Free documentary film about building healthy houses out of earth. All content below from the First Earth website. FIRST EARTH is a documentary about the movement towards a massive paradigm shift for shelter — building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the very earth itself, and living together like in the old days, … Read more
Here’s a group that’s interested in using my plans for their new spiritual center. All text below is from Heavenletters.org. Dear Heavenreaders, Do you remember our intention to build a community in South America? That intention is becoming reality! The vision of Spirit Being Human is to form an international network of sustainable communities through … Read more
The photo and following text is from a vetiver website Patti Stouter found. Please send us links to any relevant articles you come across. There are situations where slopes are so steep, where rainfall is so intense, and where the soils are so fragile that applying the Vetiver System by itself will not work. There … Read more
Earthbag building has clearly reached a new level of popularity. I’m amazed at how many earthbag projects I’m finding and so now I’m doing two blog posts a day. Photo Blog posts like this one will be a regular feature as I attempt to document the hundreds of new earthbag structures. It’s easy to find … Read more
From time to time we answer reader’s questions. James: I wanted to build with straw bales, but a builder friend advised me not to go with this type of construction here in Texas because of the problem of fire ants building nests in the straw. Owen: No one building system is perfect for every situation. … Read more
This post is quoted from the World Kids Foundation site. The next and perhaps most important step is the need to erect a building site. We are planning to use the earth bag construction method. In most cases, materials for earth bag construction is inexpensive, abundant and accessible. Rice bags and barbed wire are readily … Read more