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Earthbag Training and Testing at Santa Clara University, CA

Natural Building Blog Posted on November 28, 2017 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Patti Stouter of Build Simple, Inc. has been testing earthbags and writing technical reports for the last several years in an effort to improve strength of earthbag buildings in seismic areas. She asked me to forward the following announcement.

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Posted in Earthbag Building, Testing | Tagged affordable housing, earthbag, earthbag houses, earthbag testing, earthquake proof, earthquake resistant building, earthquake safe, seismic resistant building | 5 Replies

School in Phulping, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal Retrofitted with Earthbags

Natural Building Blog Posted on December 21, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

The first of its kind earthbag school in Nepal has steel posts embedded inside an earthbag wall. The steel framed school was retrofitted with 3-meter long heavy duty polypropylene earthbag tubes filled with soil.

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Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged affordable schools, earthbag school, earthquake proof, earthquake resistant, low cost schools, natural building, Nepal, safe school, seismic resistant, sustainable schools | Leave a reply

Mulkharka School Earthbag Rebuilding Project – Nepal

Natural Building Blog Posted on October 8, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

MULKHARKA SCHOOL EARTHBAG REBUILDING PROJECT from YuCha on Vimeo. “This short film by YuCha shows the post-earthquake reconstruction of the school of Mulkharka, a small village in the district of Sindhupalchok, Nepal, using the earthbag technique. YuCha works in partnership … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged affordable housing, earthbag, earthbag nepal, earthbag school, earthquake proof, earthquake resistant, green building, natural building, Nepal, safe | Leave a reply

Welcome to my [Earthquake Resistant] Mud Home

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 23, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“A virtual tour of my mud home in Turkey. What’s it like to live inside a small earthbag house? And would I do it again?”

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Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged DIY, earth roundhouse, earthbag, earthbag house, earthbag roundhouse, earthquake proof, earthquake resistant, low cost, natural building, sustainable | Leave a reply

Samaritan’s Purse Planning 500 Earthbag Houses in Nepal

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 20, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“Nepal’s April 2015 earthquake destroyed 91 of the 97 homes in Kumari Maya Tamang’s village a two-hour drive on bumpy and winding dirt roads from Kathmandu.

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Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged affordable housing, earthbag, earthbag house, earthquake proof, earthquake resistant, low cost, natural building, Nepal, safe housing, sustainable | 4 Replies

OpEdNews: Earthquake-Resistant in the Himalayas

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 13, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“My guest today is Kateryna Zemskova, CEO and co-founder of Good Earth Nepal. Joan Brunwasser: Welcome to OpEdNews, Kateryna. I’m quite sure that most of our readers have not heard of your organization. Can you tell us a bit about … Continue reading →

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