"Natural Building and Social Justice" 3/29/00

[EWerb at aol.com]

Ojai Permaculture Guild &
Happy Valley School present;

"Natural Building and Social Justice"

A talk and slide presentation by ROBERT BOLMAN

  Wednesday March 29th, 7:00 - 9.00 p.m.  ($3 suggested donation)
  The Zalk Theater, Happy Valley School
  8585 Ojai/Santa Paula Road (Hwy 150), Ojai.

    Robert Bolman is a licensed building contractor who lives in 
an earthen and straw bale house in Eugene, Oregon.   He is the 
President of the Eugene Chapter of the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild. 
This presentation provides a broad yet detailed overview of the more 
radical approaches to environmentally innovative construction 
combined with a critical analysis of mainstream U.S. housing in the 
context of the poor distribution of the world's resources

Background.
    From massive amounts of embodied energy to myriad toxic 
chemicals making occupants sick to flagrant energy waste throughout 
building life span to ultimate disposal in a landfill after just a 
few decades, the construction of buildings in the U.S. constitutes a 
major environmental problem.  Add to that our sprawling, automobile 
based land use patterns and the situation calls for an entirely new 
paradigm of building and planning.
    Natural Building, in its broader definition, is just such a 
paradigm.  Natural Building seeks to bring about a revival of the 
traditional ways that our ancestors built houses and lived generally. 
Natural Building dovetails perfectly with Voluntary Simplicity, 
Intentional Community, Permaculture and Appropriate Technology to 
bring about a lifestyle rich in simple pleasure, mindfulness, social 
responsibility, creativity and happiness.

Please visit Robert's web site: www.efn.org/~robtb/

For additional information contact David White @ 805-646 9809,
     or e-mail artdetour at mac.com.