[Cob] living with no electricity

[howard at earthandstraw.com]

I agree, in part, as tribes were not big and had no hierarchy as we understand it, which is why my suggestion.  Our country is a nation state, very different from a tribal nation.  

A state is a system of protecting, militarily, some citizen's accumulation of wealth from those who produced it.


Howard Switzer, Architect
668 Hurricane Creek Road
Linden, TN 37096
931-589-6513
www.earthandstraw.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Damon Howell 
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  Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [Cob] living with no electricity


  I think a new form of tribalism is our only real chance to live  
  sustainably. - Howard Switzer

  Our country is a tribe. Our government is a tribal hierarchy but it's  
  so big and detached from the people it governs that we lose the  
  tribal feel. Such as, in a tribe I would be worked with on how to  
  build my cob house whereas nation-wide there is one code to follow  
  and no exceptions. I don't know inspectors personally like I would if  
  we were in a tribe, so they're less likely to approve my way. No one  
  much sits around the fire and tells stories anymore either. As a  
  result we have lost a personal connection with the people we deal  
  with, becoming less sustainable.
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