Identify and Prioritize Your Homebuilding Goals

Why are you interested in building a home with earthbags? Obviously, everyone wants a comfortable, affordable, inviting home, but what is your main goal? Cost? For some, climate conditions such as cold weather, or heat and humidity may drive the design. Others want to keep the design as simple as possible so it doesn’t become … Read more

Domoterra.es

“Domoterrae is a team of people working to build and disseminate technical Stabilized Earth bags, thereby promoting more harmonious ways of life and kind to our environment, both comfortable and conducive space for healthy living. Among our team we have architects, engineers and construction technicians working with Stabilized Earth bags. A team of professionals who … Read more

Darfur Hospital

“A permaculture “living system” designed by architect Mishou Sanchez of (Transform Design Group) for The American Sudanese Partnerships to be constructed by using the SuperAdobe method of construction (Nader Khalili, CalEarth) which integrates The Permaculture Research Institutes’ method of desert gardening for humanitarian relief in Darfur, Sudan. The plan and volumes are straightforward, because I … Read more

Northern New Mexico House Update

“The roof beams are up! I did something miraculous–I’ve hired someone, Raymond who is a god-send, to help me finish and might hire a second person next week. It’s cold! and I need to move in. I’ve committed to moving in next Saturday regardless of the state of the house so I better get it … Read more

All the Best Earthbag Content

For several years, Kelly and I have been filtering all the best earthbag content from the Web, writing extensively on all aspects of earthbag building and organizing the information for readers. There’s now an enormous amount of information available – so much that it’s difficult to keep up with everything. That’s one reason why our … Read more

Superadobe Video

Super adobe houses: an internal connection between ourselves and nature “Superadobe houses… are cheap and foolproof. They are resistant to fire, earthquakes. It is known for a super form of adobe buildings that used sandbags filled with mud and barbed wire. The truth is that the super adobe is a sustainable solution for both economic … Read more