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Low Cost Village Housing for Nepal

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 14, 2015 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

The greatest need for housing in Nepal is in poor rural villages. Not only can they not afford cement and steel, it’s not practical to carry these heavy materials 1-2 days over mountain passes. We need to identify the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthbag Building, Emergency Shelter | Tagged affordable housing, disaster resistant, earthbag house, earthbag shelter, earthquake resistant, low cost housing, natural building, Nepal, reinforced earthbag, rural housing | Leave a reply

Earthbag Building Nepal Radio Interview

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 9, 2015 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Namaste Nepal Radio Show interview of Owen Geiger and Vava Pragya, the earthbag workshop coordinator who’s playing a pivotal role in organizing the training in Nepal. Interview starts at 2:20. Commercial breaks about 14:00-22:00 and 32:00-39:10.

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Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged affordable housing, disaster resistant, DIY, earthbag, earthquake resistant, ecofriendly, low cost, Nepal, reinforced earthbag, sustainable | Leave a reply

Summary of Earthquake Resistant Earthbag Building Methods

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 23, 2015 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

We’ve posted quite a few blog posts over the years about how to reinforce earthbag buildings. Due to the earthquake in Nepal, we’re getting lots of questions about reinforced earthbag methods for earthquake regions. The following list will save people … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged disaster resistant, earthbag, earthbag house, earthquake proof, earthquake resistant, low cost, reinforced earthbag, reinforcement, sand bag, sustainable | 3 Replies

Earthbag Wall Bracing Overview

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 12, 2015 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Our sister site, Earthbag Structures.com, has lots of good information about building with earthbags in disaster prone areas. Click on the link to read the full article. This blog post is just a summary.

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Posted in Earthbag Building | Tagged disaster resistant, earthbag, earthbag house, earthquake resistant, green, hurricane resistant, low cost, reinforced earthbag, seismic resistant, sustainable | 8 Replies

Earthbag Fence Columns

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 13, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

From Ginger at I’d Rather Be… Pursuing an Off-Grid Life: “We are planning to build a fence at the new place. I had an idea for an earthbag/sheet metal fence, and an earthbag/conduit fence. I want to consider earthbag pillars … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Introduction, Landscaping, Structural aspects | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag column, earthbag construction, earthbag fence, earthbag home, earthbag house, fence, reinforced earthbag, sand bag | 1 Reply

Reinforcing Steel Recommended Instead of Buttresses

Natural Building Blog Posted on December 9, 2010 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

This is another major announcement courtesy of Structure1.com. Instead of building buttresses, which tend to be time consuming and difficult to design correctly for earthquake zones, they recommend using the same specifications we reported earlier for reinforced earthbag walls in … Continue reading →

Posted in Introduction | Tagged buttresses, earth building, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag buttresses, earthbag code, earthbag construction, earthbag design, earthbag home, earthbag house, earthquake, earthquake resistant, Nabil Taha, reinforced earthbag, reinforced earthbag building, reinforced earthbag construction, sand bag, seismic, seismic resistant, structure1.com | Leave a reply

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