Documents Tagged ‘ecology’
Urban farms in the East Bay today
Archive Entry Date: c. 2020
A list of contemporary urban farms in the East Bay
The Integral Urban House: Then and Now
Archive Entry Date: 6/1/2015
How the Integral Urban House met its demise
The Integral Urban Neighborhood
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
From the visionaries behind the IUH: how to create an integral urban neighborhood
Some Other Animals for Urban Backyards
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
A book excerpt teaches the burgeoning homesteader how to raise bees and fish in their backyard
Introduction to The Integral Urban House
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
Sim Van der Ryn's introduction to the instruction manual and guide to the Integral Urban House
Beginnings: why an integral urban house?
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
Amidst a polluted and industrialized world, a new form of ecological living emerged
The Ultimate City Garden
Archive Entry Date: 1978
The Time-Life Gardening Yearbook covered daily life at the IUH in glowing color
City Lot a Test in Creative Living
Archive Entry Date: 12/08/1977
A local Illinois paper reported on the Integral Urban House, 2,000 miles away from Berkeley
Urban Homesteading: the Integral Urban House
Archive Entry Date: 11/1976
Mother Earth News offered sympathetic and detailed coverage of the IUH
Green Revelations: Arcology and Gardening
Archive Entry Date: 7/2/1976
Visions of the future from two visiting speakers at UC Berkeley
Berkeley’s Model Home: Urban Self-Sufficiency
Archive Entry Date: 09/19/1975
The Berkeley Barb brought the reader on a mini-tour of the IUH's solar collector and fish pond
Public tour in front of the house’s entrance
Archive Entry Date: c. 1975
Crowds came from far and wide to learn about the impressive IUH
Public tour at the chicken coops
Archive Entry Date: c. 1975
People of all ages flocked to see the resident chickens and rabbits at the IUH
People around a table, watching a wood-carving demonstration
Archive Entry Date: c. 1975
Men and women dressed in everyday clothes, ready to learn new skills
An Organic House Grows in Berkeley
Archive Entry Date: 3/4/1975
The Daily Cal chronicled, skeptically, the construction of the Integral Urban House
The Integral Urban House under construction
Archive Entry Date: c. 1975
A view of the lush backyard garden and half-finished Integral Urban House
The shop in the former garage
Archive Entry Date: c. 1975
A look inside the shop, full of industrial machinery and power tools
Color photos of the Integral Urban House, December 1973
Archive Entry Date: 12/1973
Beautiful photos paint a vivid picture of the IUH's quaint appearance
Self-Guided Tour to the Integral Urban House
Archive Entry Date: c. 1973
Helga Olkowski's self-guided tour booklet for the curious urban homesteader