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.

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Help us spread the word about straw bale building in Romania

Earth Safe Design is trying to raise funds to attend the largest construction fair in Romania
Earth Safe Design is trying to raise funds to attend the largest construction fair in Romania

“Hello, my name is Grzegorz and I am an architect. I come from Poland, but I currently live in Romania where I am an active proponent of straw bale building. Together with my wife Maria, and our many enthusiastic friends we are trying to spread the word about straw bale construction.

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Romania Earthbag Dome JOY Project

JOY Project floorplan
Dear Kelly, dear Owen,

We are looking for someone with experience in building earthbag domes to instruct us in May. In autumn we stopped at almost ground level. Do you know someone in Europe? We pay expenses and salary at least for 2 weeks, maybe 4 weeks, depending on salary. Should be an English speaker. Building site is in Salicea, a small village, 12 km from Cluj (there is an airport).

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