Log:
Another morning cleaning party. I was reminded of Grandma today as I got out the Murphy’s oil soap for the wood floor. I appreciate the distraction cleaning provides.
Another day, another meeting, of course! We met again before the charrette. These CCATers really are interested in being as prepared as possible. As much as I’m not into meetings, I have seen their value in helping us learn about construction. Every meeting we find out something else we should research. I was glad when the actual charrette started. I found it very informative. I was also very amused by the clear roles that most folks seemed to fit into, according to clothing: the neatly dressed architect, the down to earth blue collar house mover/construction guy in a hard hat, the project managers wearing some combination of the two previous uniforms, and the students wearing jeans and chacos. If someone were to be into the comic making business we would have been prime material. We did get done what we needed to at the charrette, hooray! We roughly sited the house, after considering many factors. The three largest were land contour, ADA access, and solar window. We also explained the use of the house and worked with the architect to redesign the basement floor plan. It feels good to have made this progress. I’m really glad that construction administration is not my future profession.
I spent my evening in the woods, in my favorite stump. I always appreciate visiting the same spot at different times of day. It’s very interesting to me to see how light transforms settings. The sun was casting long interesting shadows on the trail. I was able to catch a bright pink and gold sunset through the silhouetted redwoods. What a view! On my way out of the woods I tried to find more glowing phosphorescent microbacteria. I was convinced I had found some on a leaf. When I got out of the woods it turned out that I had actually found a piece of shimmering litter. Only slightly disappointed, I am glad I picked it up anyway.

Questions:
-What should I prioritize in my last week?
-How much research went into designing and building the SENS house?
-Where is the 10 x 10 campaign in its recent push to get a solar panel on Berea’s campus?

Links of the day:

• Calculate possible solar output for your home. We used this page at our charrette.

• HEAL-a student led environmental and social justice organization at Berea. Click to read about the 10 x 10 campaign I mentioned.