John C Daley

I think citizens world wide need to understand the true cost and effects of waste. I belive it should be a producers concern not the consumers concern.
Then recycling will work.
Some ideas;
- Limit plastics types used for beverages to one type only
- penalise consumers who  dont care and mix up things
- reduce packaging
- make building sites sort their rubbish

I am NOT PRO LARGE FAMILIES, I think that sort of thinking is not healthy for the world as a whole.
From the beginning,  civilisations have perished because of the following factors combining;
1 Over population for the available resources
2 Timber depletion because it is  used for building and heat.
3 Water is depleted by overuse or climate altering, because of population growth or depletion of trees, grasses etc
4 Soil becomes depleted by lack of improvement, erosion by  wind and water adds to the damage, damage  and food shortages occur.
4 Famine or war hits.
5 community degrades or is forced to move, to start the cycle again.

Its been repeated all over the world.
300- 1000 years seems the limits generally.
Currently science is helping with food, but land is being degraded everywhere by human activity.
Its built on, poisoned, eroded away or lost its capacity to grow anything.
I doubt science and technology can prevent it in the long run.

What is the objection to shoes?

Adrian, perhaps an explanation of the formats etc will help.
Its all mumbo jumbo to myself.
Perhaps a minimum fee as well.
I have 20 Acres in Australia it would be handy to have contoured.

Are you talking about a stand up panel, filled with Adobe or a panel filled with straw or similar stood up and then coated with a earth plaster?
They are 2 different panels.

Would bigger wheels help over rougher ground than the concrete slab included in the image?

I work with cob, adobe and feel that panel construction as it sounds is not the best method of application.
Panels need cranes, adobe can be done very effectively by hand and I think that is its advantage over SIP design.

John, I just cannot work out what is happening, can you explain it again please?

Victoria, its good to hear of your efforts.
I am in Bendigo and encourage people to build no more than a 100 Msq home.
A 35 square home [ 350 sq M ] can never be sustainable because of the amount of energy to create and maintain them..
I have worked in the area of efficient homes for 50 years.
I would not work with an architect, I would suggest a good builder / designer in what you actually want.
Architects are often hopeless for homes with alternative materials.
Natural Building Australia may be a good starting point.
What are you actually planning to have?
What area are you in?

 soilcrete walls

William what are these please?