Thinking Outside Of The Box

 A conversation with Bob Merrill at the Inland Northwest Permaculture Convergence   Transforming tires, soda cans, old newspaper, straw bales into beautiful homes is all part of a day's work for Bob Merrill, owner of Hybrid Habitat.  Bob was one of the builders of Dennis Weaver's Earthship in New Mexico.  He now  lives in  Northport, Washington and we caught up with him at the Inland Northwest Convergence to share his forty years of experience building earth ships and other wonders using imagination and garbage. Following are excerpts from an article written by Bob on Hybrid Construction. There is a link to the complete article along with contact information at the end of this post. Hybridized Construction is an example of the way we can synthesize three spheres of human need; social, economic, and ecologic. Here is an example of how this worked in my community.   Socially: We came together to build a home for our associate pastor and his new wife. members.