Summer 2006Materials and Methods of alternative constructionMaterials and Methods of alternative construction The alternative materials and methods workshop designed and built a small workshop building using earth bag, strawbale and scavenged materials to create a 120 square foot structure.
Pouring foundations for the straw bale and bag walls.
Placing the first straw bale.
Bag walls complete with chicken wire being placed for earth plaster Cinching down the straw bales using cables and turnbuckles.
Placing roof beams made from scavenged materials. Permaculture / Water intensivePermaculture/Water intensive The permaculture/water intensive built a living machine with the input of John Todd biologist and creator of the biological machine using natural systems to treat wastewater. The water from a well that was polluted with runoff from the downtown area was treated through the system.
The living machine team. In the background is the treatment system ready for seeding with local biology. CLICK HERE for EcoMachine video of John Todd with the Ecosa workshop.
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