Efforts to buy green, consume less, and teach our children to love Mother Earth often falter in the face of toy overload and dreams of each child having his or her own themed bedroom by age 2. McMansions obviously have wide appeal for a reason.
Building green is another matter, one more complicated and revolutionary (and often more expensive) than remodeling a craftsman in an urban center. Creative approaches such as the one pictured right get around the whole expense by simplifying the scale and scope (and by using the landscape as an important structural component).
Nevermind that one might expect Bilbo Baggins to answer the door. This off the grid approach is admirable (if likely impractical for any but the most woodland of creatures).
[via Boing Boing]
