S2/E6: Kirsten Matteson of MSU on her Experimentation with Hempcrete
Kirsten Matteson has a PHD in structural mechanics. Currently an assistant professor in the department of Civil Engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman, Kirsten is especially interested in materials with potential for positive global change. Among other projects, she has worked together with MSU students to do research on hempcrete as a novel material, looking at its use in structural engineering applications. Kirsten worked on this project in conjunction with Kirby Hancock (listen to S2/E3 of ZAHP) with partial funding from the Montana Farmer’s Union, experimenting with different mixes and incorporating cement to see what yielded the best results in optimizing the strength of hempcrete as a building material. To hear the results and find out more, listen to our interview!
27 Mar 2021
S2/E5: Conversation with Heather Harp, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity in Missoula
This episode is an interview with Heather Harp, Missoula City Council member and also Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity in Missoula. Habitat for Humanity is a nationwide organization that enables income qualifying families to better afford a new home by contributing 200 hours of their own sweat equity to the process of building it. Heather has some much needed, ambitious goals for Habitat home building in 2021, listen to our conversation to find out more!
25 Feb 2021
S2/E4: Jason Guzmer and the Solar Nest
Jason Gutzmer is a local builder who constructed an annualized geo-solar home he calls ‘El Nido Solar’ (the Solar Nest), off an alley in the middle of Missoula. He is also a local educator and visual artist/filmmaker/anthropologist with a background spanning 20 years in permaculture design practice across 14 countries. Some projects he has worked on include taking a mobile eco village throughout Latin America, creating an eco village in Montana and working as a green educator in Indonesia. The Solar Nest blends many ways of harvesting the sun's heat, including the geo-solar system designed by Jason. Wondering what a geo-solar home is? Listen to find out.
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