Ross Brubeck is a builder with the woods edge natural builders collective. He is in the process of finishing his first earthen home. “Natural Building” is a clunky term. Much like “organic” or “sustainable”, it’s drawn from a stablehouse of easy greenwashing terms cheaply deployed next to a green leaf on a plastic package. What part of “nature” is reflected in “natural building” more so than the built environment we are already in? The materials used in natural building processes are less ref...

Ross Brubeck is a builder with the woods edge natural builders collective. He is in the process of finishing his first earthen home. “Natural Building” is a clunky term. Much like “organic” or “sustainable”, it’s drawn from a stablehouse of easy greenwashing terms cheaply deployed next to a green leaf on a plastic package. What part of “nature” is reflected in “natural building” more so than the built environment we are already in? The materials used in natural building processes are less ref...