The home page describes why earthbag building is one of the premier technologies for sustainable architecture.
Link: earthbagbuilding.com
The bags we used for our construction are woven polypropylene "misprints." The companies that manufacture these bags sometimes have imperfections or mistakes in the printing process that render them unsuitable to their clients. Rather than throw these bags away, the manufacturers will...
Ackerman holds a homemade "rammer" -- a yogurt cup filled with earth, cement and water. The building blocks for her seating area and fire pit are dirt- and cement-filled polypropylene tubes called earthbags, which she bought from the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture,...
So I started out by buying a book and a DVD that had illustrations and instructions on how do just what I propose to do. I also visited another website http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/ , hosted by Kelly & Rosana Hart. They gave me many tips on building with small earthbags. First I n...
Each shelter comprises one major domed space with some ancillary spaces for cooking and sanitary services. Incremental additions such as ovens and animal shelters can also be made to provide a more permanent status and the technology can also be used for both buildings and infrastruct...
Building with earthbags (sometimes called sandbags) is both old and new. Sandbags have long been used, particularly by the military, for creating strong, protective barriers, or for flood control. The same reasons that make them useful for these applications carry over to creating hou...
I am passing this info on to anyone I think might have a network of people who would be interested in a house in the country for a ridiculous price. Basically, I want to get out of the hassle of owning property and the house has been vandalized since my house sitters left in April. It...
In July 2009 Guiding Star Creations co-created this 9 day workshop with hosts Eric and Nancy. This dome was build as a WWOOFer's (farm stay) cottage for Eric and Nancey's 14 acre organic farm. The dome has a 3m(10ft) interior diameter and the walls are 30cm(1ft) thick. This dome was f...
