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GreenWeaver Inc. was founded to empower people to be effective weavers of a new path forward- individually, collectively, in design teams and in communities of various scales. We engage in supporting ecologically responsible design, planning and living skills through a range of services. The intent is to support the successful creation of environmentally responsible buildings using the most appropriate materials and technologies for individuals, their community and the environment. While striving to empower those with whom we work with the knowledge, skills, technical information, artistry, and confidence needed to elegantly weave these elements into their projects, the larger goal is to help to build more than good buildings. The built environment is an element of our lives which has always been deeply interwoven with our social, economic, and environmental relationships. It is inextricable from our communities, our sense of who we are, what we value and our sense of beauty. It is one of many leverage points for change and healing on a wide variety of levels. About Laura Bartels Laura Bartels, founder, is a powerful advocate and educator for appropriate building technologies using high performance, low impact and local materials such as straw bale construction. She works to empower people and communities while weaving solutions that address energy efficiency, energy security, reduction of CO2 emissions, affordable housing, indoor air quality, green jobs and restoration of local economies. With a background in environmental studies and education, the discovery of the potential of sustainable and appropriate building technologies became a passion. After becoming a builder and designer 16 years ago, she now serves as a consultant nationally to organizations, design professionals and individuals and teaches at the University of Colorado, Solar Energy International, and Sinte Gleska University. Laura has been a speaker at Bioneers, the Green Festival, the U.S. Congress, as well as other conferences and venues. She helped develop the Straw Bale SAFE Homes Initiative (Safe, Affordable, Future~proof and Efficient) with the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy to address critical housing and employment needs within tribal communities and helped to develop the Buildings and Climate Change slideshow for The Climate Project. Along with visioning solutions, she finds great value in the hands-on experience of building and working with natural materials and sharing that with others. “You are a natural leader with all the right qualities and clarity of vision that is so needed right now...both in our sustainability community and the world as a whole” |
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