The following article was written by Meinhaj Hussain.
8/11/2014 Meinhaj Hussain, m.hussain@grandestrategy.com
“So Gaza has suffered and is suffering massive targeted genocide. Large swathes of Gaza look like Dresden. How can we rebuild with a blockade? Earthbag houses may be one solution. All one needs is earth and readily available bags.
“Building a better world… one community at a time. Sharing knowledge and pictures of community building and other Permaculture projects.
We’ve profiled lots of Pinterest sites because they have so many good photos. Here’s a Pinterest page on earthbags. Most photos are from our sites (naturally, since we have thousands of pages of content now). But I found some new photos as well such as the earthbag rootcellar at Ecovillage Ithaca. (Starting out with a small project like this is a great way to learn earthbag building.)
“In meetings with the community, getting feedback about the two completed constructions, and trying to decide on next steps forward, we learned that the super adobe style of building (soil stabilized with cement), although designed to be an affordable answer to the problem of durable housing, was still economically out of the reach of most people in Haiti, owing to the incredibly inflated cost of building materials.
“A piece of land and a home to live on the outskirts of Guanajuato. A green building project underway.
Green home by Alberto Cardenas, Tepalcate Construction, Cuernevaca, Mexico. Must see to believe. I was a bit shocked to see this even after working with earthbags for years. This is close to a million dollar home. The video above shows the house under construction. Links below show each stage of construction, including the finished house.