Getting Started

Are you new to earthbag building and wondering how to get started? Here’s a list of helpful features we’ve put together on our EarthbagBuilding.com website: Slide Show: This is the largest collection of earthbag photos available on the Internet. Photo captions provide key facts for follow-up research. Earthbag Videos: All the best videos are assembled … Read more

Project in Belize

We have a new webpage on the Project in Belize. It’s primarily a photo essay, but the photos are of such good quality that they pretty much explain the process. Thanks for the excellent photos Brendon! Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer, the authors of Earthbag Building are present, and their trademark methods are employed. I … Read more

Bag Filling: Buckets versus Cans

I prefer heavy duty 2-gallon plastic buckets for filling earthbags, the same kind used for bucketing cement.  They’re strong and small enough that everyone can handle them comfortably.  In fact, they’re just the right size.  Because they’re larger than the metal cans typically used, work progresses more rapidly.  Two rounded shovelfuls fill a 2-gallon bucket … Read more

Observations about the Marketability of Earthbag Building

Jorge Dominguez has been helping his friend Mark Hanson build the first permitted earthbag dome house in Hawaii. After several months working on this project, Jorge offered these impressions of building with earthbags and the potential market for this in the U.S. The accompanying photo was taken by Jorge during construction of the Hawaiian house. … Read more