Owen GeigerFounder and Director of the Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building (www.grisb.org), Owen Geiger has a Ph.D. in Social and Economic Development. His dissertation developed a scalable housing model to alleviate substandard housing by using natural building materials. Dr. Geiger is an engineer and author of dozens of articles on affordable, sustainable building. His 30-plus years of construction experience includes extensive hands-on building, designing and inspecting homes, training employees and hundreds of workshop participants, and managing housing projects as a licensed contractor. He currently teaches, writes for The Last Straw journal, Mother Earth News and other magazines, works as a consultant on international housing projects, and develops online content for GRISB.org, EarthbagBuilding.com, Earthbag Building Blog and the GRISB Sustainable Building Blog.Interests and Hobbies: My driving passion is providing affordable housing for those in need using sustainable building materials. As director of GRISB.org, I oversee many affordable housing projects. It's extremely exciting and rewarding work. Homepage: http://www.earthbagbuilding.com |
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