[GSBN] Barbara Jones video from EcoBuild Conference in Europe

[Jakub Wihan]

Hi Mark,

thank you for the post!

It is so good to see and hear Barbara. I think the methods she is  
mentioning are well suitable for other climates. What do you mean  
exactly? Shallow foundations without cement? Maren and Rikky are  
building this way in Spain, I believe. I'm helping to build the  
buildings the way I learned at amazonails in the Czech Republic,  
Austria, Siberia. Do you think that Siberian traditional log houses  
had deep foundations? They didn't. Building moved a little time to  
time that is true, but much less than Darcy Donovan's strawbale  
shelter on a shake table.

Building professionals are usually too scared to do things some other  
way they are used to. That is why Barbara is so unique in her approach  
that comes from thorough understanding of her trade which is stripped  
from everything unnecessary and also in bringing her common sense to  
arguing that makes some people rethink the basics, some people humble  
and some people angry.

Kuba


On 5 Mar 2011, at 18:31, Mark Piepkorn wrote:

> (There are methods discussed that are inappropriate in other  
> climates and under other conditions, which would need to be pointed  
> out. But on the whole, this is great.)
>
> On 3/5/2011 12:27 PM, Mark Piepkorn wrote:
>> http://vimeo.com/20618415
>>
>> It's an excellent intro to SB for building industry peers in  
>> Europe, but this would be a terrific thing to show clients and the  
>> general public anywhere in the world. She covers important  
>> territory that generally gets too little coverage.
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
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