“Namaste everyone,
The Earthbag school in Bhackek is finished! It took 250 local workers, and 65 volunteers 4 1/2 months to complete. We would like thank all the donors and volunteers who have contributed time and money to make this possible.
DIY
How To Cool Your House For 42 Cents A Day – Without A/C !!
“How to build a homemade air conditioner / evaporative cooler. I made this cooling system to save money on my summer electric bill. I used some wood scraps, a pond pump, some evaporative cooler pad, and a box fan to make a working swamp cooler air conditioning unit. It can achieve indoor temperatures that are 20+ degrees lower than outside temps.”
Hyperadobe Quick Wall Machine
Thanks to Jaime Marin for this excellent find. This video shows how to build and use a handmade tube filler to make hyperadobe (raschel mesh) earthbag walls. The machine holds the funnel in place to help fill the tube and then rolls backwards down the wall. Note how they’re not using barbed wire because they’re using mesh, and the project is probably not in an earthquake zone. By the way, always use barbed wire on domes.
Tiny huts to enjoy the basics in Swedish spartan rural lodge
“For more than 400 years, charcoaling had been traditional industry in the area surrounding Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. Locals burnt charcoal for the iron industry and lived in rustic huts to stay close to the “coaling” process.
Vetiver/Compost Trenches 2.0
This is an update on my previous report about vetiver/compost trenches. Our first attempt at making these trenches was a big success. Surprisingly so, because the compost in the trenches kept going down, down, down to where it looked like very little was left after 6 months. This was a little discouraging at the time because I used five pickup loads of manure and rice hulls, plus I was watering it fairly often. The surprising part was how much compost I got at the end of summer.
GARDEN OF EDEN, GRENADA Seeking Earthbag Build Volunteers
Work/Stay Volunteer in Grenada’s Rainforest
Learn how to build Hyper Adobe Earthbags
6-8 week: Project Start Date July 01, 2016
We are putting together a team of hardworking volunteers with a sense of humour and adventure.
You will work and learn while participating in the building of an Earthbag House in Grenada’s Rainforest.