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		<title>What makes a house a home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live about a 15 minute drive from the nearest town. Every time I drive into town I pass a house on my right that clearly does not belong. It simply feels wrong. And I know I am not alone: most everyone in my neighborhood feels the same way. We all call it &#8220;The motel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renovating (naturally) a 100 year old house</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Thomson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May of last year I began renovating a small “craftsman” style home in Southeast Portland. I planned to add a bathroom, bedroom, and remodel the kitchen. I gave myself 6 months to complete the job… 9 months later, I am finally putting the finishing touches on the project. The old expression that building anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Cob Cheap?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people consider a cob house because it is perceived as a very inexpensive way to build. After all, you just dig up the dirt around your building site and turn it into walls. Cob houses can literally be &#8220;dirt cheap.&#8221; Is this true? Not really. Cob houses can be very inexpensive, but this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I define a good home as &#8220;A house where we feel strong connections with people and place.&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to get around the fact that if you are looking for strong connections with people and place, you will have to spend time with those people and in that place. In other words, if you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curtains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such simple things, with so many great functions! As a kid I remember in the winter time how important the moment was that we closed the curtains in the evening. It meant that everyone was inside for the night, that food was about to be prepared , that Dad would come home soon and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pine Ridge Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;or how to build a house for about $25 per square foot! This winter we are engaged in the planning process for a major outreach project on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where we intend to build a small 2 bedroom house.  This exciting project will challenge us on many levels: technologically, logistically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the Natural Building Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Thomson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a week in October, a group of about 80 natural builders came together for the annual &#8220;Natural Building Colloquium&#8221; in Southern Oregon. These events began about 15 years ago, as a way to bring members of the fledgling natural building movement together to share stories and techniques, meet and get inspired. The movement has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schools, Hospitals, and Prisons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we went to visit friends who run a children&#8217;s camp on the shores of Lake Tahoe, CA, to relax and spend some time on the lake. In order to get there we had to drive through Reno, Nevada.  Approaching Reno from the north, a significant building caught my eye.  Because I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Island Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Thomson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had the good fortune to visit a small island off the coast of El Salvador.  The island, called &#8220;Isle de Meangueara&#8221;, can only be reached by taking a small lancha (boat) from the port town of La Union on the mainland.  Everything the island uses arrives like this: food, drinking water, clothes, building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a House With a Spouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coenraad Rogmans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, it&#8217;s a funny rhyme, but it is a serious occasion. Building a house with the one you love can be a dangerous undertaking for your relationship. Many married couples end up divorced after several years of working on a house together. Often the house then has to be sold in order to pay the [...]]]></description>
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