Living Building Challenge is a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that addresses development at all scales. It is comprised of seven performance areas: Site, Water, Energy, Health, Materials, Equity and Beauty. These are subdivided into a total of twenty Imperatives, each of which focuses on a specific sphere of influence. The purpose of the … Read more
Hey Owen and Kelly, I hope all is well with you guys. Just a note to let you know that I recently taped a radio interview about EB building. It will air live on August 4, 2011, at 1 pm Pacific Time, 2 pm Denver Time, 4 pm Eastern Time. Readers can listen live at … Read more
Here are two useful maps for natural builders. The map from Natural Homes.org shows locations of natural homes. Actually there are thousands of homes not shown. As a rough guess I’d say for every house shown, there’s probably another 100 not on the map (and far more in some areas). Most people don’t publicize their … Read more
I got the following email a few minutes ago. Luke just won himself a free copy of my upcoming Earthbag Building Video. Thanks, Luke! “With great pleasure, I just wanted to let you know a Facebook page has been created for fans of your blog. The name of the page is, “Earthbag Building Blog Fan … Read more
It’s worth emphasizing that even though quite a bit of the content has been previously published on our various websites everything has been carefully distilled, updated, vetted by peer review and organized for maximum clarity. Dozens of new photos and drawings aid in understanding. The editing process alone took about six months to refine the … Read more
Here’s an excerpt from Renaissance Ronin’s Blog. He’s really hilarious (and a very good architect). Owen’s new book: The Earthbag Building Guide is about as comprehensive and well organized a book on the subject of Earthen Homes as ANYONE might like. In fact, if you can’t go out and actually build an Earthbag home after … Read more