Texan Brad Kittel has a vision.  To preserve. To conserve. To build.  And he does it with open arms offering to help other people conserve and preserve and build.  They build little houses using rescued materials from the environment, whether a barn tear-down or other products.  Here’s what he says,

It is our forefathers self reliance and ingenuity that needs to be revitalized,  recharged, nurtured, mentored and grown into a new way of thinking about the utilization of valuable preformed high quality resources that we will never see again.  We already recycle many things, but why not just take structures apart and reuse the pieces rather than make or import replacements.  A brick is a brick, a board is a board, a door a door, or many more good things, like a bed, wainscot, or headboard.  None of it is trash and should not be thrown away with a few hundred years of useable life left in it.  It is the image of what we can do instead that will make this concept of Pure Salvage Building succeed.  I have built enough houses to plant those images deeply into the minds of men, women, and children such that they are inspired to do the same.  It is that belief that nearly anyone can be part of it that will make it possible for this grand solution to succeed.

Mr. Kittel offers blueprints and plans for people interested in pulling themselves up by the bootstraps and FINDING materials needed to build.  Kudos to him for embracing the true American spirit!