Eccentric Aesthetics

According to an article entitled “Eccentric Aesthetics: DIY Eco-Friendly Earthbag Homes” posted at dornob.com, the phrase “form follows function” has morphed in meaning over time and is, perhaps rightly, open to interpretation. One interesting extension of this idea is that the form of a building can follow the functions of its constituent parts – that … Read more

The Rocket & the Rabbithole

Sourabh Phadke in India has been quite productive lately in publicizing earthbag building in various ways.  He is involved with a school there, where they have been experimenting with many aspects of natural building and green living, from compost toilets to creatively using recycled plastic bottles to earthen plasters over earthbag walls. Much of this … Read more

Earthbag School in Sierra Leone

Shine On Sierra Leone, a human service foundation that provides education, mentoring and nutritional support to schools in Sierra Leone constructed a school building using earthbags.  The building was made without power tools, but instead hand made tools. The idea was to use materials that are easily accessible to locals. At first, the workers laughed … Read more

New Earthbag Dome Video

Owen Geiger has a new earthbag video showing how to build earthbag domes. It’s short, fun and lively, yet shows all the important steps. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODplmnpSts&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

New Earthbag Videos

There is a fellow in India named Sourabh Phadke who has been uploading many videos to YouTube lately that relate to earthbag building. His general collection of videos is grouped at www.youtube.com/antiismistix. I especially recommend viewing “How to Build an Earthbag Dome” and “Earthbagging at Aman Setu,” about building a school. He has a number … Read more