Posted by: johnny_a
in MyBlog on Apr 08, 2009
70 six-week old chicks moved into a new sustainably built home, courtesy of some faculty, staff, and students of Vermont's Green Mountain College. The 130 square foot digs was constructed almost entirely from local materials at a cost of about $2,000.
"The lumber comes from white pine that was milled in town and the foundation and floor is made of slate supplied by a local quarry," said Lucas Brown, assistant professor of environmental studies at GMC. The only non-local building materials used are the roofing fasteners and the hardware.
