Contents:
- Cork
- Coffee Husk
- Mycellium
- Green Algae
- Cob
- Plastic Brick
- PlantBased Foam
- Seaweed
Best comments:
@coolioso808:
This was interesting to watch and learn. I think one other sustainable material that needs more attention is hemp! It is an extremely versatile crop, can be grown pretty much anywhere in the world and not just useable for building materials but food, medicine, eco-plastic and clothing!
@naturelover369:
Excellent! Good info, nice presentation, lot of efforts taken! Please consider Bamboo. East Asian countries have houses completely built by Bamboo. Also there is Wheat Straw Plywood/board being made in India.
@tomkelly8827:
I live in Canada and have built 2 straw bale homes with clay/lime plasters on the walls, one with recycled newspaper for insulation all around, recycled tire and plastic bottle roofs, 2 log homes, and a number of other alternatives. Now I find that my favourite materials to work with are reused ones. Taking down an old structure and saving the tin from the roof, refurbishing old doors and windows, reusing lumber, bricks and concrete blocks, etc. The alternatives in here are likely very very expensive or very very labour intensive. They will not catch on because of that. They will always be niche products unless they can be made as easy to install and for very low prices. Homes are already very expensive. Making them more expensive is not sustainable unfortunately. Massive scaling needs to happen to a product to ensure wide spread use. That being said, nothing will change without innovation so please people keep innovating, you may just make the breakthrough needed to save the world and reintroduce harmony between humans and the environment.