Education

Last Year’s Good Work at Good Earth Global

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Good Earth Global does wonderful work around the world. Last year they built a dormitory for Resilient Steps, a Netherlands-based non-profit serving girls who are victims of child trafficking, child labor, sexual abuse, child marriages and other traumas. This was in Pokhara, Nepal, with the help of 30 volunteers from SOS Nepal.They completed four houses … Read more

The Art of Earth Architecture

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This house is one of 250 buildings in The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future, a new book by Jean Dethier and Princeton Architectural Press. Dethier is a curator and historian and has dedicated his 50-plus-year career to exploring architecture made from earthen materials. This book is both an informative global survey of buildings—from … Read more

Taliesin West School of Architecture is Closing

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Unfortunately, after 88 years, the Frank Lloyd Wright’s School of Architecture at Taliesin is closing because the Governing Board of the school was not able to reach an agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to keep it open. Generations of architecture students have had a chance to immerse themselves in creative experimentation, often designing … Read more

Making and Using Ecobricks

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The general idea of ecobricks is very simple: gather recycled plastic and pack it as tightly as you can into a plastic bottle. This then becomes a building block, which can be used in a variety of ways. The ecobrick movement is gathering momentum as plastic pollution has made global headlines. It has become an … Read more

Portuguese Non-Profit Refurbishes Old Buildings

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Nonprofit Critical Concrete aims to refurbish spaces that are shared by low-income communities in Portugal. They also try to educate the local community on sustainable and earth-friendly practices. The organization promotes green architecture through a summer school program that refurbishes a home for a family in need every year. Last year 32 students from 20 … Read more