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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. --Laine Phillips, Centre For Alternative Technology
This booklet 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! --http://www.emporiumbooks.com.au
This booklet 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! --http://www.emporiumbooks.com.au
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Permaculture teacher, Patrick Whitefield lived in a self-built tipi in Somerset for eight years. This is his guide to all aspects of tipi living: the story of how he came to live this way; how to choose and pitch a tipi; living with Sun and Storm; maintenance; moving; firemaking; furnishing; food and cooking in a tipi. Full of first hand experience and practical information, it is also Patrick's personal account of a time of simplicity and spiritual connection with the Earth. A delightful book for everyone interested in tipis, low impact dwelling and those who want to celebrate the simple life.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It could be so good,
By Mr Martin A Holme (Ashford, Kent United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tipi Living (Simple Living) (Paperback)
Having become intruiged by tipis since encountering them at the Big green gatherings I have finally bought my first canvas tipi.As far as I can see there are two books that are reasonably available:Patrick's book and the Reginald and Galdys Laubin book.They are both inspiring to a point but there is so much more that could be written/shown/photographed which might really whet the prospective tipi user's appetite. Patrick's book is pretty good but it would really benefit from more pictures/photos/advice.These structures are really magical and pictorially the magic doesn't really come through.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A very basic introduction,
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This review is from: Tipi Living (Simple Living) (Paperback)
Tipis are quite fashionable. Some live in them. Some use them for camping and festivals etc. Others put them in their gardens to provide a bit of a retreat. Having read bits and pieces on the internet, I wanted a book that I could look through, and consult. What size tipi should I buy? What covering material should I choose? What problems might I encounter? What should go inside by way of furniture, heating etc? What regular maintenance is involved? etc etc. This little book (and I emphasise 'little') is okay so far as it goes, and is well worth reading. There is useful stuff in it. It is also nice and cheap. Yes, do buy this book if you are interested in buying and using a tipi, but - having read it - you are still likely to have many questions.
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