Racism, unemployment, drugs and gangs were common problems which Indian social service organizations, such as the Little Earth housing complex in Minneapolis, have attempted to address.
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Oesch's projects feature Solar architecture and the Efficient energy use of alternative materials and building systems including Green roof, Earth house, and Straw-bale construction.
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You'll read about David Stebbins'rammed-earth house in the Texas Panhandle that is powered and heated by the sun and wind and collects water for drinking.
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Off-the-grid homes are passive solar earth house in the high-desert wilderness of Northern Arizona, collecting rainwater, composting waste, and paying nothing for utilities.
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The White Earth Reservation owns and operates an Event Center, a hotel, the Shooting Star Casino, the White Earth Housing Authority, the Reservations College, and other business enterprises.
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Rammed-earth housing may resolve problems with homelessness caused by otherwise high building costs and may also help address the ecological impacts of deforestation and the toxicity of building materials associated with conventional construction methods.
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The structures at Cosanti include the original " Earth House " which is partially underground, a student dormitory, outdoor studios, performance space, a swimming pool, gift shop, and Soleri's residence.
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In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the unique rammed-earth house and studio Anderson had ingeniously constructed at Shearwater in 1937, severely damaging the family's collection of his art works, which now awaits restoration.
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On the west edge of the town, surrounded by Hatston Industrial Estate, is a prehistoric ancient monument, Grain Earth House ( Historic Scotland ), a short low stone-walled passage deep underground leading to a small pillared chamber.
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The area has evidence of human habitation going back to 4000 BC, notably the Recumbent Stone circle at Tomnaverie, a souterrain or earth house at Culsh, as well as numerous burial cairns, lesser stone circles, Bronze Age fortifications and Pictish Stones.
