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Learning Sustainable Skills

On November 2, 2006 the St. Mary's River Watershed Association sponsored an airing of the DVD movie "Building with Awareness; the Construction of a Hybrid Home" at the Lexington Park Library as part of their Backyard Conservation Workshop series.   The movie by Ted Owens features info on:

·   straw bale walls

·   post and beam framing

·   passive solar heating and cooling

·   rubble trench foundation

·   roof framing and insulation

·   concrete floors

·   radiant floor heat

·   earth plaster for walls

·   photovoltaic systems

·   rainwater cisterns

·   design and aesthetics

·   green building materials

·   and much more. 

 - Christina Allen

301 862-3421

For more information about the national Sierra Club campaign on alternative energy, click here.