HOW PEOPLE LIVE
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:45 pm•What sort of houses do people live in, in Tibet?
In the pasturing area, people usually house themselves in a yak hair tent. They spin the yak hair into thread and weave it into stripped cloth, then sow the cloth into a square tent of two pieces, which are joined by ten ouches or so to form a completed tent.
•What are houses like in Jamaica?
Newer homes may feature air-conditioning, garages and modern appliances. Carports are the most common forms of vehicle shelter. Homes in older neighborhoods usually feature bars on windows to discourage theft
•Some people in Australia do build houses out of mud. Why? Why do the houses look like?
Firstly, straw is a magnificent insulator. Mud is a conductor. Straw-bale houses are said to be super-quiet, and extremely well insulated. In fact it has been said that they are so good that it is easy to over-heat a house, even in winter.
•The house at the start of this unit is in a place called Redcliffe. Where is Redcliffe? What is it like?
The location of Redcliffe is in Queensland, Australia. Residential and resort city, southeastern Queensland, Australia, on Redcliffe Peninsula. Originally called Humpybong, derived from the Aboriginal umpi bong, meaning “dead houses,” .Redcliffe was proclaimed a town in 1921 and declared a city in 1959. It is linked to Brisbane by rail and the Hornibrook Highway and is one of several resort towns on the beach-ringed peninsula. Redcliffe is the base for fishing fleets that catch prawns, cod, whiting, and snapper. Pop. (2006) local government area, 51,174.
•Are there places in the world where people still live in caves?
There was ‘no place like home’ to the cave dwellers of Ghar il-Kbir. Foreigners were struck by their intense devotion to cave life.
In the pasturing area, people usually house themselves in a yak hair tent. They spin the yak hair into thread and weave it into stripped cloth, then sow the cloth into a square tent of two pieces, which are joined by ten ouches or so to form a completed tent.
•What are houses like in Jamaica?
Newer homes may feature air-conditioning, garages and modern appliances. Carports are the most common forms of vehicle shelter. Homes in older neighborhoods usually feature bars on windows to discourage theft
•Some people in Australia do build houses out of mud. Why? Why do the houses look like?
Firstly, straw is a magnificent insulator. Mud is a conductor. Straw-bale houses are said to be super-quiet, and extremely well insulated. In fact it has been said that they are so good that it is easy to over-heat a house, even in winter.
•The house at the start of this unit is in a place called Redcliffe. Where is Redcliffe? What is it like?
The location of Redcliffe is in Queensland, Australia. Residential and resort city, southeastern Queensland, Australia, on Redcliffe Peninsula. Originally called Humpybong, derived from the Aboriginal umpi bong, meaning “dead houses,” .Redcliffe was proclaimed a town in 1921 and declared a city in 1959. It is linked to Brisbane by rail and the Hornibrook Highway and is one of several resort towns on the beach-ringed peninsula. Redcliffe is the base for fishing fleets that catch prawns, cod, whiting, and snapper. Pop. (2006) local government area, 51,174.
•Are there places in the world where people still live in caves?
There was ‘no place like home’ to the cave dwellers of Ghar il-Kbir. Foreigners were struck by their intense devotion to cave life.