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Sheep shelter from Gotland, Sweden, using sawtooth sedge as thatching material. This kind of roof must be unique to this island. Sawtooth sedge gets its name from the very sharp leaves: it must have been incredibly difficult to harvest the amounts required.
Here is a barn, with the same sedge roof. This one was rethatched in 2017 and before that in 1961. Not a bad lifespan for material that is free, local, recyclable. These roofs are always built by the local community that gathers one day a year for a traditional thatching feast...
...the community builds one roof per year and a good roof lasts about 60 years so it is easy to guess the number of sedge roofed buildings on Gotland today: about 60. Absolutely charming and perfect: no mortgage, no pollution, only community effort and organic materials.
So go out and help your community build things that benefits everyone. If you aren't part of a community, build one. Join a gang.
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