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SUMMARY:“Roots and Resilience – Innovators in Natural Building” –  Liz Johndrow, April Magill, Lindsey Love
DESCRIPTION:Liz Johndrow – Earthen Endeavors\nApril Magill – Root Down Collective\nLindsey Love, Regenerative Building Solutions\nThis conversation brings together three women with over two decades each in the world of natural construction—Liz, April, and Lindsey—to reflect on their journeys, share hard-won lessons, and inspire the next generation of builders.\nLiz, a Vermont-based natural plaster specialist, brings deep experience from New England to Central America, working with communities to craft beautiful, durable finishes. April, a licensed architect in South Carolina, integrates natural materials into affordable housing designs, using architecture as a tool for equity and ecological responsibility. Lindsey, an architect who has maintained he skills as a hands-on natural builder, explores the spiritual and emotional relationships between people and the homes they inhabit.\nTogether, they’ll discuss the motivations that drew them to natural building, the barriers they’ve overcome as women in a male-dominated field, and what’s needed to grow a more inclusive, resilient future for the movement.\nLiz Johndrow, based in Putney, VT, has been plastering alongside other natural building skills since 2005. She also has split her time with teaching skills in rural communities in Central America. You can learn more of her international work at www.terracollaborative.org ( https://www.terracollaborative.org/ )\nApril Magill, AIA, is a leading voice in the advancement of alternative, climate-smart & healthy building methods and has been a pioneer in the southeast. She is an Architect, small business owner, Executive Director, and Adjunct Professor; April has been a keynote speaker and presenter to many organizations and universities over the past decade.\nApril has been a Charleston County resident since 2004 and has devoted her career to the advancement of sustainable architecture and affordable housing. After advancing her career at several Charleston architecture firms, in 2011 she took a leap of faith and founded Root Down Designs, a women-led architecture firm dedicated to sustainable architecture and affordable housing in the south where she serves as the Principal Architect. April pioneered several carbon-negative and alternative housing prototypes in Charleston, such as a Rammed-Earth home and Compressed Earth Blocks. She has worked with multiple building jurisdictions in helping clients obtain building permits for alternative materials and healthy housing. Working with financially-challenged clients and creating affordable building options has been a strong tenant of the Root Down team.\nLindsey Love has been working in the trades for over 20 years.  Her architectural expertise is enhanced by her certification as a passive house tradesperson, her living future accreditation, and the certificate she holds in utilizing healthy materials.  Her background in identifying emerging sustainable pathways and her understanding of the economic benefits, as well as challenges to these practices, qualifies her in her career as consultant.\nHer passion is working with natural materials like straw, clay, hemp and lime. These less processed materials are what drew her to architecture and building. Not only are they sustainable, but they are biophilic – they automatically create connection with nature.\n
URL:https://natural-building-alliance.org/events/liz-johndrow-april-magill-lydia-doleman-women-builders-and-resilience-theater/
CATEGORIES:Conference Presenter,Natural Building
LOCATION:111 S. Grand Ave, Bozeman MT
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