[permaculture] Plastic v. Stainless Steel
Laurence Gaffney
lgaffney at bigpond.com
Wed Feb 13 16:40:41 EST 2008
Robyn Francis wrote:-
> We need to think more in terms of generations of use for all our stuff - changing the consume/discard
> mentality fostered in recent decades is one of the biggest challenges we face.
Yes and our housing is now almost throw away. The Australian Building Code does not specifically address overall design life/ durability of domestic housing but as near as I can tell it is now generally of the order of 30 - 50 Years in Australia.
Perhaps the durability of materials and how to design for a long life could become a module in future Permaculture Design Courses.
Laurence Gaffney
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