Earth & women [videorecording] / Directed by Lyndol Michael ; a Differentia Production.
Contributor(s): Michael, Lyndol
| Differentia, Inc | Cinema Guild, Inc.
Publisher: New York : Cinema Guild, Inc., c2003Description: 1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Other title: Earth and women.Subject(s): Earth houses | Straw bale houses | Ecological houses | Earth houses -- Design and construction | Straw bale houses -- Design and construction | Plastering | Earth houses -- Environmental aspects | Straw bale houses -- Environmental aspects | Architecture, Domestic -- Environmental aspects | Building materials -- Environmental aspects | Dwellings -- Design and construction | Building | Green products | Sustainable development | Architecture and women | Women and the environment | Architecture and societyDDC classification: 691 Summary: Environmentally sensitive women design and build their own homes, using straw bale walls coated with mud plaster. Features interviews with numerous women who have built homes from organic materials and who describe the empowering nature of the process, which connects family members, friends and neighbors. One participant comments that her project was a journey "contrary to everything learned in architecture school, everything learned in construction." Women speak about how this kind of architecture respects the planet and lets people take stewardship, connect with materials in the house, connect with the environment, and reconnect to the earth. Participants explore the care-giving concept and women's traditional roles as caregivers.
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Originally produced in 2002.
Environmentally sensitive women design and build their own homes, using straw bale walls coated with mud plaster. Features interviews with numerous women who have built homes from organic materials and who describe the empowering nature of the process, which connects family members, friends and neighbors. One participant comments that her project was a journey "contrary to everything learned in architecture school, everything learned in construction." Women speak about how this kind of architecture respects the planet and lets people take stewardship, connect with materials in the house, connect with the environment, and reconnect to the earth. Participants explore the care-giving concept and women's traditional roles as caregivers.
VHS format.