In our current social environment, making things as ecologically friendly as possible is becoming increasingly important. Construction is a big part of this issue. Typical construction practices rarely considers the ecological impact they are causing. Damage is typically caused by construction on every stage of the process, from the sourcing of materials, to the treatment of said materials, to the heavy machinery needed to construct the building. This presents a principle issue with construction, one which the rest of society is sure to become increasingly concerned about. Clearly, some newer, and some older practices can and have been employed to help combat excessive ecological damage. First and perhaps most importantly, building materials need to be sourced as locally and sustainably as possible. In many instances, this is easily accomplished, but people are often the first barrier to this, regularly holding very precise ideas of what they want, and ignoring the more easily sourced materials available.