OscailtEnd of the Cement House AgeCement houses are not the only houses available.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2017-09-10T13:36:42+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=106265http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifThe world is facing a global sand crisishttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/106265#comment3012882017-09-10T13:36:42+00:00Crazy CatAn article from the The Conversation :
https://theconversation.com/the-world-is...An article from the The Conversation :<br />
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<a href="https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-facing-a-global-sand-crisis-83557" title="https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-facing-a-global-sand-crisis-83557">https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-facing-a-globa...83557</a><br />
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<a href="http://utahmtb.com/sand-wars-full-documentary/" title="http://utahmtb.com/sand-wars-full-documentary/">http://utahmtb.com/sand-wars-full-documentary/</a><br />
mud is plentiful building materialhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/106265#comment3012892017-09-12T07:53:11+00:00Bungalow BillAdobe houses are found all over sub-Saharan Africa. When animal waste and straw ...Adobe houses are found all over sub-Saharan Africa. When animal waste and straw are mixed with wetted mud. then allowed to bake in the tropical sun for several days, the result is thick bricks for building huts. The forests provide plentiful wood for roof frames, except in the denuded areas of the Sahel.<br />
Problems I see in Ireland are our non-tropical sunshine and constant damp. Some adventurous individuals with money have built cement block walls with straw bales in the middle as insulation, but I don't see the big urban 'estate' building firms taking an interest.Uniformity, compactness, and profitability of mass 'units' will continue to be their keynote words.Climate change and hurricane debrihttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/106265#comment3012952017-09-16T21:02:00+00:00Mack MacThomaisIts fair to say that cement and the petrochemical industry contribute to climate...Its fair to say that cement and the petrochemical industry contribute to climate change however which would you prefer to be airborne during a hurricane or tornado,cement blocks or strawbales? Earthquakes in New Zealand's Nelson city have levelled the region twice in the last century and the only structures to survive were cob/Adobe structures. Engineers and architects have however ignored this phenomenon and rebuilt in cement again! Time to realise the orchestrated dehumanisation of such habitats by the chemical construction industry to purposefully use propoganda to encourage their own materials and not suitable structures for the varied world climates and the appropriate materials to keep its inhabitants safe. The breathtaking arrogance that cement and concrete are a cure all is clearly visible in the rubble of any natural disaster in recent times .Matchstick American Houses.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/106265#comment3013272017-10-25T22:49:12+00:00Connemara ManIrish houses were undamaged by the hurricane followed by a storm in the last wee...Irish houses were undamaged by the hurricane followed by a storm in the last week.<br />
Good old concrete.<br />
Matchstick American homes would have been blown away.<br />
Americans should build their houses from concrete like the Irish do.<br />
Build with local resourceshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/106265#comment3013282017-10-26T09:23:32+00:00Bungalow BillClapperboard homes in the USA are made from the timber plentifully available in ...Clapperboard homes in the USA are made from the timber plentifully available in America. Wood is a good insulator in the winter. Wood stoves with their elongated piping burn fuel efficiently and warm other rooms in a house. We didn't get hurricane Ophelia recently - we got the worn-out windy version. Our Irish cement homes would have suffered devastating damage if a real hurricane had swept the land.Eco-homes in Irelandhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/106265#comment3013482017-11-03T08:05:58+00:00Bungalow BillSome people, usually city folk who have moved to the countryside, have taken an ...Some people, usually city folk who have moved to the countryside, have taken an interest in eco-homes i.e. built with assorted materials, sometimes double cement walls filled with insulating straw, sometimes grass grown on cement or other kinds of roofs, sometimes mud and stone walls. This won't happen in crowded cities, and you need money to buy country land for your dream eco-home. But if you win the lottery and can escape from suburban two-up and two-down semi-detachment, good luck. <br />
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Green-Door Ireland is a small 'movement' of people interested in that kind of thing. It's not for the masses.<br />
<a href="http://www.greendoorireland.ie/" title="http://www.greendoorireland.ie/">http://www.greendoorireland.ie/</a><br />
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Other people, in Cloughjordan in Tipperary, have constructed an eco-village with an organic farm, educational and recreation facilities. Again, money is necessary if you want to settle there. <a href="http://www.thevillage.ie/" title="http://www.thevillage.ie/">http://www.thevillage.ie/</a><br />
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