Several folks got a hands-on lesson building a cob wall during a Live Culture Coast event at the Seven Fires Foundation demonstration site in Bandon, Oregon. Director Tammy Van shows the fresco decorated interior of a cob building. You can read the original article at theworldlink.com
Chinmay Pareek from Brzee Studio in India sent me some photos of his latest project: an earthbag house in Jaipur that is surrounded by big concrete bungalows and high rises in the main city. In addition to earthbags, they are using exposed stone walls, wattle and daub walls with murals as partitions, and a bamboo … Read more
Rebecca Tasker, with a crew of apprentices, is building two straw bale houses near Escondido, California. So the building project is also a teaching site. “Using straw fits in with permaculture. People like sustainability,” Tasker said. “When you talk of energy used for building materials, that energy was already used in growing the food that … Read more
If you ever travel near Kinstone outside of Fountain City, Wisconsin it is worth a stop to visit this marvelous site. Kinstone is a 30-acre haven of peaceful beauty filled with stone sculpture, natural buildings, restored native prairie, oak savanna and spectacular views over the Mississippi River. This modern megalithic site with its three stone … Read more
Kateryna Zemskova from Good Earth Global wrote me, saying, “In Nepal we have an on-going Earthbag Building project: Houses for Widows. In Nomabhuda village, Kavre District we are building Earthbag homes for widows, single women and their children. All were displaced by the 2015 earthquake, and many now live in tin shacks. We work in … Read more
This Cannon Beach house, built in 2005, has a green roof planted in sedum and wild strawberries and is clad with cedar shakes. Architect Nathan Good’s clients wanted a home “that would be healthy to live in with a dramatically reduced impact on the environment.” Almost all of the wood was salvaged, wind fallen or … Read more