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As the world comes to understand that bio-based materials are the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment, natural building and conventional construction are seemingly getting closer and closer. And with so much of the discussion around natural building asking how to go mainstream, Massey Burke argues that going mainstream doesn’t have to mean selling out.

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