Yurt Links

Apparel & Merchandise:

Yurtopia Yurt shirts and more!

Australia:

Yurtfarm Kid's Camp

Homebuilt yurts:

Build Yourself A Portable Home On the Indestructibles Website
Yurt without Steel A homebuilt yurt for Burning Man

Calculations for Building a Traditional Yurt:

Yurt Notes Calculates the dimensions of yurt components

Composting toilets:

EcoWaters The experts! Composting toilet books and plans
Sun Mar Composting Toilets
Envirolet Composting Toilets
Clivus Multrum Composting toilets and greywater systems
BioLet Composting Toilets Swedish design

Discussions:

Stephan's Florilegium Discussion about yurts among SCA members
Information of Felt Tents, Yurts, Gers Felters' discussion of gers

Education:

Yurt Building for Everyone How to build a simple model yurt, a nice children's project.
Yurtfarm Kid's Camp: A yurtfarm camp teaches farm and bush skills to children in New South Wales, Australia.

Felting:

Feltmakers List FAQ Great links
The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA)
International Feltmakers Association
North American Felters' Network Publishes a newsletter
New Zealand Woolcrafts Society
Norske Filtmakere Norwegian Feltmakers Guild
The Storytelling Yurt
Woolgatherers A UK organization, see their beautiful Alachig.

Films:

Cave of the Yellow Dog. Docudrama about a Mongolian family, a girl and a dog, filmed in and around the family's gers.
Mujaan (The Craftsman) A documentary of a Mongolian family building a ger.
The Silk Road series (6 vols) See esp. "Where Horses Fly Like the Wind".
The Story of the Weeping Camel Moving tale of a Mongolian family and camel that unfolds around their ger.
Wild Horses of Mongolia Julia Roberts rides Mongolian horses and stays in a ger.
Yurt 1 Life in a Tapered Wall Yurt

Forums:

Yurtinfo.org General yurt forum.
Yurt Resource A focus on traditional yurt building and nomadic lifestyles, hosted by yurt builder Rob Matthews.
YourTent Forums in English, German and Czech, also good for yurt building questions.
The Yurt Community A long-term yurt thread at yahoo groups.
Tribe.net Modern Yurts thread

Furnishings:

Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog everything you need to live with little or no electricity
IKEA Swedish design furnishings
Four Dog Stove Company - Portable wood stove recommended by Woodland Yurts and GoYurt Shelters

General Information:

Yurt Quest The original yurt information page
Lar's Yurt Page Always a favorite
The Freedom of a Yurt Covers the basics of purchasing and setting up a fabric yurt.

Insulation (natural):

Insulator Insulation made from recycled jeans

Off-Grid Lifestyles:

EcoWaters The experts! Composting toilet books and plans
Backwoods Solar Electric Systems
Real Goods Renewable Energy Systems
Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog
Center for Alternative Technology (CAT) Workshops, books and pamphlets
Chelsea Green Publishing
Dirt Cheap Builder's Catalog Good off-grid resources.

Mongolia:

Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
Lonely Planet's Guide to Mongolia A good introduction
Mongolia Book List University of Akron
Mongolian Information Links University of Akron
Impressions of Mongolia Ex-pat Rogier Gruys details life, culture and customs in Mongolia
The Land of Genghis Khan National Geographic site documenting the journeys of a writer and photographer as they travel in the footsteps of the great Khan

Recreation and Travel:

There are numerous travel and rec. sites for yurts. Here's a sampling:
Boojum Expeditions Travel Mongolia on horseback, stay in gers and meet local Mongolians. Includes resources on Mongolia.
Karakorum Expeditions Active adventures in Mongolia
Oregon State Parks They were the first. Over 200 yurts in parks and ever-so-popular.

Rental Yurts:

Australian Festival Yurt Hire Rents Mongolian gers for festivals and events.
Simply Yurts Yurt rentals for London and the South of England.
Hooe's Yurts Rentals For festivals and parties
Yurtel event yurts

Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA):

SCA members pursue all things medieval, including annual reenactments and gatherings. They have been researching and building their own "camping" style of yurts for years.

Stephan's Florilegium SCA discussions about yurts collected in one place
Dark Horde Moritu SCA subculture devoted to Medieval Mongolian culture
The Mongolian Yurt, Part I and The Mongolian Yurt, Part II may be downloaded from the SCA Publication Sacred Spaces. .
The Construction of a Yurt Online paper written by SCA member Monica Cellio
How we made our own Gher Notes from an SCA project

Stay in a Yurt:

Woodland Yurts Listing of Yurt Holidays in Europe and the UK
Colorado Yurt Company
Pacific Yurts
Yurtco
Nomadic Camping Alternative camping directory for the UK
Oregon State Parks They were the first. Over 200 yurts and ever-so-popular.

Traditional Yurts:

Konstruktion der JURTE In German

Used Yurts:

yurtinfo.org Classifieds
See also: Craig's List, EBay

YouTube videos:

Mongolian Ger
Factory tour
Inside a Ger
Mongolian Cloud House
Felt Making
Yurt Up!
Hooe's Yurts
Suburban Ger