Superadobe in Colombia

Very nice superadobe dome home in Colombia
Very nice superadobe dome home in Colombia

Asi vamos con la Casa de los Domos
“Acabados dizque finales…ja,ja…es la casa sin fin !
Barichara, Colombia
Barichara is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. (Nice. Be sure to look at photos of Barichara.)

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Plenitud Earthbag Roundhouse Workshop in Puerto Rico

Hello Owen,
My name is Tyler Nesbit. I am a friend and co-worker of Owen Ingley of Plenitud Initiativas Eco-Educativas. Would you please share this call for Earthbag Building Interns on your Natural Building Blog?

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Shelters for All Update — One Year Later

It’s been about one year since the Shelters for All $300 House design competition. (Earthbag building was the most popular building method.) Let’s look at the progress made since then. Two videos below show their work in Haiti and India.

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Uncommon Good Whole Earth Building

Uncommon Good Greenspace in Claremont, CA - LA County)
Uncommon Good Greenspace in Claremont, CA – LA County)

Architect – Claremont Environmental Design Group (CEDG)
Contractor – Oasis Design and Construction
Earthbag/Vault Builder/Consultant – United Earth Builders (UEB)

“Though Uncommon Good is a human services organization, we realize that helping the poor and saving the planet have become inseparable tasks. For when resources are scarce, or environmental disasters occur, it is the poor who suffer first and worst. Therefore, we want to set an example of caring for the environment and caring for each other in the way that we house and operate our organization.

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