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Strawbale wall

Published December 10, 2012 at 800 × 600 in Insulating with books

Building a straw bale wall, which will be covered with earth plaster

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What he said…

"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical groups that are doing that."
            ~ David Suzuki

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