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The Past as Prologue: A Unique Opportunity for Natural Builders Building ScienceCodes and PermitsCommunityInterviewsLoreNo. 74

The Past as Prologue: A Unique Opportunity for Natural Builders

Chris and Lars both cut their teeth in the straw bale community over 20 years ago and have gone on to have outsized influences in the effort to bring natural building further into the mainstream building world. We asked them to talk with us about building code and its influence…
June 14, 2023
Editors’ Note CommunityNo. 74

Editors’ Note

On a misty night over 700 years ago, high in the mountains above what is now Nikkō Japan, a strange and fateful birth took place. A boy –small, sick, and weak– cried in his mother’s arms. This boy would grow to become one of the most influential sculptors, painters, and…
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June 14, 2023
The Chatroom CommunityNo. 72, Spring 2022

The Chatroom

Do you have a response to something printed here, or do you have a thought you want to share? Send your responses, questions, rants, jokes, or whatever to: editors@thelaststraw.orgConcrete Contrarian wrote: If a concrete building lasts a very long time, couldn’t that offset the extra carbon emissions?   Urgent Earnest…
July 28, 2022