Sustainable Compromises: A Yurt, a Straw Bale House, and Ecological Living (Our Sustainable Future)Living simply isnt always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromiseuntil rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities free yurt hed built in New Mexico. Thirty five years later, he decided to try again. This time, with an idealism tempered by experience and practical considerations, Boye and his wife constructed an off the grid, energy