Survey: Should The Roundhouse Have Been Saved?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 09.19.08
Over in Wales, Tony Wrench's "ecohome of wood frame, cobwood and recycled window walls, straw-insulated turf roof; with solar power and wind turbine for electricity, compost toilet and reed beds for grey water" has just been granted approval after a ten year fight- it was built without permission in a public park. (see Secret Green Community Saved from Demolition)
Um, OK, but what if Mr Wrench had just pulled in an old trailer and parked an ATV in front?
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