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Green Home Jun 6, 2008

17 Eco Treehouse Inspirations

Life in the Trees - Build an Eco Treehouse

Are treehouses a good green choice? Maybe. It really depends. There's an obvious footprint reduction - one, you sure aren't building on land, and you aren’t (hopefully) cutting down trees. Another perk is that many folks use what they have around to build a treehouse. Not a big fancy treehouse, but on your own, with very few reclaimed and recycled materials you can build a treehouse. You do have to think about possible damage to the tree, bad materials, and energy needs, but in most cases, a treehouse can be a nice small eco-minded dwelling.

Here are 17 great eco tree homes and eco treehouse resources. Get inspired and build your own...

Free-Spirit Eco Treehouse

Eco-treehouse in Perth, Ontario

The TreeHouse Village EcoResort

Sustainable Self-Powering TreeHouses

Baumraum

TreeHouse Workshop

Blue Forest Ltd

Eco-treehouse designed by a 22 year old

The Forest Hostel

O2 Sustainability Treehouse

The Bamboo Treehouse jungle lodge

The Solar Hooch (Tower of Power)

Living Tree

Treehouse by Design

And just for fun, for the kids...

Island Wood Structures

Recycled wood treehouse

The totally amazing treehouse play set from Seasons Natural Toys

[Treehouse image via Blue Forest Ltd]