Home, Grown
Building materials contribute an estimated 5 to 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. What if we used materials that not only take less carbon to produce but also can capture and store carbon? In California, architect and climber join up with Yvon Chouinard and a seasoned crew to construct two houses using straw bales that would otherwise have gone to waste.
LEARN MORE!
After the films, learn about Straw Bale Construction with Jeff Feldman, formerly of Greenpath Consulting, a green building consulting firm seeking to support others in walking a greener path upon the planet.
Filmmaker: Forest Woodward
Running Time: 12 mins
Language: English with Open Captions
Type: Short
Forest Woodward is a visual artist based in Missoula, Montana. He received his MFA in photography from the University of Hartford and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His practice is rooted in an immersive and visceral connection to land. This connection is informed by time spent inhabiting places where the shifting currents of both human presence and absence are etched in the landscapes we are shaping and shaped by. Combining analog photographic process, wet process printing, artist books, written word, and land-based installations, his work explores questions around ideas of permanence, control, and human relationship to the ecosystems we inhabit.
