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Cob do it yourself building codesRobert Bolman robtb at efn.orgTue Oct 14 23:45:50 CDT 1997
As chairman of the Eugene, Oregon chapter of the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild, I wish to form a subcommittee to change the Oregon building codes to allow people to build environmentally appropriate housing. My attitude is that as long as a house isn't energy wasteful and isn't going to fall in on anybody or make people sick, it should be ok to build it. In other words, something like earthen plaster, which is not going to harm anybody, should be allowed - even though there can be no definitive laboratory testing on earthen plaster because the clay will always vary from one place to another. It's a sad state of affairs that it's virtually illegal in most parts of the U.S. to build a truly sustainable house. The U.S. with all its wealth has an embarrassing number of homeless people. Isn't housing an internationally recongnized human right? Any feedback or guidance on this task would be welcome. Robert Bolman
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