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Low Impact Homes Search For A Home in The Welsh Countryside

Posted by: Zvi Leve
Thanks to: Zvi Leve
17 February 2004 - 1:00pm

A cause celebre of the Welsh sustainable living movement is tired of fighting the planners.

Tony Wrench, one of Britain's most commited proponents of sustainable living has given up his five year struggle to live in a house made of wood, mud and straw hidden away in the Welsh woods. Mr Wrench believes that he "might have lost the battle but won the war. We have raised the profile of the debate, so now politicians realise there is a way of building low impact homes in the countryside under strict controls." The Welsh assembly is one of only two governments in the world to formally commit itself under law to promote sustainable development.

Full Story: Champion of green homes bows to planners
Source: The Guardian Unlimited, February 15, 2004
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