RE: SB: The obverse of Casas que Cantan ?

[dsjudd <dsjudd@entelchile.net>]

I wonder how many SB projects there are in which  these promotors have
personally participated  (boy, there´s a dangler in there somewhere!).  It
sounds as if, instead of charging money to have one´s house built by others
("workshops") , now someone is charging to supply the labor IOT build
another´s house and, instead of paying wages, is accepting money for the
"opportunity" to whitewash the fence. That is, now we have expanded the game
to "brokering". Personally, and very frankly, I think anyone who pays for
the opportunity to work is slightly askew.  And  especially if one cannot
expect at least a good bowl of red, a hot garlic roll, a crisp salad, and a
cold lemonade.

And isn´t Ron Mader with  LATCO?

Dane
Valparaíso, Chile

----- Original Message -----
From: <billc_lists@greenbuilder.com>
To: <strawbale@crest.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: SB: The obverse of Casas que Cantan ?


> Hmmm.  $1900 for 8 days.  Not including airfare.
>
> You get a place to sleep, two out of three meals a day, and a couple
> of tourist excursions.
>
> They get $1900(Canadian, I assume) AND 6 days of your labor.
>
> Sounds like a Tom Sawyer "paint my fence" deal to me.  Supplying
> breakfast gets the workers to the job site, serving lunch keeps the
> workforce on site... go get your own dinner.
> You probably won't see me signing up.
>
> I've posted this over to my friend Ron Mader, who runs the Eco
> Tourism in Latin America website (http://www.planeta.com) for his
> comments on "paint my fence" Eco Tourism.
>
> Casas Que Cantan is another world entirely.



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