Natural building student Natalie Van Dreal takes a break atop a straw bale that will be installed in the house behind her. ( Carola Vyhnak )Wiersma, 65, hired The Endeavour Centre, a Peterborough-based school that teaches sustainable, natural building techniques, to help erect the 2,400-square-foot house. ( Carola Vyhnak )As she hammers out her future career in planet-friendly practices, she’s finding gratification in manual labour. “This is big,” says O’Reilly, 35, who left his job to learn the theoretical and practical aspects of natural house building. ( Carola Vyhnak )

Source: thestar September 24, 2016 14:03 UTC