I just ran across an article on azstarnet.com about Kyle Young, a man that has built his own house, is an organic farmer, and is nearly self sustaining.
A pioneer in the natural-building movement that took off in the late ’70s, Young built his 600-square-foot home in Arivaca entirely from natural materials such as cob and bamboo, creating a weather-proof fortress that is both environmentally friendly and cost-effective.“Most of the materials came from excavations at the building site,” says Young, now 54. “I just dug in and added a little bit of straw for reinforcement.”
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April 10th, 2008 at 10:08 am
We need to take a class from this guy. I love how he tied in the current mortgage crisis and the fact that cost of housing does correlate to where our materials are coming from and how they get to where they are going. Globalization is good if it can help support new governments, open markets and cultures or boost struggling economies but when we have to ship things all around the globe just to build our house with all the bells and whistles it is just too much. I wish we could instill a “keeping up with the Jones’” type of attitude toward living within our means or living mindfully. We need a cultural shift in perception to make this workable on a large scale, it seems.