Frederica Miller is an architect, permaculture designer, and a member of
the GAIA-group in Norway. The GAIA-group has pioneered ecological building
practices and design in Norway for ten years, focusing on small scale,
locally based projects. Frederica recently initiated the JERA project to
establish an eco-village near Oslo.
The above two paras are from an article on display at
http://www.gaia.org/evis/evbook/pg64.html - A new article up almost every
day throughout February.
Hope it's of interest.
Heidi
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>>>"Can we ecologically & legally use old tires to fill & heal abandoned
>>>gravel >pits?"
"Ground too level? Need a handy hill? It may be cheap to get mondo tires
dumped & then cover the
works with gravel & topsoil.
>>>"In the Great South Bay, between Fire Island and Long Island, someone
>>>>(presumably a
department of the government) created several artificial reefs >out of used
tires, which became
favored housing for local black fish & sea >bass. I >have never caught so
many black fish in my life."
"possible better use for tires is cut up and used as roofing tile. I got
this idea after looking at some
several century old ceramic roofs in Spain. Tires have about the same camber.."
>>>>>>"using cut-up tires for roofing tires: DANGER DANGER DANGER this is a
>>>>>>>>major fire
hazard!!!! When tires get burning they are very difficult to put >>out."
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