“Women from La Paz filmed themselves and tell their story about them building houses for their marginal children.” Note the earthbag domes and cobblestone floors they are building. Their floor technique is particularly interesting.
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Farm Hack Open Source Machines
Excellent site for DIY machines with free open source plans. Here are three practical machines that caught my attention:
Update: An Earthbag Training Center for Teachers in Nepal
An earthbag training center for teachers in Nepal from Eco-Logis on Vimeo.
“A short video presenting First Step Himalaya, NGO who is building a training center for teachers in rural Nepal (Sindhupalchok district). They decided to build with earthbags: an economical, ecological & quick technique.
Restoring Degraded Land
Urban areas have strict building codes that often make it difficult and costly to build with natural materials. Good rural land is expensive and hard to come by. So where can you live? Pinyon-juniper scrub land is very abundant, cheap and worth considering.
Natural Building Materials and Methods
Chris Dancey put together a video titled Natural Building Overview that shows many different natural building options. The screenshot above was taken from his video. I like the chart because it shows at a glance the various natural building materials and methods in an organized way.
dOMe hOMe Earth Temple
“The dOMe hOMe is based on Sacred Geometry principles, fibonacci sequences and deep ecology.