Permaculture is an ecological way of thinking and designing human interactions for resilient, sustainable living.
earthbag house
Earthbag homes–easiest and cheapest green build
“Earthbag construction is a type of rammed earth construction where durable bags, usually polypropylene or burlap, are filled with local earth or other materials, laid in courses and tamped down into place to form walls. The greatest advantage is that it is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to construct a green home which with some hard work can be done by the homeowner.
Solar Man Sand Bag Building
“Sand bag building I built in Peru.”
House of Sand
“A “House of Sand” sandbag [earthbag] building combines leading edge technology and patented processes, resulting in homes and buildings that are substantially lower in cost to build and run.
Earthbag House 10 – the Hat
“Slide show of the process of putting a ferrocement curved barrel vault on my earthbag house. Annotations and video rendering is a constant thorn in my side. We’ll go with this – you’ll have to pause the video to read most annotations. Original elevator music “the Hat” is by Doctor Dirtbag and The Baby Shakers. Thanks for watching.”
Ernas Mamas builds training centre with affordable materials
“Mamas making up the Ernas Women’s Association have tapped onto a creative initiative to boost their everyday income, at the same time promote tourism development within their area, when they decided to build a house using much cheaper and affordable materials which will be used as a training centre.