The Current State of Natural Building

Natural Building Now, Reinventing the Wheel. What happens when industrial cultures, like our own, begin to take interest in biodegradeable and traditional building methods? This talk/slideshow will address how natural building was reintroduced into the industrial world, and what is happening with it now. We will talk about how the practice of natural building is affecting our culture, and how our interest in traditional methods is affecting the cultures that are the sources of those methods. We will also look at examples of "modern" natural building and touch on the current context for codes and regulation of natural construction. This series is offered by Sasha Rabin and Massey Burke of Vertical Clay Construction. For more information visit www.verticalclay.com. Sasha and Massey have been practicing and teaching natural building in the Bay Area and northern California since 2004.