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This concise booklet information (48 pages) combines practical information with lifestyle issues. Review by http://www.emporiumbooks.com.au

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This is a practical guide to living in a tipi. There is no set of rules about how a tipi should be used, but if there were, Patrick Whitefield would be as qualified to write them as anyone. He has lived in a self-built tipi for more than eight years, and built them professionally for four. The appeal of a tipi is as much spiritual as practical. The circle is an organic, healing shape, especially for anyone who has spent a lifetime living in rectangles. Tipis are strong, roomy, weatherproof, tough, portable, and, perhaps most significantly, have a self-contained, open hearth. As a result, the tipi dweller's daily rhythms are much more in tune with those of the natural world. They become an integral part of the web of life. This concise booklet information (48 pages) combines practical information with lifestyle issues. Information includes: Choosing a tipi Pitching and siting Tipi maintenance Heating and cooking Furnishing This little book makes an elegant statement about how over complicated our lives have become. What passes for simple living in other books looks like life in the fast lane compared to the lifestyle espoused in this book! (Posted on 01/07/2010)

Tipi Living is not just a practical guide however, it is an insight to the joys of living as part of nature Review by Laine Phillips, Centre For Alternative Technology

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If you are interested in buying a tipi and need some advice, or if you already have one but are having some troubles then Tipi Living may well be what you need. This easy to read book is a user's guide to living in a tipi. It will not tell you how to build one, but it is filled with practical know-how on everything from what size to buy and how to keep out the drips, to what local woods burn best and what local materials can be used as flooring. Also included is a small reference section of suppliers and further reading on different aspects of living in a tipi. Tipi Living is not just a practical guide however, it is an insight to the joys of living as part of nature, in balance with and not in dominance over Gaia. (Posted on 01/07/2010)