Eco housing 
Making communities viable(0)
By Paul Mischefski
The movement towards a return to living in communities is one that is growing in momentum in Australia and world-wide. Smaller micro-communities and larger ventures are springing up alongside others that have been long-established.
Yet many people also consider a move to community living with a mixture of curiosity, dread, some fear and [...]
Building with sustainable timbers
By Sharon Green
The South East Queensland Regional Plan has predicted that the population of the region will grow from 2.8 million in 2006 to 4.4 million by 2031.
The Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning claims that this rapid growth will create the need for an additional 754,000 new homes. As the state government chatters excitedly [...]
Building with Cob
Cob builders use their hands and feet to form lumps of earth mixed with clay, straw and sand. It is a sensory and aesthetic experience similar to sculpting with clay. Cob is very easy to learn and inexpensive to build.
Because there are no forms, ramming, cement or rectilinear bricks, cob lends itself to organic shapes: [...]
Ten don’ts when building
Fast forward ten, or even twenty years and fashionistas are doing to houses what they’ve been doing to celebrities for years. I can hear Carlson Kresley and co, condemning today’s suburbs as soooo PCC (Pre Climate Change). So as a community service to our dear readers and to help avoid fashion disasters of future decades, [...]
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