A recent flood in Kashmir has displaced millions. Aid workers have been blocked from the area, but hopefully this information on emergency straw bale shelters will be helpful.
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Watch Yasmeen Lari on Rebel Architecture Series
“Al Jazeera’s ‘Rebel Architecture’ series kicked off last week with the very well-received “Guerilla Architect” about self-build Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda. Kicking off today at 11:30pm BST (6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT) is “A Traditional Future” featuring the work of Pakistan’s first female architect Yasmeen Lari.
Reader Feedback on the Earth Home Builder
We got a great comment about the Earth Home Builder that mechanizes earthbag construction. I try my best to explain things, but sometimes it helps to hear things explained a little differently from someone else’s point of view. Thank you for sharing your insights Sarah.
Celebrating 2,000 Blog Posts Today
Our first blog post was back in November, 2007, almost seven years ago! Has it really been that long? Here it is: Earthbag Building Has Come a Long Way!
Energy Globe Award for Haiti 2014
As Haitians continue building with alternative materials, straw wattle projects near Gonaives received international recognition with an Energy Globe award this year! At the award ceremony in New York City Patti Stouter met Carline Seide-Murphy, three-time winner of the award for Haiti. Her projects dealt with the plastic trash problems and providing solar power to clean water.
The Earth Home Builder – Mechanized Earthbag Construction
3D printing a home has become a reality! Have you ever wanted to 3D print your home with earthbag? United Earth Builders has developed a method and repurposed an auger to do just that! The Earth Home Builder™ is an extraordinary skid-steer operated (universal mount) Earth Home building machine. This unit is the same as the Instee Levee Builder® except it has been outfitted with specialized earth home building technology. The Earth Home Builder® fills earthbag tubes of many sizes at a rate as fast as 400ft per hour.