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Home Style Green Podcast
I recently had a chance to chat with Matthew Cutler-Welsh in New Zealand. He has conducted a podcast called Home Style Green for many years and our conversation is now available to listen to. It lasts about half an hour.
Ancient Advanced Building Materials and Techniques PART 1, Geopolymers and more…
Many ancient structures and works of art may have been made with geopolymer. We’ve talked about this theory on our blog before. This video shows some very compelling close up images that supports the geopolymer theory. If confirmed, the history books will have to be rewritten. The sound quality is not so good, but keep watching and I think you’ll be amazed.
Wampanoag wetu: biodegradable house-dome before Bucky Fuller
“The Wampanoag people who lived along the U.S. East Coast built dome-shaped homes called wetus. The round shape was most efficient for heating or cooling the home evenly and for withstanding high winds and hurricanes. It also emerged naturally from the support structure built from saplings bent to create a frame. The winter homes were covered in bark and the summer homes were covered in mats woven from cattail reeds.
Earthbag House H2H Development Construction Timelapse
“This is the progression of building a single house in the H2H Community. from digging a foundation to painting and installing windbelts.”
Two-story Round Earthbag Building with Root Cellar in Belize
“Jaime Marin describes his experiment with building an earthbag root cellar in Belize. Using the most cost effective resources available at hand to develop a minimalistic but effective source of shelter and infrastructure for this transitional home project for children at Barzakh Falah in Georgeville, Belize. The project uses volunteer labor as it gets closer and closer to completion and minimal funds solely for materials.