Hive Earth is a construction company based in Accra, Ghana. They build affordable and eco-friendly housing, using locally sourced materials such as clay, laterite and granite chippings which are abundantly available in West Africa. They use some cement or lime as a binder. There is need for about 2 million new houses in Ghana per year, … Read more
Community Rebuilds is an innovative affordable housing program based in Moab. They partner low income wage earners living in the community with emerging professional builders who want to learn to build energy efficient houses. What they have been creating is really very lovely, as you can see in the photos below. You can read the … Read more
Here is a nice description of a solar house in Manitoba, Canada.
Colorado has many historic buildings that can hopefully be saved for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Below are some of the oldest, mentioned in this article.
I came across this article about a young family living in India who have been building with earthbags and trying to live as sustainably as possible. It is always heartwarming to see people doing this sort of thing.Below is the beginning of their roundhouse.And here the house is further advanced.The mother, with the help of … Read more
Quail Springs Permaculture group in Maricopa, California has announced a collaboration with Cal Poly San Louis Obispo to do earthquake testing on cob walls. Cal Poly has offered to support this public benefit project with deeply discounted access to earthquake testing equipment and expertise ($10,000 rather then the usual $70,000!) Testing is needed to get basic … Read more