earthquake resistance

Podcast: The independence and empowerment of earthbag building with Atulya K Bingham

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“Today I have a guest with a truly remarkable story and journey into natural building. Atulya Bingham is the author of “Mud Ball” and “Mud Mountain”, both of which cover her incredible experiences moving to the countryside in Turkey and learning to build her own home with earth bags. She has also written numerous educational … Read more

Holy Himalaya Earthbag Projects

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We have many social projects going on in North Dharding, Nepal including Earthbag Building. We invite your support or hands-on help on these projects (for whole or part of schools and community centre rebuilding and building). You or your group can come for any length of time and we will include Adventure options around this amazing area of natural beauty, plus add-on treks to the more famous routes.

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OpEdNews: Earthquake-Resistant in the Himalayas

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Villagers and Good Earth Nepal team building an earthbag school in Agra, Makwanpur, Nepal
Villagers and Good Earth Nepal team building an earthbag school in Agra, Makwanpur, Nepal

“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 it?

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Jiri Earthbag Project Report

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The Jiri earthbag house project is complete.
The Jiri earthbag house project is complete.

“We are extremely proud of the results of this project as we managed to achieve our targets and have had a very positive response from the Jiri locals. The Jirel house has been a response to local architectural vernacular and to the Jirel family’s comments during extensive consultation and discussions. It is a marriage of earthquake resilient earthbag design and our client’s lifestyle and culture. At the Jiri Build Project, we believe that this approach to design and rebuilding is absolutely crucial for the success of a project in Nepal.

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The Owner Builder Magazine: Rebuilding Nepal

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Earthbag Building in Nepal – How natural building techniques can help to rebuild after disaster
Earthbag Building in Nepal – How natural building techniques can help to rebuild after disaster

Lynda at The Owner Builder Magazine kindly sent us this excellent article written by Mark Clayton. Full text is available through their magazine or by downloading it from Earthbag Building.com.

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Roofed Half Dome Design

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My Hobbit House is just the right size for a roofed half dome earthbag home.
My Hobbit House is just the right size for a roofed half dome earthbag home.

This is a new house design that I just thought up yesterday. Basically, it’s a dome shape that’s cut off at the 8’ height level with a roof on top. The main benefit is to replace the harder to build top portion of the dome with a faster, easier to construct roof that will protect the earthbag walls. This is a good design for earthquake regions like Nepal that get a lot of rain. Lightweight roofs are preferable to heavy roofs in seismic areas, plus domes will have moisture problems and mold in rainy climates. Metal roofing would be a good choice for this design.

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