Hi! I am a Pakistani born Canadian citizen. Trained as a civil engineer, I focused myself on green earth technologies. Self educated with reading books & info. on net by great people like Dr Owen, Kelly Hart, Prof. Nadir Khalili. I am building earthbag dome in a flood hit area (Badin Pakistan) .This project is … Read more
La Casa Vergara was designed by José Andrés Vallejo and built in Bogotá, Colombia in just 5 months, early in 2011. I am delighted to see that professional architects are beginning to accept earthbag technology as a viable approach to building. La Casa Vergara is a fine example of an upscale home that is built … Read more
“As a picture is worth a thousand words, we put a small assembly of the first days in the construction of a dome. With this panorama you can see from the ground up to the first holes for windows. We will keep putting more pictures as we go. BACK TO EARTH IS BACK TO HOME … Read more
There are lots of great earthbag projects we can learn from. Here are some of my favorites. Freeform Earthbags Between Boulders (cover shot on my Earthbag Building Guide) La Casa de Tierra Somos Children’s Village Half Moon Earthbag Earthship Beyond 90 Degrees by Nelly Higginbotham Sabana de Bogota by Jose Andres Vallejo Uganda Ecovillage by … Read more
The number of new earthbag videos is growing fast. I did a quick check yesterday and found quite a few new ones. Many of them are in other languages and probably won’t make it onto our Video page, so I’ll post them here on the blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhfzCbT_fE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HCoLhqj4fY&feature=g-vrec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExYPG5pJdgE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUj3bKA_pE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGX7y_hK5u0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEOihnulpmA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80_rSOygR8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekj-vws63II&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqg445P7hg&feature=related … Read more
Here’s another awesome sustainable community under development. “SPICE: WHAT IS IT? A VISION—Creating an intentional community Ø A small, planned community that encourages reduced consumption and materialism and emphasizes our role as caretakers of the natural environment; Ø Respect for individual talents, interests, privacy, and needs, including the need for interaction with others; Ø Use … Read more