Natural Building
Building from principles of permaculture and natural materials
Building from a place of heart, permaculture, with abundant naturally occuring, local, raw materials, to provide safe, healthy, inspiring shelter. Natural Building Materials may include mud (clay and sand) ie cob and adobe, straw, stone, sustainably harvested plant materials (timbers, bamboo), acquired with the minimal impact to mother earth, with the mini ...learn more
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Created: Jun 30, 2008
Updated: Nov 13, 2009
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Respect the Earth, build with it!
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Jan Steinman
EcoReality
Group Role: Permaculture and community advisor
Privileges: member
Last Activity: 8 months ago
EcoReality
Group Role: Permaculture and community advisor
Privileges: member
Last Activity: 8 months ago
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The continum from Natrual Building to Green Building to Conventional Building
"Without Fostering an Us vs. Them attitude in the progress of building practices around the globe, how do the standards of natural builders differ from green building practitioners? How can we f" ...more
osterlin commented about 1 year ago
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Nov-Dec
22-03 Sacred Architecture of the Future
Workshop/Training
Colos, near Odemira, Portugal
Sun, Nov 22, 2009 11:12pm to Thu, Dec 03, 2009 2:12am
Colos, near Odemira, Portugal
Sun, Nov 22, 2009 11:12pm to Thu, Dec 03, 2009 2:12am
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Deconstruct McMansions
Check out this article Deconstruct McMansions
How’s about a stimulus-started plan to buy up the nation’s foreclosed and empty McMansions
and hire out-of-work construction workers to deconstruct the ...more
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Home 2009 Project film
HOME is a spectacular film by Yann Arthus Bertrand that came about with the support and commitment of an amazing international and diverse team and of a large corporate group.
The free access movie in ...more
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The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Buildi...
Shelter, like many other elements of human existence, comes at an extraordinary cost to our planet and its inhabitants. In the U.S. alone, construction of 1.2 million new homes a year results in a m ...more
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Social Design Blog
We are part of a growing number of design professionals, design
students, and design thinkers who are committed to promoting design as
a tool for social change, and who see in the design discipline a ...more
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Natural Building Network
Activities: Activist, Educational, Networking, Research
Scope: international
Type: Educational Organization
Scope: international
Type: Educational Organization
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Natural Building Resources
Activities: Educational, Networking
Scope: national
Type: Network/ Coalition/ Collective
Scope: national
Type: Network/ Coalition/ Collective
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Ecological Building Network EBNet
Activities: Educational, Networking
Scope: international
Type: Network/ Coalition/ Collective
Scope: international
Type: Network/ Coalition/ Collective
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Living Roofs
Activities: Activist, Educational, Research
Scope: national
Type: Non Governmental Organization
Scope: national
Type: Non Governmental Organization
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Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood
Activities: Activist, Educational
Scope: community
Type: Community Based Organization
Scope: community
Type: Community Based Organization
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Strawbale Studio Natural Building Project
Activities: Activist, Educational, Networking
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Earth Hands and Houses
Activities: Activist, Educational
Scope: international
Type: Non Governmental Organization
Scope: international
Type: Non Governmental Organization
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Village Building Convergence
Scope: national
Type: Non Governmental Organization
Type: Non Governmental Organization
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