Learn how to make beautiful, non-toxic houses out of recycled materials for around $8/sq. foot.
eco friendly
Zero Energy Cooking: Rocket Stove Plus Retained Heat Cooking
Fuel Efficient Cooking with an Insulated Box
“What a great example of using a retained heat cooker! Cooking beans is the perfect example of the strength of using a thermal type cooker. All the goodness with 80%-90% of the fuel being saved.”
Old Lumber Reborn
Nothing beats the beauty of old growth lumber. “You’ll never find material today that has that characteristic. I don’t care how hard you look, unless you go to South America. And who wants to go to South America and destroy the rainforest when we’ve got material in this country that’s being thrown away.”
Miscellaneous Earthbag Projects
I come across loads of earthbag projects that lack sufficient detail to be profiled individually. Here, we’ll combine some of these projects and see what others are doing.
Eatmore Sprouts Earthbag Greenhouse
“In the spring of 2011, the construction of our new greenhouse began. This is not just a regular greenhouse. In an effort to maximise thermal mass, it is being built with environmental sustainability in mind by using earth.
Timelapse $329 Underground Earthbag House in Ecuador
“A small underground earthbag house built at the Rhiannon Community in Ecuador.