Design Professionals - Henry Siegel, Siegel & Strain Architects, Emeryville
- Bruce King, Structural Engineer, Director of the Ecological Building Network
- David Trachtenberg, Trachtenberg Architects, Berkeley
- Claudia Cleaver, Morse & Cleaver Architects, Petaluma
- Pete Gang, Architect, Common Sense Design, Petaluma
- Steven Rajninger, Locus Architecture, San Francisco
- Sim Van Der Ryn, Architect, Inverness
Straw Bale Building Resources
Green Building Resources - Build It Green - Bay Area non-profit organization educating about & creating standards & certification for green building
- US Green Building Council - National organization that created the LEED standards, and certifies building professionals
- Green Building Sourcebook - Extensive resource on sustainable building practices
- Dirt Cheap Builder - online bookstore of alternative building and off-the-grid living
- ADPSR - Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
- Recycle Now - Sonoma County Waste Management site with information on green building and an exchange for used building materials
- Heritage Salvage - Michael Deakin, lumber and furniture from salvaged wood
- Daily Acts - sponsors green building tours and educates about low-impact living
- Environmental Building News - one of the best & oldest online green research & publication journals
- Ecological Building Network - network of building professionals working to develop sustainable building practices
- Stopwaste.org - a project of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority - lots of good resource guides
Books and Periodicals