March 17 at Tres Amigos farm, Las Marías, Puerto Rico.
“A 6-hour hands-on and theoretical training facilitated by Fox McBride & Owen Ingley. We invite you to learn about tropical bio-construction with earthbags, an inexpensive, sustainable and easy to learn alternative; appropriate for the tropics and highly resistant to natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes and floods).”
Here is a compilation of previous blog posts and videos on earthbag building tools for those who can’t afford my Earthbag Building Guide. All this is covered in my book, but $20 – the cost of the ebook – is a lot of money in some parts of the world. Plus, it takes a good bit of time to search through our websites with thousands of pages of information and find just what you need. You will see in the following documents that very few tools are needed for building with earthbags. Whenever possible, buy (or make) the best tools possible so they last a long time.
Dear Kelly, dear Owen,
We are looking for someone with experience in building earthbag domes to instruct us in May. In autumn we stopped at almost ground level. Do you know someone in Europe? We pay expenses and salary at least for 2 weeks, maybe 4 weeks, depending on salary. Should be an English speaker. Building site is in Salicea, a small village, 12 km from Cluj (there is an airport).
Earthbag building is more than ‘just a good idea’. It could save your life, your family’s lives and everything you’ve worked for. Maybe you’re new to the concept and not yet ready to build a home this way. You might want to start out with a storm shelter to protect against hurricanes and tornadoes.
“Imagine a home that truly takes care of its occupants while improving the surrounding environment using appropriate technologies. The Regenerative Home is intended to be the first prototype of this particular design and combination of technologies which can allow a Regenerative Lifestyle!
The Frequently Asked Questions section of www.earthbagbuilding.com has been accumulating pertinent questions and answers for over a decade. These had been categorized into only about a half dozen pages, which had become overly long and cumbersome for finding specific information. I finally decided to organize them in such a way that it is now much … Read more