Edition 25 - May 2007
Steps toward legal bases for clay based constructions
At the Nicaraguan
coast, a round table composed of specialists from various countries
intensely debated the following key questions:
- Is it possible to elaborate norms for clay based constructions which will permit poor people to build or are the demands so high that this building system would be unaffordable?
- Is it
politically viable to achieve approval of such norms in the
different countries, and what would the strategy look like to realize
it?
Read more: Steps toward legal bases for clay based constructions
Reforestation in Sitio Historico
In this issue of the EcoSouth website
Claudia Wild focues upon the reforestation component of the "Sitio
Historico" project, a painstaking endeavor that contributes to
maintenance of the natural environment and thereby to the survival of
the rural society.
Gallery of natural building materials
This article was published on
www.one-world-design.com
and is being reprinted with the authorization of Kelly Lerner, an
architect of prestige for her investigation of natural building
materials, especially straw bales. In the e-magazine No. 22 we
reported on a project in China managed by the author.
Solid,
sustainable, and energy efficient are just some of the prolific
benefits of natural building. In this Gallery, view some of the key
materials used in production of our structures.
Kurt Rhyner
