[Greenbuilding] That Natural Feeling

[Frank Cetera]

AC - loving your sentiments, no doubt cause they somewhat echo mine.  But
getting folks in the green building arena in my town to think natural is a
big goal.  Making the connection to the Earth through natural materials, and
not highly processed and manufactured from states away; having "openings" in
the shell that make that connection to the natural environment; not worrying
down to the smallest BTU if the energy saved in high-tech manufacture bests
the energy lost in natural low/appropriate techniques when making decisions;
using natural materials and eleme4nts instead of mimicking them with
produced structures - a sliding metal wall with openings in it meant to
create a flickering light inside the home that is reminiscent of leaves on a
tree when you could just plant or save the tree.

Ahhh, to not be "locked" away in my home, as I often feel locked away from
the outside in my office or other public buildings that fight their hardest
to keep all the elements out!

~Frank Cetera
www.alchemicalnursery.org

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> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:47:47 -0500
> From: action jackson <benigncraft at gmail.com>
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> hey folks -
>
> fer my two cents on passivehaus:
>
> AWESOME! now people can build homes to an inappropriate scale and have
> little human physical connection to the outside environment. THAT will put
> us more in touch with needs of the planet- surely!
>
> look- I think we all need to be honest about the conversation we are having
> here- if it is about SURVIVING on the planet - humans have done quite well
> (in some of the most inhospitable places on the planet i might add) and not
> only survived but CULTURALLY THRIVED there- using small scale -low tech
> shelters of local natural materials to take temporary refuge from the
> outdoors- where they LIVED.
>
> if the conversation is about maintaining our lifestyles- then start the
> number crunching- decouple yourself from the planet that sustains you
> (because that knowledge will serve us well when we colonize mars) - and
> rock
> and roll !
>
> I prefer  the planet we have -
>
>  but I respect the solutions in either conversation- I just think we need
> to
> delineate clearly.
>
> to borrow an adage from the foodies (who i think parallel us in many ways)-
> stands to reason- food /clothing /shelter
>
> *Eat food*. *Mostly plants*. Not too much.
>
> Build shelter.Mostly natural.Not too big.
>
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