From the Editor…
I recently watched the terrific documentary ‘Garbage Warrior’ which chronicles both the achievements and battles of renegade architect Michael Reynolds. He began experimenting with building self contained homes made from recycled materials in the 1970s in New Mexico. He, and his team of fellow innovators, began building deep-green, low...
Earthbag Construction
A few issues back in the gazette we ran a story about Earthship Construction. Those wonderful homes are made by stacking earth-filled recycled tires to create the walls of the structures. I just ran across another fascinating and beautiful building construction method called Earthbag Construction, which uses nothing more...
A New Home…
The village of Perth-Andover is losing some of her grandest old homes due to flood damage. What will be built to replace these homes? Most modern construction methods do not make stuff to last in our make, break and throw away society. Indeed, our current consumerist driven economy needs...