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Mudgirls manifesto : handbuilt homes, handcrafted lives Cover Image Book Book

Mudgirls manifesto : handbuilt homes, handcrafted lives

Mudgirls Natural Building Collective. (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780865718777 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xiii, 177 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Gabriola, British Columbia : New Society Publishers, 2018.

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Subject: Mudgirls Natural Building Collective.
Ecological houses
Earth houses
Sustainable buildings
Sustainable living

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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Salt Spring Island Public Library 728.047 MUD (Text) 33123009616823 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
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Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1(8)
Part I: A History Written In Mud
Chapter 1 Our Ways of Building
9(24)
Guiding Principle: We mostly work with unprocessed natural and recycled materials to create and decorate beautiful and healthy structures that are earth friendly.
Guiding Principle: We believe this work is so important that we cannot wait until we are all experts.
No matter the level of experience, we value each individual for their contribution and abilities and believe strongly in skill-building on the worksite.
We Went for It: Creating the World We Wanted to Live In
9(5)
The Measuring Tape: Skill-Building as a Priority. A Non-intimidating Approach to Building
14(5)
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Permits = Limits
19(7)
Messages from Mud: It's Not About How Much You Know, But How Much You Believe in What You're Doing
26(3)
Case Studies: Ray and Soozie's Place; Measure Twice, Think Three Times, Cut Once, Because Chainsaws Are Forever
29(4)
Chapter 2 Women's Work
33(26)
Guiding Principle: We are a women's collective and seek to empower ourselves with employment and the skills to build homes.
No Boys Allowed: Why We Chose (and Still Choose) An All-woman Crew
33(9)
We Play With Dollies: Work Smarter Not Harder
42(3)
Our Heroines: Other Women that Are Rockin' the Natural Building World and Shattering the Status Quo: Athena Steen, Liz Johndrow, and Becky Bee
45(4)
We Love Dudes: And Dudes Love Us
49(3)
Case Studies: Chris' Contribution; Set the Men Free; No, Really, She's Doing It; Contribution from Todd Turik (One Man Among Many Women)
52(7)
Chapter 3 Rethinking Work
59(18)
Guiding Principle: We are a collective that is human friendly: we recreate our concepts of work to prioritize respect and care for our hearts, our bodies, and our children while we work together. We create a work environment that nurtures us.
Large and in Charge: The Empowerment Inherent in Working for Oneself
59(3)
It's Our Worksite, and We'll Cry If We Want To: Allowing Space for Emotions, Needs, and Limitations on the Worksite
62(3)
Bigger Isn't Always Better: Dealing with the Expectations of Conventional "Efficiency" Versus the Efficiencies Long-term Learning, Safety, Skill-sharing, and Community-building
65(1)
Baby, I Like It Raw: Maintaining the Connection with Raw Materials and Raw Power
66(3)
Case Studies: Ode to the Old: Hand Tools and Handy Elders
69(3)
Soul Food: Nurturing Our Bodies
72(1)
Recipes: Smoked Tofu Potato Salad; Bethany's Rice Pudding; Coconut Curried Lentils; Energy Balls
73(4)
Chapter 4 Caring for the Children
77(12)
Guiding Principle: All our events are child and parent-friendly with quality childcare always provided.
Our Kids Are Your Kids: A Better Model for the Greater Good
77(2)
Take Your Child to Work Day, Every Day: Why Mandatory, Built-in Childcare Makes Sense, and Why It's Not Always Perfect
79(2)
The Children of the Revolution: Children as Active Members of the Community
81(3)
Case Studies: How the Inner Child Schooled the Adult Attitude: Youth Facilitation as a Non-parent; That One Time I Almost Lost My Kids and My Mind, and the Silly Play That Saved Us All; Life After Motherhood; Participant/Mother Contribution
84(5)
Chapter 5 Rethinking "Business"
89(18)
Guiding Principle: We seek to do our business in a non-capitalist spirit.
We keep the cost of natural building affordable by keeping our wages low, offering our workshops for barter, building for low-income people as much as we can.
