Cob: resistance/new guy

[Ocean]

Hey Lance,

I myself was a partner who was very strongly against cob-type housing esp.
it's durability under the Oregon rainy season!  Then I started looking into
it and read enough to help me realize I was off-base.  The best cure to
anti-cob bias is of course to go visit a real cob house.  Even the hard-core
resister in me was completely taken by the organic form, warm feel and
amazing ambiance.  The result:  within 18 months I had built a 500 square
foot cob building, with Ianto & Linda's help of course (and about 50 other
folks too!)

And I don't think your topic is off base at all.  There's plenty of
resistance out there to this funky way of building.

Ocean

Ahimsa Sanctuary
http://www.peacemaking.org

> Has anyone had to deal with a partners' strong resistance to cob-type
> housing, or the whole concept of voluntary simplicity? If anyone thinks this
> is off topic, speak, and I will cease posting on this aspect.