Living in a straw bale house with a dirt floor? Mud bricks? Solar panels? Permaculture gardens? Or something completely different?
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, co-author of the acclaimed classic, Housing as if People Mattered and herself a veteran of living in intentional communities and eco-villages, explores what alternative and ecological housing really means today with examples from Australia and overseas. She reports on the latest research and the social, ecological and economic factors that influence people's decisions to choose "alternative housing."
Dr Sarkissian's illustrated and thought-provoking lecture will raise many questions and provide scope for spirited discussion. She lives in a small village in rural New South Wales. Does she live in a house with a dirt floor?
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