Menage a Trois: The Breakdown of Our Workshop Structure
89(3)
How Much Is Too Much?: The Quest to Practice Sustainable Idealism
92(3)
Who Needs Money When There's Mud Everywhere?: A Low Income Plus Resourcefulness Equals Creative Power
95(3)
Client-friends and Friend-clients: Keeping a Healthy Building Relationship Without Contracts
98(3)
Case Studies: Molly's House; Trade Ya a Small House for a Website?
101(6)
Chapter 6 Who's the Boss?
107(12)
Guiding Principle: We are structured non-hierarchically.
Each member is equally valued and has equal say in decision-making.
Guiding Principle: We use the teachings of Compassionate Communication to create a peaceful, mutually respectful, and revolutionarily harmonious group process.
The Internal Workings of The Mudgirls: How We Make Decisions
107(3)
Don't Tell Me What to Do
110(3)
Mycorrhiza: A Symbiosis Inspired by Nature Keeps the Collective Rollin'
113(3)
Case Studies: The Voice of Dissent, and How We Hate to Love It; A Model of Our (Ideal) Steps to Resolve Conflict
116(3)
Chapter 7 Building a Revolution
119(12)
Guiding Principle: We work together to create this collective as we go, nurturing the creative and inventive and courageously open to the process of transformation.
Build It and They Will Come: The Search for Other Ways of Living.
119(4)
Don't Muddy the Waters: Trying to Live by Example
123(2)
Case Studies: Our Collective's Babies: Mudmob in Australia and The Good Earth Builders.
125(6)
Part II: Thanks Tips! (Practical Building Matters)
Chapter 8 Materials and Tools
131(12)
Clay Sourcing Tips
131(1)
How to Test Your Clay
132(3)
Sand, Sand, and Sand
135(1)
Fiber
136(1)
Lumber
137(2)
Mud Tools
139(1)
Woodworking Tools
139(1)
What Trowel to Use and Why
140(3)
Chapter 9 Recipes
143(6)
Clay Paint Recipes That Work
143(1)
Paint #1
143(1)
Paint #2
144(1)
Pigment
144(1)
Adhesion Coats
144(1)
Lime Water, Lime Wash
145(1)
Starch Paste (Wheat Paste)
145(1)
Plasters
145(1)
Manure Plaster
146(1)
Clay Plaster
147(1)
Lime Plaster
147(2)
Chapter 10 Tips to Success
(We Screwed Up and Learned Stuff)
149(1)
Dry Stack Rock Foundation Tips
149(2)
Dry Stack Rock Foundations for Straw Bale Walls
151(1)
How to Fix Cracks
152(2)
Why Cob Walls Fall
154(2)
Wall Systems Pros and Cons
156(5)
Build Your House in Ten Steps'
161(8)
Endnotes 169(4)
Index 173(4)
About the Author 177(1)
A Note about the Publisher 178
9781119466178
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
1 Introduction 1(16)
1.1 Background
1(4)
1.2 Procedures and Rules
5(1)
1.3 Standards
6(5)
1.3.1 History and Purpose of Standards
6(1)
1.3.2 A Few Examples of Standards throughout the Ages
6(2)
1.3.3 Classification
8(1)
1.3.4 Limited Consensus Standards
9(1)
1.3.5 Voluntary Consensus Standards (VCS)
9(1)
1.3.6 Governmental Standards
10(1)
1.4 Applicability of Standards
11(4)
1.4.1 Permissible Materials of Construction, Performance Criteria, and Material Data
13(1)
1.4.2 Safe Design Rules
13(1)
1.4.3 Construction Details
14(1)
