Ianto Evans

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Ianto Evans is a Welsh-American applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, writer, social critic, and teacher. [1] He is known for his work building, writing and teaching about natural building, cob and high-efficiency solid-fuel stoves, ovens and heaters.

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Originally from Wales, Evans attended architecture school in the 1960s. [2] With Linda Smiley, Evans built what may have been the first cob house in North America after researching cob structures in the British Isles. [3] They moved into the cottage in 1989. They joined with Michael Smith to establish the Cob Cottage Company in 1993. [4] They also founded the North American School of Natural Building and innovated a distinctive "Oregon Cob" method, hosting numerous workshops on the technique. [3] [5] [6]

Evans was director of Aprovecho's Fava Bean Project, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he worked to adapt fava beans to American climates. [7] As a permaculturalist, he developed a polyculture planting technique. [8] In the late 1970s, he invented the rocket mass heater.

In the 1970s, Evans worked in Guatemala and Costa Rica, developing the Lorena cook stove, an efficient contra-flow cooking stove made from the same materials as unfired brick (sand bound together by clay subsoil).

As a back-to-the-lander and natural builder, Evans is critical of industrial civilization, corporate media, technology, and modern construction methods.

Evans lives in the United States, near Coquille, Oregon.

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References

  1. Ianto Evans; Linda Smiley; Michael G. Smith; Michael Smith (1 June 2002). The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. xvii–. ISBN   978-1-890132-34-7 . Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. "Made in Mud." Resurgence 182, 1997: 46–47
  3. 1 2 Lapriore, Elaine Beebe (22 October 2000). "Oregon Couple Rediscover Ancient Building Method". Yakima Herald - Republic.
  4. Salomon, Shay (1 May 2007). "How Large Is This House?!". Natural Life: 22–23.
  5. Roy, Rob (2003). Cordwood Building: The State of the Art. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. ISBN   978-1-55092-467-1.
  6. Baker-Laporte, Paula; Elliott, Erica; Banta, John (2008). Prescriptions for a Healthy House a Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners (3rd ed.). New York: New Society Publishers. ISBN   978-1-55092-410-7.
  7. Huyser-Honig, Joan (February 1992). "The Fava Bean Project". Horticulture. 70 (2).
  8. Kaplan, Rachel; Blume, K. Ruby (27 April 2011). Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. New York: Skyhorse Pub. ISBN   978-1-61608-054-9.