Transcendent Days and Nights: Our June 2022 Earthbag Workshop
Each workshop is unique. This latest one was in transcendent Crestone, Colorado, at the foot of the Rockies. After we arrived at our campground in the mountains, we looked out…
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A US Hyperadobe Supplier
For a number of years I tried to find a domestic supplier of warp knit raschel tubing, used in hyperadobe building, to no avail. For those who don't know about…
Mickey Muenning’s Organic Architecture in Big Sur
Kelly Hart of The Natural Building Blog shared the gorgeous estate of Mickey Muenning, “The Man Who Built Big Sur.” Mary Jane and I lived in Big Sur in 2007 and some of our friends lived in a house built by him, if I’m not mistaken.
DIY Dirtbags: Earthbag Building and the Punk Rock Ethos
"You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee."Mary Jane's dad basically told me that we were committing suicide. He said, "You don't have to live like a refugee." In late 2008…
Earthships Go Mainstream on CNBC
From a New Video on CNBC: ‘Mike Reynolds, 76, Started Building “Earthships” in Taos, New Mexico, More Than Half a Century Ago. For Many Years, Most People Thought He Was Nuts. Why Is This Idiot Using Garbage to Build With, and Why Is This Idiot Trying to Make Buildings That Don’t Need Utilities?
Inexpensive (Earthbag, Natural, and Conventional) Building
People Doing Conventional Stick-Frame Building These Days Are Getting Sticker Shock. Lumber Prices Blew up Early in the Age of COVID and Everything Else Has Followed Suit. Follow These Tips for Affordable Earthbag and Natural Building.
Inside Our Earthship Inspired Earthbag House
A House for the Future
Most of Us Were Never Taught to Use Resources Intelligently. The Infrastructure of Our Civilization Has Been Built on the Assumption That There Will Always Be Unlimited Materials at Our Disposal and Access to Extravagant Amounts of Energy to Waste.
TECLA 3D Printed Earth House
It’s Inevitable That Technology Changes All Aspects of Our Lives. One Interesting Project, a Collaboration Between Wasp (Italian 3d Printing Experts) And Mario Cucinella Architects, Recently Printed a Home Using All Local Dirt.
Is Civilization Worth Saving?
It’s No Secret That Civilization Is Broken. Now We Find Ourselves Having to Decide Whether It’s Worth Saving or Not. Not Choosing Will Have Exactly the Same Outcome as Deciding Not to Save It.
Our October 2021 Earthbag and Earth Plaster Workshop
We Revisited the Site of Our April Workshop and Worked on a Bit of Earthbag Building and a Whole Lot of Plastering. We Were Joined by Another Group of Amazing Human Beings.
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