Earth-ships, swags and sustainable design

Small and totally dependent on careful siting in the surrounding environment to ensure a good night’s sleep.

More important matters related to sustainability relate to the poorest people in Australia.

Healthabitat’s position is to reinforce the idea that sustaining people’s lives and health is a big issue for the majority of the world’s population and, sadly still, for the poorest, often Indigenous, people of Australia. Sustainability is not only about the latest energy saving widget or recycling materials …important as these may be, it has to also improve peoples lives and the places where they live and work.

You can hear from Michael Reynolds from the USAand local architect Caroline Pidcock dealt with the issues earthships, housing and sustainability by heading to the ABC website