Luke, a long time supporter of earthbag building and the guy who set up our Facebook page, sent me this suggestion. We’ve had a lot of requests for information about building earthbag homes in Florida.
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Rice Hull Mesh Earthbags
This bit of news is a nice breakthrough for rice hull earthbag building. Using a suggestion from Richard, a long time reader, I made a test bag using raschel mesh and rice hulls. I had previously ruled out using rice hulls in mesh bags, because it seemed certain that the hulls would fall through. Well, it turns out some hulls do fall through, but not many. The hulls naturally jam up against each other and only a negligible amount (say 3% or so) fall through.
The Tiny Earth House Domes of Solscape
“This week we take a tour of the tiny earth houses of Solscape. These beautiful natural buildings are each less than 10 square meters (108 sq.ft.), and sit overlooking the ocean, amongst the beautiful hills of Raglan, New Zealand.
Earthbag History in the Making in Coron, Philippines
I recently visited an incredible earthbag project in the Philippines. The earthbag houses are in Barangay Lajala, a coastal barangay near Coron that was devastated by super Typhoon Yolanda last year. About 90 percent of the houses in Barangay Lajala were completely destroyed while the other 10 percent were partly damaged. This is the largest earthbag project of its kind and so I will be posting numerous stories to document as many details as possible. They use a different earthbag method than anyone else. See below for details.
Earthbag Build Oklahoma
“We are H.O.M.E.Farm.org, a farm, homestead, permaculture demonstration site, and self-sufficiency classroom. H.O.M.E. is an acronym for Holistically Organized Multidisciplinary Endeavors. Quite a name, huh? We hope you can learn from us and share with us what you know, as we pursue our Homesteading Adventure. Earthbags are an alternative and sustainable home building technique. This is our first earthbag home.