Legalize Sustainability

Tired of your dreams of sustainable living being crushed by out-dated city regulations? Why is it that the more ecological one wants to live, the more illegal it is. As Art Ludwig points out, it is perfectly legal to build a 20,000 square foot home, but illegal to set up a home yurt on a city lot. This is the place to discuss why things like:

*having an owner built composting toilet
*raising chickens in the city
*wind turbines
*building homes and other dwellings with natural and local materials like cob

and many others are all currently illegal.

If you have any thoughts on the matter, creative ways around the regulations, or something that really irks you in particular please add them here