Earthbag Building – Page 63 – Natural Building Blog

Earthbag Building in Kenya

June 3, 2022May 14, 2014 by Owen Geiger

We are always pleased to hear from people around the world about their building projects. I recently received this email, along with several photos:

“Dear Kelly I have seen your inspiring works with earthbags and am happy to inform you that I am also into green building here in Kenya. I have done a demo house using earthbags and will be going for the next level of building as an eco-friendly training school using this method. We would want to include off grid power eventually, but that is for the future. Regards, Barry Kungu”

Affordable Covered Pool Made with Earthbags

June 3, 2022May 12, 2014 by Owen Geiger

“This summer being scorched under the glaring Texas sun, my wife and I had an idea. We need a swimming pool. Our thoughts were grand, our visions long. Covered, big, deep, beautiful, were some of the adjectives that sprang to mind. It was going to be a thing to behold, our in-ground pool.

Laughing Heart: Building An Earthbag Home

June 3, 2022April 16, 2014 by Owen Geiger

Earthbag home at Laughing Heart homestead

“Hello, I’m Ember and I’d like to share my earthbag building experience. Last summer I moved onto a small family farm called Laughing Heart to learn about earthbag building, permaculture and community living.

The Nomad Foundation

June 3, 2022April 14, 2014 by Owen Geiger

“The Nomad Foundation — Combining ancient skills with new technologies to bring prosperity to nomadic people.

GA Collaborative Earthbag Projects in Rwanda

June 3, 2022April 11, 2014 by Owen Geiger

“Following the success of their first Masoro Village Project house, the non-profit design group GA Collaborative (GAC) has released a video and crowdfunding campaign for their latest prototype in Rwanda. Like the previous GAC project, the first of its kind in Rwanda, it too will be built of earthbags, providing the crew further experience with a low-cost and durable construction technique.

The Earth Home Builder

June 3, 2022April 10, 2014 by Owen Geiger

The Earth Home Builder™ is an extraordinary skid-steer operated (universal mount) Earth Home building machine. This unit is the same as the Instee Levee Builder® except it has been outfitted with specialized earth home building technology. The Earth Home Builder® fills earthbag tubes of many sizes at a rate as fast as 400ft per hour.