Comments on: What is “Cob?” http://realestatetwincities.net/what-is-cob/ Minneapolis real estate, MN homes, lake shore, and fish! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Virginia Curtis http://realestatetwincities.net/what-is-cob/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Virginia Curtis Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:34:39 +0000 http://www.realestatetwincities.net/what-is-cob/#comment-863 If we are to protect our forests, we should be thinking about alternative construction methods such as straw, and even recycling and reusing items such as automobile and tractor tires, and even sand filled plastic containers, as environmentalist are doing in South America . In addition to Cob houses in Europe, there are still standing in North America adobe clay dwellings very similarly constructed, and used as eco-friendly museum sites where school children can be taught to make the clay bricks and learn about how their ancestors lived. Thank you for shedding light 0n this useful method. If we are to protect our forests, we should be thinking about alternative construction methods such as straw, and even recycling and reusing items such as automobile and tractor tires, and even sand filled plastic containers, as environmentalist are doing in South America . In addition to Cob houses in Europe, there are still standing in North America adobe clay dwellings very similarly constructed, and used as eco-friendly museum sites where school children can be taught to make the clay bricks and learn about how their ancestors lived. Thank you for shedding light 0n this useful method.

]]> By: Denise http://realestatetwincities.net/what-is-cob/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Denise Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:19:41 +0000 http://www.realestatetwincities.net/what-is-cob/#comment-335 There is interest in the cob building through Mother Earth News. There is also a writer named Chuck Hall who does quite a few articles on Cob building and other environmental concerns. Thanks for visiting my site, Denise http://www.thegardenersrake.com There is interest in the cob building through Mother Earth News. There is also a writer named Chuck Hall who does quite a few articles on Cob building and other environmental concerns.

Thanks for visiting my site, Denise
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