[Greenbuilding] 500 year old house

[Drew A. Gillett, P.E.]

well i've got one of those.

2 bdr, 1 ba adobe with patio pasture and shop in las vegas, nm

needs work.  1000 sq ft in house 300 in shop, and 1/2 acre of land.  3 miles 
out of town on paved road with water, gas and cable. has metal roofs, 2 
fireplaces, and woodstove connnection.

anyone interested in renting or buying?  make offer .  drew 603-661-2883 
thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Seth Melchert" <dmelchert at earthlink.net>
To: <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: [Greenbuilding] 500 year old house


> Rob Vadurro wrote:
>
> ..."One observation I would like to ask the listers
> what you think about is the fact that what I see around here in New
> Mexico that most, if not all, the little towns contracting and sporting
> derelict buildings aplenty. Many are (once) beautiful stone or adobe
> built to last for hundreds of years, now un-used and in ruin."
>
>
> Excellent observation. One of my perceptions is that the environmental 
> crisis is rooted in the ways we think and identify with. In a sense it is 
> a spiritual crisis, and it is you and me, just as much as anyone.
>
> I do not carry the same occupation (builder) as my father (artist and 
> professor) as his father (minister) as his father (farmer). I suspect that 
> this is widely shared by all on this list. Through the generations we "do 
> our own thing", "been there, done that", blazer trails - all themes that 
> to one extent or other we hold dear. Yet it seems to me that it 
> contributes to unsustainable living.
>
> I cannot say I advocate innovation and societal change - far from it. But 
> part of our work as green building pioneers is to address the paradox that 
> the faster we seek solutions the more elusive they seem to become, and 
> that some of the solutions reside within ourselves.
>
> Seth Melchert
> Oakland
>
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