1.4.4 Available Methodologies for Inspection and Testing
14(1)
1.4.5 Safe Operating Parameters
14(1)
1.4.6 Conformity Assessment
14(1)
1.5 Summary
15(2)
2 Role of Governments in Standards 17(12)
2.1 Overview
17(2)
2.2 History
19(1)
2.3 Aspects of Governmental Involvement with Standards
19(1)
2.4 General Policies
20(1)
2.5 National versus State, Provincial, or Local Standards Involvement
20(1)
2.6 The US Government and Standards
21(1)
2.7 US Government OMB Circular A119
21(2)
2.8 National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
23(1)
2.9 National Science and Technology Council
24(1)
2.10 Other US Government Actions
24(1)
2.11 How the Government Uses Standards
24(1)
2.12 US Government as a Participant in VCS Activities
25(1)
2.13 State and Local Standards Use
26(1)
2.14 Other Countries
26(1)
2.15 Summary
27(1)
2.16 Case Studies
27(2)
3 Voluntary Consensus Standards and Codes 29(16)
3.1 Purpose of Standards
30(6)
3.1.1 Standards for Safety and Reliability
30(2)
3.1.2 Standards to Reduce Cost
32(1)
3.1.3 Standards for Increased Flexibility
33(1)
3.1.4 Standards for Promotion of Business
34(1)
3.1.5 Standards to Help Society to Function
35(1)
3.1.6 Consistency
36(1)
3.2 Voluntary Consensus Standards
36(1)
3.3 American National Standard Institute (ANSI)
36(2)
3.4 Codes
38(1)
3.4.1 National Codes
38(1)
3.4.2 International Codes
38(1)
3.5 Some ANSI Accredited Organizations
38(7)
3.5.1 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
39(3)
3.5.2 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
42(1)
3.5.3 American Petroleum Institute (API)
43(1)
3.5.4 UL (Formerly Underwriters Laboratory)
43(1)
3.5.5 National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI)
43(1)
3.5.6 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
44(1)
3.5.7 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
44(1)
4 Limited Consensus Standards 45(6)
4.1 Types of Standards
45(2)
4.2 Proprietary versus Nonproprietary Standards
47(1)
4.2.1 Proprietary Standards
47(1)
4.2.2 Nonproprietary Standards
48(1)
4.3 Governmental and Jurisdictional Limited Consensus Standards
48(2)
4.3.1 NASA
48(1)
4.3.2 Army Corp of Engineers
49(1)
4.3.3 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
49(1)
4.3.4 National Science Foundation (NSF)
49(1)
4.3.5 US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Forest Service
49(1)
4.3.6 United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
50(1)
4.3.7 Municipalities
50(1)
4.4 Case Studies
50(1)
5 Jurisdictional Standards 51(12)
5.1 Regulations and Jurisdictional Requirements
51(5)
5.2 Jurisdictional Standards Implementation
56(1)
5.3 Incorporation by Reference
56(2)
5.3.1 Access to Reference Standards
57(1)
5.3.2 Updating of Reference Standards
57(1)
5.4 Sample Jurisdictional Standard: The OSHA Regulations
58(5)
5.4.1 OSHA General Duty Clause
60(1)
5.5 Summary
61(2)
6 Standards Development Process 63(6)
6.1 Introduction
64(1)
6.2 Voluntary Consensus Standards (VCS)
64(1)
6.3 Government Nonjurisdictional Standards: DOD, NASA, etc.
65(1)
