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Mike Oehler
BornJanuary 2, 1938
DiedFebruary 2, 2016
Known forLow-cost, sustainable underground house designs

Mike Oehler (pronounced /ˈeɪlɚ/ [ay-lur]) is an American author based in Idaho. He is a proponent and designer of affordable and sustainable alternative forms of housing. He was born on January 2, 1938 in Chicago. [1]

Career

Oehler was a participant in the 1960s Back to the Land movement. Living on his 40 acre homestead in the Idaho mountains, he has written numerous books, as well as having appeared as a University lecturer, TV, and radio guest. He speaks on topics related to self-sufficiency and housing.[2][3]

In 1998 Oehler appeared in an episode of the Louis Theroux series 'Weird Weekends', where Theroux visited Oehler's underground home in the mountains.[4] He also appeared in the follow up episode 'Weird Christmas', where Oehler met others who had appeared on Theroux's TV series.[5]

Death

David Michael Oehler died of natural causes in his home near Bonner Ferry, Idaho. [6]

List of publications

  • (1981) One Mexican Sunday. ISBN 978-0960446414
  • (1982) The $50 Dollars and up Underground House Book. ISBN 978-0442273118
  • (1999) The Hippy Survival Guide to Y2K. ISBN 978-1879628175
  • (2007) The Earth-sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book: How to Build an Energy Free Year-round Greenhouse. ISBN 978-0960446407

Notes

  1. ^ "Boundary County, Idaho, News". www.newsbf.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  2. ^ Oehler, Mike (1999). The Hippy Survival Guide To Y2K. Idaho: Keokee co.Publishing, Inc. p. 280. ISBN 1879628171.
  3. ^ Bonners Ferry News. "Mike Oehler - The Coming Storm". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  4. ^ IMDB. "Louis Theroux: Weird Weekends". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ^ Theroux, Louis. "Weird Weekends: Weird Christman". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Boundary County, Idaho, News". www.newsbf.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.

See also

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