Well known earthbag builder Morgan Caraway is putting together another earthbag workshop. The next workshop will be on April 1st and 2nd, 2017 at Bottom Leaf intentional community one hour North of Asheville, NC. They will cover as many aspects of earthbag building as possible. We also started a new blog that talks about our homesteading and natural building adventure from the beginning. Direct link: http://thechurchofnature.wixsite.com/sustainablelife/single-post/2017/01/28/Our-Story-So-Far
Owen Geiger
Amazing Bamboo and Cob Home Construction Costa Rica
A tour of a bamboo and cob home. House is completely framed with Guadua bamboo and all the interior and exterior walls are cobbed. All the colors are ocher pigments mixed into the final cob layer.
Pompeii Oven with Earthbag Base
Amazing backyard oven project made with earthbags for the base.
3D House Renderings
“4C Archviz will create 3D artist’s impressions of how you wish your finished project to look, before even breaking ground.
The first stage is to produce a 3D computer generated model from your site plans, photographs or even just a sketch on a napkin but the more details provided at the start will result in a better understanding of how you envisage your project to look. Once the model is built textures and colours etc. are added and then ‘virtual photographs’ are created of the model from any angle.
Example of $2,000 DIY Hybrid Natural Home
A key aspect of natural building is learning out how to best utilize minimally processed, locally available natural materials and salvaged materials to meet your needs. This includes using good site and climate building techniques in the design of the home. What works best in one location will likely be different than another location. Be sure to study ‘best practices’ that have evolved over the centuries for your specific area. Things such as roof pitch and overhangs, choice of materials, height of stem walls, percentage of solar glazing, ventilation details etc. are all very important.
New Mexico Tiny House Bill Passes 66-0
Update: This is a horrible bill that now seems aimed at sabotaging the tiny house movement or at the very least exploiting the popularity of tiny houses with excessive taxes.