6.4 Governmental Jurisdictional Standards: DOT, FAA, FCC, OSHA, etc.
66(1)
6.5 Corporate Standards
66(1)
6.5.1 Corporate Public Standards
66(1)
6.5.2 Corporate Proprietary Standards
67(1)
6.6 Limited Consensus Standards
67(1)
6.7 Standards Maintenance
68(1)
6.8 Summary
68(1)
6.9 Case Study
68(1)
7 Types of Standards 69(8)
7.1 Introduction
69(1)
7.2 Performance versus Prescriptive
69(3)
7.2.1 Performance Standards
69(1)
7.2.2 Prescriptive Standards
70(1)
7.2.3 Component Standards
71(1)
7.2.4 Hybrid Standards
71(1)
7.3 Geographical, Political, or Economic Extent
72(1)
7.4 Mandatory or Voluntary
72(1)
7.5 Consensus versus Nonconsensus
73(1)
7.6 Purpose
73(1)
7.7 Subject
73(1)
7.8 Surprise Consequences of a Successful Standard
74(2)
7.9 Summary
76(1)
7.10 Case Study
76(1)
8 Conformity Assessment 77(10)
8.1 Introduction
77(1)
8.2 Users of Conformity Assessment
78(2)
8.2.1 Producers and Manufacturers
79(1)
8.2.2 Users and their Designated Agents
79(1)
8.2.3 Inspection/Insurance Agencies and Inspection Jurisdictions
79(1)
8.2.4 Governmental Agencies
80(1)
8.3 Applicability of Conformity Assessment
80(2)
8.3.1 Employees
80(1)
8.3.2 Processes
81(1)
8.3.3 Products
81(1)
8.3.4 Services
81(1)
8.3.5 Systems
82(1)
8.4 Verification and Validation Process
82(2)
8.5 Conformity Assessment Organizations
84(1)
8.6 Summary
85(1)
8.7 Case Studies
85(2)
9 Standards Interpretation and Relief 87(18)
9.1 General Discussion
87(1)
9.2 Standards Adoption
88(1)
9.3 Effect of Noncompliance with Standards
89(6)
9.3.1 New Products
90(2)
9.3.2 Post-Manufacturing Noncompliance
92(3)
9.4 Standards Interpretation
95(2)
9.4.1 Informal Processes
95(1)
9.4.2 Formal Interpretations
95(2)
9.5 Tailoring
97(2)
9.5.1 Nonmandatory Standards Tailoring
98(1)
9.5.2 Legislative Tailoring
98(1)
9.5.3 Governmental Agency Supplemental Standards
98(1)
9.6 Waivers and Variances
99(4)
9.6.1 Waivers of Corporate Standards
99(1)
9.6.2 Code Cases
100(1)
9.6.3 Variances from Jurisdictional Standards
101(2)
9.7 Summary
103(1)
9.8 Case Study
103(2)
10 Characteristics of a Good Standard 105(8)
10.1 Introduction
105(1)
10.2 Clarity and Understanding
105(1)
10.3 Scope
106(1)
10.4 Terminology
107(1)
10.5 Structure and Organization
107(2)
10.6 Consistency
109(1)
10.7 References to Other Standards
109(1)
10.8 Attention to Details
109(1)
10.9 Supplementing a Standard
110(1)
10.10 Timeliness
110(1)
10.11 Sample Standard Structure
110(2)
10.12 Summary
112(1)
10.13 Case Studies
112(1)
11 Getting Involved in Standards Development 113(8)
11.1 Introduction
113(1)
11.2 Reasons to Get Involved
113(3)
11.2.1 Influence the Process and the Product
113(1)
11.2.2 Opportunity to Learn
114(1)
11.2.3 Credibility
114(1)
11.2.4 Personal Satisfaction
115(1)
11.2.5 Networking and Career Benefits
115(1)
11.3 Opportunities for Involvement in Standards
116(1)
11.3.1 Company Standards
116(1)
11.3.2 Interest Group Standards
116(1)
11.3.3 Voluntary Consensus Standards (VCS)
116(1)
11.3.4 Jurisdictional Standards
117(1)
11.4 Selecting a Committee
117(1)
11.4.1 Finding a Committee
117(1)
11.4.2 Making the Choice
118(1)
11.5 What Does It Require?
118(1)
11.6 Summary
119(2)
Acronyms 121(4)
Appendix A: Deciding Not to Use a Standard 125(6)
A.1 Introduction
125(1)
A.2 Reasons Not to Use a Standard
126(1)
A.2.1 Lack of a Standard
126(1)
A.2.2 Overly Constraining
126(1)
A.2.3 Unique Product or Application
126(1)
A.2.4 Basic Services
127(1)
A.2.5 Patented Products
127(1)
A.3 Consequences of Not Using a Standard
127(1)
A.4 Mitigations for Not Using a Standard
128(1)
A.5 Summary
129(2)
Appendix B: Some SDOs developing Voluntary Consensus Standards 131(4)
Appendix C: Some Industrial Organizations That Publish Limited Consensus Standards 135(2)
Appendix D: Some US Government Jurisdictional Agencies 137(2)
Bibliography 139(2)
Biography 141(2)
Index 143

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