Women’s Natural Building Intensive Workshop

Be empowered and learn the skills to build your own home.
Be empowered and learn the skills to build your own home.

Date: June 12 – 22
Location: Full Bloom community land near Little Applegate Valley, 30 minutes outside of Jacksonville, Southern Oregon. Set amidst the beautiful forested Siskiyou mountains with snowy Dutchman’s Peak in the distance and Yale Creek passing through.

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Affordable Covered Pool Made with Earthbags

Affordable Covered Pool Made with Earthbags
Affordable Covered Pool Made with Earthbags

“This summer being scorched under the glaring Texas sun, my wife and I had an idea. We need a swimming pool. Our thoughts were grand, our visions long. Covered, big, deep, beautiful, were some of the adjectives that sprang to mind. It was going to be a thing to behold, our in-ground pool.

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Rice Hull Ash Brick Formula With No Cement

Fly ash bricks are available in various colors. Natural iron oxide pigments could be added to rice hull ash bricks for similar results.
Fly ash bricks are available in various colors. Natural iron oxide pigments could be added to rice hull ash bricks for similar results.

Yesterday’s blog post was about making bricks with rice hull ash. Today we’ll review a few benefits of using rice hull ash in non-Portland cement products such as bricks and geopolymer, and give a formula for making rice hull ash bricks with no cement. Please note how other agro wastes such as sugar cane ash peanut shell ash and coconut ash could also be used. Use what is low cost and locally available.

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