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America Could End Homelessness in One Year by Doing This
- gkop 13y ago[OP] I saw this going around the mainstream social web and was surprised that people seem not to know about building houses out of trash in suburban and rural areas, since we have been doing this for many years and even written books about it (eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship). Of course, what would actually be exciting is if folks were to build skyscrapers and other urban infrastructure out of trash.
- advisedwang 13y agoAs the author hints homelessness is not generally due to housing shortages, but more usually mental health, economic, relationship or legal issues. That said, its an extremely cool way to build a house and really emphasise the need to re-use material (remember: reduce, re-use, recycle!)