Our Cob Oven and Earthbag Building Workshop in MN
In June, I travelled to Leech Lake Tribal College in Cass Lake, MN to lead an eight-day cob oven and earthbag building workshop. We made pretty incredible progress in that…
Morgan Talks to a Green Building Class
I had the pleasure of being able to speak to a friend's green building class. We discussed a wide range of topics about homesteading, natural building, community, and more. https://abtech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1b2aeca7-2c5d-4a47-950a-afee01061289
Earthbag sunscreen
Making Sunscreen for Earthbags
Most of my readers are already probably aware, but the greatest danger to earthbags and earthbag structures, is UV exposure. They can handle moisture, impacts, even friggin gunshots and explosions…
Our October 2022 Earthbag Tiny House Workshop
Well, we had another bangin' workshop, folks! Numbers wise, this was our biggest yet with about twenty people in attendance. I only managed to get a picture of part of…
AI Art – The Future is Here and it Loves to Paint Happy Little Natural Buildings
Though AI Art Is in It’s Infancy, It Can Still Pump Out Some Pretty Darn Awe-Inspiring Images. I Discovered AI Art a Couple of Weeks Ago and I Must Admit That I’ve Become Quite Addicted to “Fishing”--Typing in a Descriptive Prompt, to See What the Digital Degas Whips Up.
Azure Printed Homes – 3D Printed Tiny Houses
In my spare time (of which there is very little!) I think about what we can do to put all of the plastic our world produces to good use. Obviously…
An Incredibly Ambitious Scoria Earthbag House
While We Were in Crestone for Our Latest Workshop, We Got to See an Absolutely Awe-Inspiring Earthbag House Build. As Part of the Workshop Experience, We Went on a Tour of a Nearby Neighbor’s House That Was Under Construction. Our Jaws Dropped When We Saw the Size of It.
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.
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