Eco-Friendly Building:

"Eco-Friendly Building " is an umbrella term than connotes any sort of building that is accomplished with the use of natural materials primarily, as opposed to the use of man-made or industrial materials. There is, of course, a blurring of this distinction when any specific material or building technique is examined, because the influence of technology is all-pervasive in today's world. Still, it is worthwhile to focus on those ways of building that minimize the use of products that require considerable embodied energy for their manufacture or transportation. The objective is to build with simple techniques that don't further pollute the environment, consume more fossil fuel, or unnecessarily extract the resources of Mother Earth. Such techniques, by their very nature, have an aesthetic value that tends to blend in with the environment and "feel" natural.

Green Building Materials List
- Within is a very nice overview of what green materials are, as well as descriptions of several types.

Eco-Friendly Building Resources
- A slew of links to green resources, including a few national links and a ton of local links available to make it easy to determine exactly what you need to do to make your living/working situation as eco-friendly as possible.