“One of the greatest promises of the high-tech future, whether made explicitly or implicitly through shiny clean concept sketches, is that we will have efficient energy that doesn’t churn pollutants into the air and onto the streets.
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Pinterest: Outdoor Living Areas
Don’t forget to plan your outdoor living space when designing your new sustainable home. Pinterest.com has lots of good photos like these on every topic.
United Earth Builders 3-day Project Course
“PLEASE RSVP BY April 11th 2014 email us at unitedearthbuilders@gmail.com for info!
Come join United Earth Builders in Joshua Tree, CA for a 3-day project course focusing on earthbag/superadobe basics and plaster work. From foundation to finish participants will construct two 16’ long x 4’ high lounge/bench and retaining wall work alongside our well trained and field experienced earthbuilders.
Rammed Earth Technique Developed by Mrinmayee Bangalore
The Rural Housing Knowledge Network featured in yesterday’s blog post is a treasure trove. I doubt most readers will spend an hour or more surfing the sites we profile, so I decided to feature one story on their website.
Wondergrass Bamboo Guest Cottage
Pre-built kit home: “A compact cottage, with attached bath+toilet unit and a provision for kitchenette / pantry is an independent living-unit complete in itself. This would be ideal add-on as PG accommodation or even as room for visiting guests on existing terraces.”
Grassroot Movement in Nepal (GMIN): Earthbag School
![The final finished structure of the two room earthbag school in Nepal. [The earthbag walls were] done in ten days by three paid labourers and 5-7 volunteers from the village.](https://naturalbuildingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/GMIN-earthbag-school1.jpg)
GMIN has built about 21 schools so far in Nepal out of various materials such as adobe, stone and earthbags. Successful fundraising will enable them to build another 20.
“School #18, Ciuridara, Dang, Nepal
Our volunteer Bidya Bajracharya had surveyed this village last year but could not support them with the required two rooms as they did not have rocks nearby and their mud quality was not good enough to make mudbricks. But after meeting Peter Jensen, also a Denmark GMIN ambassador has come up with the solution of building with earthbags. With this earthbag style we can build even in the most remote areas where there are no rocks and poor quality mud.