What is Natural Building? Is It All or Nothing?
In This Post I Examine What the Term Natural Building Means. I Talk About Earthbag, Straw Bale, Cob, and Environmental Impact.
A Bermed Earthbag Dome by Dr. Owen Geiger
Here’s a Quaint Earthbag Dome That Owen Designed and Built. in a Place With Moderate Earth Temperatures, Such a Structure Would Stay Effortlessly Comfortable Year-Round.
Own Owen Geiger’s Earthbag House Plans for a Deeper Discount With Coupon Code
If You Have Dreamt of Building a House Based on One of Dr. Owen Geiger’s Beautiful House Plans, Now Is the Time to Do It!
Our Biggest Sale Yet on Our Earthbag Tiny House Course, Owen’s House Plans, and Our Upcoming Workshop
Hello all! The holiday season is upon us with Black Fridays, Cyber Mondays, and the like! In the spirit of sharing, we're lowering the prices on everything we have to offer.…
Reasons to Build Your Tiny House with Earth
In 2019, we set up a workshop to build a tiny house on our community property. It was an eight-day workshop–the longest we had done to date, and it filled up quickly. As most readers probably already know, tiny houses have been one of the biggest trends in alternative building.
An Interview With Jasmine Dale, Co-Builder of the Hobbit House
I Had the Opportunity to Ask Jasmine Dale, Wife of Simon Dale, Some Questions About Their Hobbit House in Whales. If You’re Interested in Natural or Alternative Building, and Unless You’ve Been Living Under a Rock for the Last Decade or So, You’ve Probably Come Across Pictures of the Hobbit House...
Our Online Earthbag Tiny House Class is Live!
In 2019, we had an eight-day workshop at our property, to begin work on an earthbag tiny house. This and footage taken since then has been turned into an online, earthbag tiny house building course.
That Time I Worked on a Hempcrete House…
Several years ago, I got an opportunity to work on a hempcrete house for a couple of days. By that time I’d heard quite a bit about the technique and was very excited to get a chance to try it out.
What is Earthbag Building?
I’ve Been a Proponent of Earthbag Building for Well Over a Decade Now. When I Tell People What I Teach, I’d Say That at Least 95% Of Folks Haven’t Heard of It. The Premise Is Simple: Put Dirt (A Mix of Sand and Clay) In Sandbags and Build Walls With It. We Built Our First Earthbag House in 2009...