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There is a lot of earth building going on out there, so it is good to see some exposure in Melbourne’s Herald Sun. It is the story of a Monbulk builder Nathan Schroder constructing a rammed earth house in a fire prone area.

“It feels a whole lot more natural,” he said. “Two-thirds of the world’s population live in an earth dwelling but in the West we keep inventing all these new ways of building walls. This is a simple way of building and something feels really good about it.”

Read the full article by clicking here.

This video isn’t about rammed earth, sorry about that. The song alone is worth a post, a great song by Willie Nelson covering Cold Play’s “the Scientist”.

The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable future. Both the film and the soundtrack were commissioned by Chipotle to emphasize the importance of developing a sustainable food system.

No body said it was easy!