It was another awesome workshop, hosted by my soul-sister Willow, in Crestone, Colorado! Flashback - we built a good bit of a scoria (volcanic rock) earthbag round house in May…
In July of 2019, I led an earthbag root cellar workshop for some dear friends. Earthbags are truly one of the great (if not the greatest) methods for building underground…
Earlier this month, I had the great privilege of leading a cob oven workshop at my Son's school, Woodson Branch Nature School. This was a fundraiser for the school AND…
I always felt that balecob was an intelligent way to build with strawbale. Balecob is a mixture of strawbale and cob building. The cob makes many parts of the process…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzCCEhY0flk I came across this family and their page about a nice little hyperadobe office they built. Hyperadobe differs from earthbag in that the earth is put in mesh tubing…
The above image is Owen Geiger's Subterranean Survival Shelter Plan, available on our website. Last night, I stepped outside around midnight. It was a relatively balmy 63 degrees outside. This…
I haven't posted anything for a minute so I just wanted to leave a quick update. We had a small but eager class for our October plastering workshop. Our participants…
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…
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
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…
