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What is Natural Building?
While, on one hand, natural building is a method of erecting a structure, you should understand that, to many, it’s also much more than that. Part of my purpose in this paper is to show how it promotes health in other aspects of life such as recycling, sustainability, permaculture, community, and a host of other concepts that are essential to healthy living on our planet. These values are trends throughout most building methods that consider … Read entire article »
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Building a wood-fired oven out of earth by Scott Alexander
Ideally you would want to build a stem wall to raise your oven to about waist high. Your base bricks should sit on an insulation layer to reduce the heat loss out of the bottom of you oven. Insulation is air pockets. Think of heat as moving molecules. As the molecules get more excited, they move faster, creating more friction which produces heat. The closer your molecules are, the easier it is for them to … Read entire article »
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