There are, or soon will be, as many rural poor as the entire human population at the beginning of the modern industrial and scientific era. The rural poor represent a huge second team ready to come onto the field and perhaps pull sustainability from the jaws of defeat.
No single entity has the resources or wisdom to provide secure and architecturally stimulating shelter for the rural poor of an entire planet. Initial steps to creating an expanding cycle of shelter for all who need shelter are gathering sufficient funds and selecting a community with rural poor who might respond favorably. I have trained many people in similar work and will go there and personally train people to build shelters and set up local businesses which support this effort by providing income to a core of trained supervisorial labor. The initial example will be used to record, refine and recruit further investment. Two additional artistic builders have expressed keen interest.
The key multiplier is from rural poor who will be establishing competitive enterprises while providing themselves with the comfort and security of decent shelter and sanitation. I believe the most probable organization will be loosely structured, beyond gender bias and empowered by all ages, a type of traditional village model with full cost recognition and civil liberties. Every journey begins with a first step, this one will require millions of the worldÕs rural poor to satisfy the need for housing among the entirety of the rural poor. Success in one community will in all probability spread rapidly worldwide. Everyone needs a secure home and a sustainable culture for full bloom of their children and grandchildren.
