“I have been interested in building techniques for a few years, with dreams of one day building a small castle. A conversation with Louis, a Dutch friend, introduced me to earthbag building techniques. Essentially, this involves filling rice bags with soil, tamping them down and using the blocks to build a structure. It is a cheap and effective way of building using local labour and materials.
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Earthbag Meeting Center in Madurai, India is Complete
“Good Earth Nepal sponsored and constructed an Earthbag Meeting Center/Canteen at Anna University Campus in Madurai, India, which is now complete. This project serves as a sustainable building model for the future generation of engineers who study on campus.
Earthbag Building Gains Code Approval in Nepal!
“Good Earth Nepal has achieved a huge BREAKTHROUGH! One and a half years of lobbying and multiple presentations to government engineering and technical boards have resulted in the APPROVAL and PUBLICATION of our Earthbag Design and protocols by Nepal’s Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC).
Casa de Lodo Earthbag Dome in Hawaii
Casa de Lodo from Jay Eisenberg on Vimeo.
“Casa de Lodo is Spanish for “Mud House”. While working full time jobs the past year and a half we built this Dome. The building technique used is called “SuperAdobe”, it’s a form of earthbag architecture.
Hobbit House, Poland
A fun, short video of a natural home in Poland.
Yoga & Natural Building April/May 2017
Earthbag Building Workshop at Rishikesh Yogashram, India