Are the new Maasai homes sustainable?
Are the new Maasai housing designs sustainable homes for the future? Think about the following. • The Maasai women have increased their technical knowledge and skills by learning new building technologies. • They are able to pass on their skills to other women. • The women have developed closer links with building material suppliers, enabling them to get a better price for materials. • All of the materials used are available locally. • The building techniques cause little harm to the people\’s surroundings that can affect their lives’);” onmouseout=”return nd();” class=”glossaryHilite”>environment. • Because families are able to build the new houses themselves, they can modify them to meet their particular needs. • The women waste less time carrying out repairs and fetching water. This leaves them free to earn money by making craft goods, and so on. • There have been improvements in health as a result of the new designs, for example better a system which allows air to circulate’);” onm
