Green Holiday Gift Guide: 15 Green Home Books That Make Great Gifts!

I love books; but I triple adore green home books. Here are 15 eco-minded home, building and decor books that someone you know might just love to get this holiday season.


1. A Home for the Soul: A Guide for Dwelling wtih Spirit and Imagination – I LOVE this book. It’s hard to find (I’ve had my copy for years), but so beautiful, I highly suggest you hunt it down. Perfect if you’re into simple ideas about home and living.


2. New Minimalist Houses

3. Good Green Homes - an amazing book!

4. The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil -Fuel HabitRead my review

5. Off The Grid Homes - Read my review

6.Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living (Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook) – ah, one of the bibles of green homes. I love this book.

7. The Natural House

8. Off The GridRead my review

9. Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities

10. Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and GuidebookRead my review

11. Compact Houses: Architecture for the Environment

12. Minimalist InteriorsRead my review

13. The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book

14. The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live (Susanka) – not perfect IMO; some of t was a little too home & garden for me, but still worth a read, because there are plenty of good tips for small interiors.

15. The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects)

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