Sustainability Can Be Beautiful: Dirt + Pressure = Rammed Earth

Imagine a world where we don't have to clear-cut forests to create housing. Rammed earth shows that sustainability can be beautiful. »Subscribe to CBC Arts to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/CBCArtsSubscribe When Sylvia Cook was a high school physics teacher she dreamed of building the most sustainable house she possibly could when she retired. It was a "fantasy project" until she came across the idea of building with rammed earth. Now she's the owner of Aerecura Rammed Earth Builders and is building more than just her own sustainable home. Find us at http://bit.ly/CBCArtsWeb CBC Arts on Facebook: http://bit.ly/CBCArtsFacebook CBC Arts on Twitter: http://bit.ly/CBCArtsTwitter CBC Arts on Instagram: http://bit.ly/CBCArtsInstagram About: CBC Arts is your destination for extraordinary Canadian arts. Whether you're a culture vulture, a working artist, an avid crafter, a compulsive doodler or just a dabbler in the arts, there's something for you here. Sustainability Can Be Beautiful. Dirt + Pressure = Rammed Earth    / cbcarts