Green Building Press (www.newbuilder.co.uk) - Information and publications to help you create healthy and ecological homes and buildings.
Permanent Publications (www.permaculture.co.uk) - An independent publisher, set-up in 1990. It publishes books which encourage people to live a more healthy, self-reliant and ecologically sound way of life. Their inspirational authors include Ben Law (the self-build woodsman who appeared on Channel 4's Grand Designs) and Patrick Whitefield (who was seen on the BBC2 TV series It's Not Easy Being Green). They also publish Permaculture Magazine and produce The Green Shopping Catalogue (www.green-shopping.co.uk). Recent winners of the Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) category at the 2007 National Energy Efficiency awards
Self-build (www.self-build.co.uk) - Build It magazine and Build It exhibitions, catering for those who want to create their dream home from scratch or transform an existing property by renovating or converting. Featured on the site are case studies, self-build features and information, product listings and useful links.
Self Build & Design Magazine (www.selfbuildanddesign.com) Are you thinking about self-build? Struggling to know how to start? Where can I find a plot? This magazine addresses all these questions and more. Check out their website or pick up their magazine at the newsagents. HHP along with other UK earth-shelter developments featured in the December '05' issue – "We take an in depth look at the whole concept of earth sheltered housing, and find that rather than being for the fanatics, it is being pursued by perfectly normal, intelligent people – not those you would expect to bury their head in the sand".
