GARDEN OF EDEN, GRENADA Seeking Earthbag Build Volunteers

Learn earthbag building in the Grenada Rainforest
Learn earthbag building in the Grenada Rainforest

Work/Stay Volunteer in Grenada’s Rainforest
Learn how to build Hyper Adobe Earthbags
6-8 week: Project Start Date July 01, 2016
We are putting together a team of hardworking volunteers with a sense of humour and adventure.
You will work and learn while participating in the building of an Earthbag House in Grenada’s Rainforest.

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30 Earthquake Resistant Earthbag Houses in Mulabari, Nepal

Safe, affordable, earthquake resistant earthbag houses in Mulabari, Nepal
Safe, affordable, earthquake resistant earthbag houses in Mulabari, Nepal

I’m back home now (yeah!), but wanted to share more of what we saw while touring earthbag projects near Kathmandu. Carisimo, a German-based NGO, have built 30 earthbag houses in this village using young foreign volunteers and local families. This is the largest earthbag housing project in Nepal that we know of.

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The Owner Builder Magazine: Rebuilding Nepal

Earthbag Building in Nepal – How natural building techniques can help to rebuild after disaster
Earthbag Building in Nepal – How natural building techniques can help to rebuild after disaster

Lynda at The Owner Builder Magazine kindly sent us this excellent article written by Mark Clayton. Full text is available through their magazine or by downloading it from Earthbag Building.com.

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Reconstructing Steel Framed Schools in Nepal with Earthbags

This steel framed school in Phulping, Nepal is being reconstructed with earthbag tubes wrapped around the steel posts.
This steel framed school in Phulping, Nepal is being reconstructed with earthbag tubes wrapped around the steel posts.

Phulping, Sindhupalchok: This first of its kind school reconstruction project reuses existing steel posts, steel trusses, metal roofing, foundation, concrete slab floor, windows and doors, and integrates them with earthbag tube walls. The design is very strong because the steel frame braces the earthbag walls, and the earthbag walls and buttresses reinforce the steel posts.

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Earthbag Building Timelapse — Nuwakot School, Nepal


“Here is a progress time-lapse video of the Birds of Passage Shree Jana Primary School – Nuwakot built by Good Earth Nepal! We hope you enjoy, massive thank you to Good Earth Nepal for making this possible and spreading this technology throughout Nepal for a safer and more sustainable future! We couldn’t have asked for a better team of volunteers! Hand on our hearts…THANK YOU TEAM!”

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Earthbag Village in Russia

Earthbag village in Russia
Earthbag village in Russia

Hello Owen!
I’m russian architect and earthbag builder. Recently I’ve made an earthbag village development project that won prise at russian architectural competition. I hope you’ll enjoy its content here: http://izproject.ru/2047-2/ (text is in Russian but there are lots of interesting drawings and photos)

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