NonToxic Tiny House to Sustain Life
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NON-TOXIC TINY HOUSE TO SUSTAIN LIFE
Help fund the completion of a NON-TOXIC TINY HOUSE as permanent shelter for a Buddhist priest with severe chemical illness. To avoid exposure to chemicals, non-toxic housing is a medical necessity. This shelter needs to be completed by September 2016 and be ready for occupancy in view of the coming rains and winter.
Work was started with savings and donated resources which have turned out to be insufficient as only materials with zero off-gassing are used for construction. Escalating unexpected costs from extra labor, higher pricing for small lots of the special building materials and for renting a barn as non-toxic construction site, have exceeded estimates.
Rev. Eko, began this project to build a tiny house which would keep her from experiencing further setbacks to her health and as a solution to her long search for permanent safe shelter. Rental accomodations become unsafe due to the use of chemicals and pesticides by others and because of this she has camped for months by herself in the wilderness and has found short-term shelter with friends - all the while mindful to avoid chemical spraying and toxic habitats which caused her illness.
The need for a safe habitat is very real for Rev. Eko Susan Noble, a Buddhist priest and teacher, who was trained and transmitted in 1988 at Mt. Koya, Japan in the Shingon Buddhist lineage. She has been living with severe chemical sensitivities for twenty years now. Her illness arose after exposures to insecticides applied to temple buildings in Nara, Japan where she served as Assistant Head Priest from 1992-1995.
Now, as she is aging, she is in urgent need of a safe place for permanent shelter, as well as food and clothing. She needs our help, and our generosity. She has used up her savings to begin the project and is running out of funds.
Rev. Eko retired in 2004 from university teaching and service as an ethicist / community member on two institutional review boards in Portland, Oregon, after years of declining health. She sought a clean environment and moved to the San Juan Islands. She is on permanent Social Security Disability, living in isolation to stabilize her health, continuing Dharma practice, mentoring students at a distance and writing.
Please help with a donation of any amount. No donation is too small. It is said that goodness follows a generous heart. With deepest gratitude in the Dharma.
The barn where the Non-Toxic Tiny House is being built.
Specialized braced framing with untreated lumber avoiding use of toxic plywood sheathing.
Exterior utility cabinet for the electrical system.
The proven building plan that we are following using non-toxic materials and methods of construction.
Help fund the completion of a NON-TOXIC TINY HOUSE as permanent shelter for a Buddhist priest with severe chemical illness. To avoid exposure to chemicals, non-toxic housing is a medical necessity. This shelter needs to be completed by September 2016 and be ready for occupancy in view of the coming rains and winter.
Work was started with savings and donated resources which have turned out to be insufficient as only materials with zero off-gassing are used for construction. Escalating unexpected costs from extra labor, higher pricing for small lots of the special building materials and for renting a barn as non-toxic construction site, have exceeded estimates.
Rev. Eko, began this project to build a tiny house which would keep her from experiencing further setbacks to her health and as a solution to her long search for permanent safe shelter. Rental accomodations become unsafe due to the use of chemicals and pesticides by others and because of this she has camped for months by herself in the wilderness and has found short-term shelter with friends - all the while mindful to avoid chemical spraying and toxic habitats which caused her illness.
The need for a safe habitat is very real for Rev. Eko Susan Noble, a Buddhist priest and teacher, who was trained and transmitted in 1988 at Mt. Koya, Japan in the Shingon Buddhist lineage. She has been living with severe chemical sensitivities for twenty years now. Her illness arose after exposures to insecticides applied to temple buildings in Nara, Japan where she served as Assistant Head Priest from 1992-1995.
Now, as she is aging, she is in urgent need of a safe place for permanent shelter, as well as food and clothing. She needs our help, and our generosity. She has used up her savings to begin the project and is running out of funds.
Rev. Eko retired in 2004 from university teaching and service as an ethicist / community member on two institutional review boards in Portland, Oregon, after years of declining health. She sought a clean environment and moved to the San Juan Islands. She is on permanent Social Security Disability, living in isolation to stabilize her health, continuing Dharma practice, mentoring students at a distance and writing.
Please help with a donation of any amount. No donation is too small. It is said that goodness follows a generous heart. With deepest gratitude in the Dharma.
The barn where the Non-Toxic Tiny House is being built.Specialized braced framing with untreated lumber avoiding use of toxic plywood sheathing.Exterior utility cabinet for the electrical system.The proven building plan that we are following using non-toxic materials and methods of construction.Organizer
Eko Noble
Organizer
Friday Harbor, WA