Sustainable human settlements Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/category/sustainable-human-settlements/ Sustainable building principles to connect, create, empower and educate. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:01:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Square-logo-32x32.png Sustainable human settlements Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/category/sustainable-human-settlements/ 32 32 Q&A with Anita Venter | Shack replacement initiative in Bloemfontein https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/grassroots-shack-replacement-bloemfontein/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/grassroots-shack-replacement-bloemfontein/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:45:37 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=70534 In honour of women's day we asked Anita Venter a few questions about her grassroots development initiative using sustainable building methods in Bloemfontein. We have great admiration for the shack replacement initiative and what she has done to empower her change agents to become more self-sufficient and build community in her local context. 

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/transition-ethics-the-art-of-compromise/feed/ 2 Appropriate green building technologies as a catalyst for social change in creating climate change resilient communities https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/appropriate-green-building-technologies-as-a-catalyst-for-social-change-in-creating-climate-change-resilient-communities/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/appropriate-green-building-technologies-as-a-catalyst-for-social-change-in-creating-climate-change-resilient-communities/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:15:22 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=19546 The Lebone project objective is to teach green building and social entrepreneurial skills to the youths and selected individuals from marginalised communities. The Lebone Village project in the Mangaung Metro Municipality Lebone Village, established in May 2000, provides a safe haven for orphaned and vulnerable children, and children affected by AIDS and HIV. In addition, […]

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/appropriate-green-building-technologies-as-a-catalyst-for-social-change-in-creating-climate-change-resilient-communities/feed/ 0 New directions in informal settlement upgrading and community-led sustainable building practices – The Freedom Square shack replacement project – Day 18 (Thursday 2 Oct’14) https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/new-directions-in-informal-settlement-upgrading-and-community-led-sustainable-building-practices-the-freedom-square-shack-replacement-project-day-18-thursday-2-oct14/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/new-directions-in-informal-settlement-upgrading-and-community-led-sustainable-building-practices-the-freedom-square-shack-replacement-project-day-18-thursday-2-oct14/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:32:06 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=11816 I came to learn how to build a cob wall; instead I learned the story of my life before I even stepped onto the building site. It was day 18 at the Freedom Square shack replacement building site in Bloemfontein, but my first day on the premises. The walls of Lientjie’s new house were already […]

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