[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 8, Issue 185

[jacques marmen]

i do not think that it is so cut and dry, damon, i would have to say one
must keep in mind the longevity, the toxicity of material ( affecting the
health of home owner, and yes, even clay dust is terrible for humans, as
natural as it may be ), and if a material comes from a recycled source...
but kudos for your situation! I would prefer all locally sourced, but i just
have to disagree that homesource is the ONLY sustainable. And, I would have
to say that in many, many situations, homesource is just not a possibilty,
and you can still be 'sustainable' without being so. "..sustainability is a
funny word I think, , in the way that everything sustains itself, in cycles
we will usually not reckognize, because of the shortness of our lifetimes
and our general focus.


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> From: Damon Howell <dhowell at pickensprogress.com>
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> There's the key paragraph. The materials are locally-available, plus
> they didn't mention the comparison to fired bricks. True
> sustainability is taking from the very land, preferably from the very
> spot the house will be. Here's a great example of sustainable
> building. I have a lot of woods, many trees die and just stand there.
> I cut them into 10" logs and use them for cordwood. I'm not killing
> trees, they have already died, I'm just cleaning up. Instead of going
> to Home Depot for concrete to go between the wood, I dig up my local
> soil and add grass from a local field and water from the creek. I
> mean, if you're not using directly from "your" land, then it's not
> sustainable.
> Damon in Ga.
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> "The bricks are environmentally-friendly
> in that they are composed of sustainable, non-toxic,
> locally-available materials, and don?t require the expenditure of
> energy that goes into the firing of other types of bricks ? it
> wasn?t mentioned, incidentally, how their strength compared to that
> of fired bricks." - Frank Hanlan
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