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This blog was initiated by Kelly Hart and Dr. Owen Geiger as and adjunct to their website, www.earthbagbuilding.com, in an effort to bring the concept of earthbag building to the broadest possible audience. It is offered with an attitude of good will toward all of those who might employ the ideas and further this very sustainable approach to building.
Kelly Hart is the host of www.greenhomebuilding.com and www.dreamgreenhomes.com, and has built his own home using the earthbag technique. He has adapted the concepts popularized by Nadir Khalili and his “superadobe” building, by filling the bags primarily with crushed volcanic rock. This creates insulated walls that are similar to strawbale, except that they are completely impervious to damage from moisture, insects or rodents. Kelly has produced a DVD, titled Building with Bags: How We Made Our Experimental Earthbag/Papercrete House, which chronicles his adventure of building this house, and shows other earthbag houses as well.
Dr. Owen Geiger, Ph.D. (in Social and Economic Development), is the former Director of Builders Without Borders and Founder and Director of the Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building (www.grisb.org). He is an author, engineer and licensed contractor specializing in strawbale construction, earthbag and other types of sustainable building. He co-authored the Builders Without Borders Straw-Bale Construction Guides and contributed to Building Without Borders: Sustainable Construction for the Global Village. He is also a correspondent for The Last Straw Journal and a Mother Earth News Green Homes Expert.
 Building the Tristan Thatched House 22-05-2013 20:28 A new live museum built using traditional materials and methods by Tristan Islanders
“Since all Tristan houses have now been housed with zinc, it was decided to build a replica of a traditional thatched house typical until 1961 and which continued until the late 1980s but were then replaced by various... Read more... |
 House of Sand 21-05-2013 20:52 “A “House of Sand” sandbag [earthbag] building combines leading edge technology and patented processes, resulting in homes and buildings that are substantially lower in cost to build and run. The inherent eco-friendly elements that are part of our system are ideal for custom homes and together with our design team,... Read more... |
 Keyhole Vegetable Gardens 20-05-2013 19:32 Keyhole vegetable garden drawings
Keyhole vegetable gardens are:
- self-watering
- self-fertilising
- raised garden bed for the smaller types of vegetable plants. Keyhole vegetable garden in Rwanda
YouTube video (Africa – where it is hot and dry) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCXfjzfaco Text from video: “Keyhole Gardens are a great garden to make – here is one being... Read more... |
 Tests Confirm Anomalous Heat Production in Rossi’s E-Cat 20-05-2013 06:34 Breaking news: independent scientists confirm performance of Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat
Here’s the biggest LENR/cold fusion news in at least the last few years. A team of independent scientists have confirmed anomalous heat production from Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat reactor. I’ve already spent around 1,500-2,000 hours following this story because I’m convinced LENR... Read more... |
 Fun Norwegian Houses 19-05-2013 18:39 Living roofs/green roofs in Norway
Thanks to Richard F. for suggesting this site. It’s a page of fun Norwegian Houses in Thai language. This site shows how natural building methods are spreading around the world. The focus here seems to be on living roofs/green roofs. Source: FWMail Teenee.com Fun Norwegian Houses... Read more... |
 What’s the Real Cause of the World’s Housing Problem? 18-05-2013 19:33 An example of urban poverty in this slum in Jakarta, Indonesia
Over a billion people in the world lack decent housing even though there are dozens of low cost housing methods that could eliminate this problem. Possibilities include building with earthbags, adobe, cob, pallets, bamboo and other locally available materials. These... Read more... |
