[Cob] funding for cob code research

[billc]

DCAT.net has been doing work on integrating earthen materials and 
techniques into the 'international' building code.  They're not a 
likely source of funding themselves, being dependent on grants and 
donations, but I know they had been doing some work with rammed 
earth, adobe, and I *think* cob folks.

At 12:07 AM -0600 6/28/06, hms.mommy at juno.com wrote:
>Do any of you know of any organizations that might be willing to fund cob
>code research? 
>
>I have been slogging through foundation descriptions to try to find some,
>and it is indeed a chore.  Perhaps one of you has an idea of an
>organization that might fund this. 
>
>As I think about areas that cob relates to, I have (so far) generated
>this list of interest areas:
>
>self-reliance
>self-expression
>art
>architecture
>green building, eco-building, sustainable building
>environment preservation
>resource management
>housing for the poor
>community building
>sustainable living
>energy conservation
>human health
>
>The goal is to make it legal for anyone to build with cob by having cob
>code in the IBC.
>
>Any thoughts on the matter would be welcome.
>
>Carrie
>
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