“Calling all tiny house and small living enthusiasts! You’re invited to the 2016 National Tiny House Jamboree™ at The Western Museum of Mining and Industry; 225 North Gate Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO., August 5-7, 2016 .
Owen Geiger
Solar Action Alliance
“We, Solar Action Alliance, are a group of environmentalists who want to spread the word about the most clean, reliable, and abundant source of renewable energy: the sun.
Colombia’s Flintstone House Is Made Entirely from Baked Clay
“64-year-old architect Octavio Mendoza literally baked the house that he lives in. He calls the 5,400 square foot house ‘the biggest piece of pottery in the world’. Casa Terracotta, or Casa Barro in Spanish, was built exclusively by hand using clay and baked in the sun. Located in Villa de Leyva, a colonial mountain village in Colombia, it is also known to locals as the ‘Casa de Flintstone’ or Flintstone House.
Tiny House at Home Depot
“Tiny House at the Home Depot in Blue Ridge, Ga.” Note: the main idea here is not to build with wood studs and OSB. Better to use more sustainable materials. The main point is tiny house living (and by extension alternative living in general) has become so popular that even big box stores are joining the movement. In addition, there’s a rapidly growing number of companies that build tiny houses.
Steadfast Nepal Earthbag Houses
From Roger, the inventor: “Steadfast Nepal just bought five earthbag machines (mini Earth Home Builders). This will help speed up home building at least 4 X faster / home. These units are not powered by skid steers as they have electric motors and gear boxes. They are light weight and allow the remotest villages to build with use of a power generator. They are called MEHB mini earth home builders and with help of Steadfast they were custom built for needs in Nepal. We hope to get the skid steer unit to Nepal in the future as they are the fastest way to build but of course the poor roads and lack of funds are slowing this down.”
Forest Gardens for Biodiversity
Forest gardens have many benefits, one of which is sequestering carbon from the air and storing it in soil. A large diversity of plants, like found in nature and forest gardens, maximizes the carbon storage process. The image above lists the advantages of storing carbon in the soil.