A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, includingdesign (siting, orientation, climate consideration), materials (sisal, cactus, bamboo, earth), and implementation. The author emphasizes throughout the book what is inexpensive and sustainable. Included are sections discussing urban planning, small-scale energy production, cleaning and storing drinking water, and dealing with septic waste, and all information is applied to three distinct tropical regions: humid areas, temporate areas, and desert climates. Hundreds of explanatory drawings by van Lengen allow even novice builders to get started."
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i've been trying to chase down a rabies vaccine for half a week because a bat got in my apartment. the walgreen's told me that it was a public health hazard for them to give me a vaccine. the new insurance company never sent me anything so i didn't know any of my information until today. the urgent care place was just...out of rabies vaccines. so i had to go across town to the hospital to wait 4 more hours to get 5 shots as the "emergency triage" for a non-encounter i had with a bat last week. shit sucks. health care in this country is such a fucking boondoggle. shoutout to all the actual workers i saw, they were all lovely, it's the system that makes the experience of receiving medical care shitty.
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Did you get bit? Touch poop?
Neither of those, but I scooped the bat up in a cat carrier and took it outside, and that's enough contact for them to want to vaccinate you.