
Read Hawken: Chapters 5 to 6 and/or Creighton: Chapters 4.

Look at some of these:

http://www.deepplanet.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=25 

http://www.ecohome.com/hernikl/index.html 

http://www.sci-scotland.org.uk/whatis_earthship.pdf 

http://www.ecolivingcenter.com/directory/ecohomes/#ecohomes 

http://www.dreamgreenhomes.com/index.htm 

http://www.buildingwithawareness.com/ 

http://www.buildingwithawareness.com/house1.html 

http://www.buildingwithawareness.com/Picturetour1.html

http://hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/96/960310.html 

http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Articles/earth-ship.html 

Lesson Description
This Module is an overview of sustainability and pollution prevention at home. It is intended to raise questions such as:

What types of things can we be doing as individuals to begin the transformation to a more sustainable society?

What barriers stand in the way of these changes?