Ben Tyler
My blogs
| Location | Worldwide! |
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| Introduction | Natural building for me is a holistic approach to building that draws from regional, traditional skills and from modern advances. It's a return to natural materials with new insights in environmental sustainability and social justice. I believe natural building is an important step towards a happier, healthier, more sustainable future for all of us. My interests beyond natural building are in community development, which I incorporate in my work by leading natural building workshops and seminars for non-professionals. I hope that through my workshops I can empower people and give them the skills they need to create low-cost, low-tech, low-impact solutions to modern-day problems. I have experience with contemporary and traditional construction skills in North America, Latin America and Europe. I've worked with local governments and NGO's on low-income housing construction; non-profits in housing and sustainable agriculture development; and with private companies in renovation and construction. I'm certified in Permaculture Design through the British Permaculture Association, and I hold a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management. |
| Interests | natural building, eco-construction, permaculture, sustainability, cob, rocket stove, rocket mass heater, masonry heater, sauna, workshops, seminars. |