Earthbag Foundations

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Earthbag foundations offer many advantages over reinforced concrete foundations and work well with many types of sustainable buildings. In particular, they are low-cost, fast and easy to build, require no cement (a major expense and cause of global warming), and require no forms or expensive equipment. Earthbags are simply polypropylene sandbags (rice or feed bags, … Read more

Earthbag Building Has Come a Long Way!

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This is how earthbag building started out decades ago — providing safe, bulletproof and bomb resistant shelters for the military that were fast and simple to construct. The same qualities that make earthbags useful for military and flood control purposes apply to building houses.   This WWII photo from the UK is part of the … Read more