Ianto Evans Explained

Ianto Evans is a Welsh-American applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, writer, social critic, and teacher.^[1] He is known for his work building, writing and teaching about natural building, cob and high-efficiency solid-fuel stoves, ovens and heaters.

Career

Originally from Wales, Evans attended architecture school in the 1960s.^[2] With Linda Smiley, Evans built what may have been the first cob house in North America after researching cob structures in the British Isles.^[3] They moved into the cottage in 1989. They joined with Michael Smith to establish the Cob Cottage Company in 1993.^[4] They also founded the North American School of Natural Building and innovated a distinctive "Oregon Cob" method, hosting numerous workshops on the technique.^{[3] [5] [6]}

Evans was director of Aprovecho's Fava Bean Project, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he worked to adapt fava beans to American climates.^[7] As a permaculturalist, he developed a polyculture planting technique.^[8] In the late 1970s, he invented the rocket mass heater.

In the 1970s, Evans worked in Guatemala and Costa Rica, developing the Lorena cook stove, an efficient contra-flow cooking stove made from the same materials as unfired brick (sand bound together by clay subsoil).

As a back-to-the-lander and natural builder, Evans is critical of industrial civilization, corporate media, technology, and modern construction methods.

Evans lives in the United States, near Coquille, Oregon.

Works

• Book: Evans, Ianto. The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. 2002. Chelsea Green Pub. Co.. White River Junction, Vt.. 978-1-890132-34-7. Smiley, Linda . Smith, Michael .
• Book: Evans, Ianto. Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can Build. 2006. Cob Cottage Co.. Coquille, OR. 978-0-9663738-3-7. Jackson, Leslie.

See also

• Natural building
• Permaculture

External links

• Cob Cottage Company
• "Off the Treadmill", interview with Evans

Notes and References

1. Book: Ianto Evans. Linda Smiley. Michael G. Smith. Michael Smith. The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. 16 July 2013. 1 June 2002. Chelsea Green Publishing. 978-1-890132-34-7. xvii–.
2. "Made in Mud." Resurgence 182, 1997: 46–47
3. News: Lapriore. Elaine Beebe. Oregon Couple Rediscover Ancient Building Method. Yakima Herald - Republic. 22 October 2000.
4. Salomon. Shay. How Large Is This House?!. Natural Life. May 1, 2007. 22–23.
5. Book: Roy, Rob. Cordwood Building: The State of the Art. 2003. New Society Publishers. Gabriola Island, BC. 978-1-55092-467-1.
6. Book: Baker-Laporte, Paula. Prescriptions for a Healthy House a Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners.. 2008. New Society Publishers. New York. 978-1-55092-410-7. 3rd. Elliott, Erica . Banta, John .
7. The Fava Bean Project. Horticulture. February 1992. 70. 2. Huyser-Honig, Joan.
8. Book: Kaplan. Rachel . Blume . K. Ruby . Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. 27 April 2011 . Skyhorse Pub.. New York. 978-1-61608-054-9.