“Abari is a socially and environmentally committed research,design and construction firm that examines, encourages, and celebrates the vernacular architectural tradition of Nepal. As Nepal posses sophisticated traditional knowledge of natural materials like adobes, bamboos, stones and reed, Abari as a research and design firm tries to promulgate these materials into contemporary design practices.”
This company is gathering pine needles from an invasive species, combining with sawdust and making briquettes as a replacement for coal.
“Northern Mozambique is touted to be the next travel “hot spot”. It’s not hard to see why… the best beaches in Africa, pristine coral reefs and rich cultures.
I just got this email from Luke who’s been doing our Earthbag/natural building Facebook page. Please email me or leave a message if you can help.
Update: No more inquiries please. Already five people have written. I just realized we failed to mention this was a volunteer position that takes about 5-10 minutes per day. It’s just a matter of copying and pasting some text from this blog to facebook. Maybe some thought it was a regular job.
Owen, I’ve been really slacking on the facebook page. Since it’s creation in 2011, I’ve enjoyed posting things for your page so that others on facebook could enjoy it as well. My career & personal life have taken several turns since & leaves me unable to continue to post every day. I’m just not on facebook that much anymore anyway.
Illustrations and photographs clarify the stages of how the Pyramids of Egypt were built with Chris Massey’s water shaft theory.
“by Roberto Lou Ma, Civil Engineer, Centro de Experimentación enTecnología Apropiada, Guatemala
The CETA-RAM is a manually operated block press, developed by the author just after the February 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake, specifically for the production of hollow soil-cement building blocks. The hollow blocks are intended for use in reinforced masonry for low cost earthquake resistant housing.The CETA-RAM is a modified version of the well known CINVA-RAM.