Word: sheltering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...love for America itself, for the experience that began two centuries ago and that carries the name "United States of America"; for the past achievements of this land and for its dedication to a more just and human future; for the generosity with which this country has offered shelter, freedom and a chance for betterment to all who have come to its shores; and for the human solidarity that impels you to collaborate with all other nations so that freedom may be safeguarded and full human advancement made possible. I greet you, America the beautiful...
...considerably less developed and more populous (41 million vs. Israel's 4 million) and thus offers both a large market and great opportunity. Egypt needs many small-scale investments, in the $5 million to $10 million range, just to help produce such basics as food, clothing and shelter...
Students spend hours juggling blueprints, calculators and carpenters' tools in a rustic world of brick-walled classrooms and wood-burning stoves. Despite the casual atmosphere, the program is rigorous. The Hennins and their 15 part-time instructors, all Shelter graduates, guide pupils through an intensive primer of house-building skills, including house design, surveying, masonry, carpentry, plumbing and wiring...
Students also work on houses that are being built by Shelter Institute graduates in the countryside around Bath. Such on-site experience helps them gain the self confidence needed to build their own houses. Says Pat Hennin: "There are no insurmountable problems. If you're certain you can do it, it will get done." Reports a former student who built his own house: "I got discouraged, but the house kept going...
...less than at a lumber yard). Heating, water and electricity bills can be trimmed by having large windows that face south to the winter sun, and by installing wood-burning stoves, hand pumps and compost toilets. Though conventional housing costs up to $40 per sq. ft., homes constructed along Shelter lines can be built for $7 to $8 per sq. ft. The Hennins, who built their own 1½-story, six-room house in Woolwich, Me., for $4,000 in 1975, figure that a graduate who sticks to their rules can build a modest five-or six-room house today...