Reversing Climate Change
Reversing Climate Change
76: Innovations in Carbon Beneficial Building Materials—with Chris Magwood & Jacob Deva Racusin
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76: Innovations in Carbon Beneficial Building Materials—with Chris Magwood & Jacob Deva Racusin

Buckminster Fuller famously said that “waste materials are simply resources we haven’t found a use for.” So, what if we could use agricultural waste products like corn husks or coconut coir as building materials? The truth is that we can, and a number of innovative sustainable builders are working to not just reduce the carbon emissions associated with construction but turn homes and commercial buildings into carbon storage units.

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