The copyright is held by NetWorks Productions, Inc., a non-profit communication arts production company which creates media to promote the care of the Earth and her people. Natural building is any building system which places the highest value on social and environmental sustainability. It assumes the need to minimize the environmental impact of our housing and other building needs while providing healthy, beautiful, comfortable and spiritually-uplifting homes for everyone. These systems rely heavily on human labor and creativity instead of on capital, high technology and specialized skills.
Natural building is necessarily regional and idiosyncratic.
Everything depends on local ecology, geology and climate, on the character of the particular building site, and on the needs and personalities of the builders and users. This works best if the designers, the builders, the owners and the inhabitants are the same people. Natural building is personally empowering because it teaches that everyone has or can easily acquire the skills they need to build their own home. Natural building is not a new idea. In many parts of the world, almost all building still conforms to these criteria.