I was at the Dublin airport on Thursday to sort out a ticket issue, and, while I was waiting, I met a documentary filmmaker based in Kilkenny. Kinda funny. He was waiting for a ticket issue to get sorted, too. Small talk, whatnot. I mention that I am a student at Trinity studying drama. He asks what specifically I am looking at for my dissertation. I said I am interested in interculturalism (which is actually the term for transfer between cultures that I have adopted in the last week to describe to where I am moving in my studies/research/life). He smiled and said he does documentaries on interculturalism. He was on his way to a conference in Paris on sustainable building, specifically regarding the use of domestic (Irish) lime versus French lime in building. I do not know all the details of the process, but you use either hemp or straw or some other fibrous item and can build an environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient building. Neat stuff. I know a few folks who are more familiar with this type of building (and they may post a comment to clarify or provide an appropriate link??).
Anyway, we swapped mobile numbers and I will try to connect with him in a few weeks.
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One of the adult students in my robotics class has built houses with hay bales. Do you want his contact info
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