Alosha Lynoff, founder of Bio Veda, is now living in one of Russia’s colder places and has designed a unique self-heating tiny home that doesn’t use firewood or fossil fuels. The Wautillarium uses thermophilic bacteria and taps into the energy of the sun for a stable temperature year-round, with geothermal air ducts passively delivering warm … Read more
Good Earth Gobal’s latest crowdfunding campaign was successful, and together with the New Zealand non-profit organization Golden Bay Friends of Nepal they were able to come up with the entire budget for a house for the widow Dipa and her daughters. They completed the Earthbag house with an attached kitchen, and are now waiting for … Read more
First-time buyers have been finding it increasingly difficult to get onto the property ladder – even with governmental support. Getting a mortgage used to be a much simpler process. Now, with complex criteria getting a mortgage can be very difficult indeed. Lower income poses an issue because lenders will look at how affordable a mortgage … Read more
Chinmay Pareek of Brzee Studio sent me more information about their natural building projects in India that I recently posted images of here. Brzee Studio is based in Jaipur, India and wants to break the noxious cycle exploiting Mother Earth and support the shift in consciousness needed to heal our alienation from the natural world. … Read more
Chinmay Pareek of Brzee Studio in India just sent me some construction photos of his current projects. These are in Rajasthan: These from Uttarakhand: You can see more of the work of Brzee Studio on these posts: Brzee Studio Earthbag Farmhouse Precise Earthbag Building in Urban India Earthbags in Urban India Update
The following email from Andrew explains an idea he has for a way to arrange earthbags into a fairly rigid, reinforced configuration. It seems interesting enough for me to post here and solicit comments from you dear readers. What do you think about this concept? Having read the article you posted on Machu Picchu, I … Read more