...and Greenpeace Campaigns Against Use of PVC

Awards & Competitions

Among the recipients of the first

Building Innovation in Home-ownership Awards was the Super-Insulated Straw Bale Affordable Housing Project of Tucson, Arizona. Project organizers receiving the award included Judy Knox and Matts Mhyrmann of Out On Bale, (un)Ltd., David Eisenberg of the Development Center for Alternative Technology, and Austin Architect Ben Obregon.

Also receiving the same award was a coalition led by WRITAR of St. Paul, Minnesota and including the Center for Resourceful Building Technology of Missoula, Montana. This coalition helped design owner-built affordable housing for the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota.