My last blog post was about a free online version of Making Better Building by Chris Magwood. In reading through some of his introductory comments about foundations, I came across this statement: “In much of North America, foundations have been twinned with conditioned, subgrade living space: the basement. In many markets, having a basement is … Read more
Chris Magwood’s classic book, Making Better Buildings, is now available for free online! This is a comparative guide to sustainable construction for homeowners and contractors. It is also a masterpiece of research and experience folded into an encyclopedic reference book for anyone interested in sustainable approaches to our built environment. Clearly a labor of love … Read more
Learn to Draw Your Home in 3D. Starting about Jan 6, this online course will be interwoven with short video snippets from previous live builds. Alosha Lynov, of BioVeda, will show the hows and whys of construction methodologies to get your home from paper to 3D software to physical reality. This will be a guided … Read more
I was just notified by Alosha of the Bio-Veda Institute of Arcology about this workshop in Brazil: We are inviting you to Brazil for a natural building workshop, starting on November 5th 2021. We will be building a Wautillarium, which is a self heating and cooling Earthship hybrid infused with Sacred Geometry and Biomimicry. You … Read more
There is a wonderful blog about the experiences of building an earthbag dome community in the Southwest desert that goes way back to reminiscing about the early days of being at CalEarth with Nader Khalili. You can spend hours browsing through the archives at 3moonsprojectblog.wordpress.com Here are some photos to whet your appetite:
Two brothers, Sonny and Tommy, have created a small earthbag dome, known as the tea dome, for Tommy’s passion for tea ceremonies. Sonny answered a few questions about his experience. What inspired you to learn this type of building method? I originally discovered SuperAdobe when I was 16 years old; I am 22 now, but … Read more