“My name is Hari Berzins and I moved into a tiny house with my family in May of 2011. I began blogging as a way to share what we learn from living simply and debt-free in a tiny house as we continue to save and build our right-sized, mortgage-free home.
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Natural Building Conference and House Tours in New Zealand
“Kapiti Coast and Wellington, Labour Weekend, 25 – 26 October 2014 and optional hours tour on Monday 27 October
Come along to meet fellow natural building enthusiasts and share a wonderful weekend. Visit at least eight spectacular homes and listen to the owners/designers talk about their building experiences.
Natural Building in Japan
Totsuka Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Architect: Goichi Oiwa
Principle Builder of Straw Bale Walls: Kyle Holzhueter
Completed 2012
Earthbag Permaculture Center in Romania
Baza Ulmu permaculture centre from Resilience Images on Vimeo.
“Video documentation of Wwoofing experience the county of Maramuresh, Romania. We travellled to Romania in the summer of 2013. Thanks to the wwoofing website wwoof.ro (willing workers on organic farms) we were able to visit one of the first earthbag building sites in the country.
The Straw Bale Yurt Bible
“I worked for a couple years ‘til I got lucky on a 160 acre State of Alaska homestead parcel and took up residence there on the Gerstle River in interior Alaska, 47 miles by road from Delta Junction. I cleared the 25%, built a cabin and lived there two years and proved up, while raising my son. Been living on the ranch since about ’97 (starting out in a wall tent, again). Got tired of being cold, and built my own straw bale yurt in ’98. It’s now ’05. I’m still living in it and working on a bigger one complete with plumbing, etc.
Strawmark Strawbale Homes and Buildings
Strawmark built the home in yesterday’s blog post. Be sure to see their stunning gallery.
“Straw houses the way of the future?
With the aftermath of devastation in Christchurch, the focus is now more than ever on safe, affordable, ‘Earthquake’ strong housing.
We are happy to say all our homes within the quake-ravaged area have stood the test, and passed with flying colors, with no damage reported.