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My Earthbag Project in Honduras

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“Greetings! I am reaching out to say hello as a fellow earth builder! I have looked through the Earthbag Building.com site and even downloaded your PDF book a few years back. Excellent resources! I also wanted so share my project. I am from Connecticut and was working in Honduras as an English teacher from 2012-2014. … Read more

Turn $20 Into $3,500 With a Do it Yourself, Solar Water Distiller!

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I found some very good ideas for a DIY solar water distiller on the video linked below. The problem is the bulk of the video turned into a long political rant and so I’m not posting the video here. Instead, I’ll summarize the key ideas: 1. You can get glass topped patio coffee tables for free or very cheap on Craig’s List (and at yard sales). The glass is used on top of the distiller, and the table serves as a base.

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CoRe Solutions Ferro-cement rain tank construction in Indonesia

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“Indonesia has some of the most contaminated rivers and groundwater sources in the world. Yet much of the country receives more than 200cm of annual rainfall that goes virtually unused. CoRe Solutions has perfected a locally appropriate method for constructing high quality Ferro-cement rainwater harvesting tanks that are empowering Indonesia’s people to tap into this sustainable clean water source.”

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10 Reasons to Build an Earthbag House

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This simple earthbag house has withstood four earthquakes.
This simple earthbag house has withstood four earthquakes.

“Four years ago, I was camped upon a hill in Turkey watching the canvas of my tent buckle ominously. The wind howled, and rain started to drip onto my forehead. I’d been living in the tent for six months, but winter had suddenly arrived. I needed a house. Fast.

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Terra Cotta Twig Stove and Pot

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Terra cotta twig stove and pot
Terra cotta twig stove and pot

This blog post is related to a previous blog post called Low Cost Cooking Options in Nepal. There’s a fuel shortage there right now and people are having to seek other cooking methods. Today’s blog post features terra cotta twig stoves and cooking pots — another low cost way to cook. The price is right. The stove is $2.80 and the pot is $4.20, so the whole thing costs $7 from the local market. Of course you could use your own pot and just buy the stove.

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Report from Nepal

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Earthbag school in Agara, Nepal under construction in November 2015.
Earthbag school in Agara, Nepal under construction in November 2015.

“It’s very inspiring to see so many Nepali people being very eager to learn about Earthbag technology. We have posted an announcement about our upcoming earthbag training workshops and one of the questions was:
– “What is your plan after completing the training? What are you planning to build using the EarthBag technology?”

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