Jan 28 2013: The things he is discussing are all available in both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. If you are reading this and have any influence in a boy's life, please encourage them to get into Scouting. In Scouting, they learn to use pocketknives, build fires, throw things, play outside, work with other boys as teams and all things positive and constructive.
Oct 8 2012: Much of what you are describing is already being done by Monolithic Domes. http://www.monolithic.com/
I recently attended a dome building workshop course at their Texas facility, where we participated in building domes on airforms using two different methods. One of these methods produces a dome that the founder has named ecoshells, as they can be built inexpensively and without high technology requirements all over the world.
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I recently attended a dome building workshop course at their Texas facility, where we participated in building domes on airforms using two different methods. One of these methods produces a dome that the founder has named ecoshells, as they can be built inexpensively and without high technology requirements all over the world.