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EcoBricks and Education

December 15, 2020May 31, 2014 by Rob Hopkins

It began in Guatemala, and now a South African town is using recycling bottles as building material as part of an inspirational and regenerative campaign against rubbish

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment Tags Building, plastic, reuse, Waste Leave a comment

Can earth building scale up to the mainstream? – ClayWorks and clay plasters

December 15, 2020January 16, 2014 by Rob Hopkins

Over the next 2 days we’ll be looking at 2 aspects of earth construction, cob and clay plasters, and their potential for scaling up.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags Building, cobb buildings, natural building, scaling up Leave a comment

Earth, Wood and Sun – Natural Building, Local Style

December 15, 2020August 1, 2013 by Janaia Donaldson

Natural builder Chris Foraker gives a tour of work-in-progress at Aprovecho Center, Oregon.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags Building, natural building Leave a comment
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