Comments on: Gaiam staffers & Red Feather build straw bale homes for good people http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/ Experiences in living green, healthy and happy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:05:35 -0700 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Amanda Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:02:28 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-3112 Wow, it looks great! What an awesome project :) Wow, it looks great! What an awesome project :)

]]> By: Uncle B http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Uncle B Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:22:21 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-2243 Love the straw bale concept. It would be very good for Canadian reserves too, easy to build, cheap base materials and warm in Canadian winters, a lifesaver never thrown to Canada's native people! The use of Swedish perfected "dry" toilets should be looked into, they are clean and easy to install, and cheaper than complete septic systems. Love the straw bale concept. It would be very good for Canadian reserves too, easy to build, cheap base materials and warm in Canadian winters, a lifesaver never thrown to Canada’s native people! The use of Swedish perfected “dry” toilets should be looked into, they are clean and easy to install, and cheaper than complete septic systems.

]]> By: Uncle B http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 Uncle B Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:14:26 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-2022 Straw bale is fast cheap and easy! If solar powered , automated devices can be designed for mowing grass, just think what devices can be designed for “Zero maintenance, Zero running cost’ off grid homes! Robot water distillers, greenhouse temperature controllers, yard lights, water pumps, automatic garden waterer’s, heat pump controllers, home ventilators, even scarecrows for garden patches! A new world is dawning, with capitalism firmly belted into its seat and no longer holding the noose of survival around our necks! Soon, due to great technological advances, we will be able to have safe (GRD) great republican depression survival shelters in place of McMansions, and compliments of the Obama administration! Now if we plant veggies instead of green lawns, to feed the soon to be starving masses of unemployed, and put to use the best of our technologies for sensible survival, America can come back strong again. You started it, get Obama's policies to help finish it! Straw bale is fast cheap and easy! If solar powered , automated devices can be designed for mowing grass, just think what devices can be designed for “Zero maintenance, Zero running cost’ off grid homes! Robot water distillers, greenhouse temperature controllers, yard lights, water pumps, automatic garden waterer’s, heat pump controllers, home ventilators, even scarecrows for garden patches! A new world is dawning, with capitalism firmly belted into its seat and no longer holding the noose of survival around our necks! Soon, due to great technological advances, we will be able to have safe (GRD) great republican depression survival shelters in place of McMansions, and compliments of the Obama administration! Now if we plant veggies instead of green lawns, to feed the soon to be starving masses of unemployed, and put to use the best of our technologies for sensible survival, America can come back strong again. You started it, get Obama’s policies to help finish it!

]]> By: karen http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 karen Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:12:21 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-1996 Would a 54 yr. old strong woman be able to volunteer for the straw bale construction? Karen ps I have lived without running water, bathing outdoors and heating with wood for 10 yrs. Would a 54 yr. old strong woman be able to volunteer for the straw bale construction? Karen ps I have lived without running water, bathing outdoors and heating with wood for 10 yrs.

]]> By: KAREN http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 KAREN Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:21:50 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-1206 That is so awesome. I live in New York and it gets below zero here. Would the straw bale home stand up to the low temperature? Where is the farthest northern home you built? Keep up the good work. What temperature is good for when you put up the plaster? This is so interesting. That is so awesome. I live in New York and it gets below zero here. Would the straw bale home stand up to the low temperature? Where is the farthest northern home you built? Keep up the good work. What temperature is good for when you put up the plaster? This is so interesting.

]]> By: Ty http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Ty Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:15:15 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-1018 That's pretty amazing, I never seen straw bale homes before. Very good pictures as well. Good job! That’s pretty amazing, I never seen straw bale homes before. Very good pictures as well. Good job!

]]> By: dan http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 dan Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:07:42 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-1005 Wow. Awesome work you guys. The house is looking good. Look at the view, what a view! Wow. Awesome work you guys. The house is looking good.

Look at the view, what a view!

]]> By: Tina Marie http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Tina Marie Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:42:46 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-966 What a wonderful project. You've done an excellent job. And, what a perfect place to build it! What a wonderful project. You’ve done an excellent job. And, what a perfect place to build it!

]]> By: Jacquelyn http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Jacquelyn Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:32:18 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-951 Everett! How lucky you are to work for such a wonderful company. I am sure the family is ecstatic about their new digs. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. The pictures make me want to jump on a plane right now. I am excited to learn more about how I might be able to help out with a similar project. Everett! How lucky you are to work for such a wonderful company. I am sure the family is ecstatic about their new digs. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. The pictures make me want to jump on a plane right now. I am excited to learn more about how I might be able to help out with a similar project.

]]> By: Jake Stern http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/gaiam-staffers-red-feather-build-straw-bale-homes-for-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Jake Stern Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:16:06 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=813#comment-949 WELL DONE! Very motivating/interesting build story. WELL DONE! Very motivating/interesting build story.

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