HEALTH BENEFITS OF NATURAL EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION at PRI
- HEALTH BENEFITS OF NATURAL EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION Somehow or another, the modern day, industrial world in which we live convinced us that dirt is unclean, impure, and well…. dirty. We worry when we see our children headed for a mud puddle, we agonize when a mud footprint makes its way onto our kitchen floor, and we´ll gladly walk an extra couple strides on the sidewalk to avoid even a step or two through the dirt. The idea of actually living in a house made from dirt is unthinkable to most people, despite the fact that mud has provided shelter to the vast majority of humans throughout history. But maybe it is time for us to rethink our “mud-phobia.” Most of the houses that we live in today are built and finished with dozens of materials that are toxic both to our own health and for the health of the natural world. They may appear clean and comfortable and make us feel as if we are protected from the disorderliness of the world of rain and mud, but the unseen chemicals that fill th...