Located on a 2.5 acre permaculture farm in Costa Rica’s Diamante Valley, the “House Without Shoes” is a Superadobe earthbag complex made up of three interconnected domes, which are joined by an open-air deck that looks out over the stunning … Continue reading →
Paula and Bill Lishman spent many winters in a poorly insulated A-frame cabin before realizing they needed to go underground to use the earth’s energy to stay warm, so they knocked the top off a hill, built ferrocement domes and … Continue reading →
Alosha Lynov established the Bio Veda Academy as a way to disseminate his knowledge about building what he calls a Living Bio Shelter Organism, along with holistic water treatment and cooperative eco-villages. Alosha studied Superadobe construction at CalEarth Institute in … Continue reading →
Many years ago I was contacted by Mostafa Arefhaghi, an Iranian historian with this review of traditional adobe construction in Iran. Iran is an ancient country where the use of adobe and mud brick techniques have been common for a … Continue reading →
This three-bedroom house for a family of five is being constructed using earthbags and is the first of its kind for a residential home in the Kenya. “The bags used are the onion-net type while the dome shape of the … Continue reading →
Rob Avis with Verge Permaculture interviewed me on his YouTube channel a couple of weeks ago, and it is now available for you to see at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGXrWnoviCw The program runs almost an hour and is primarily about earthbag building, partly … Continue reading →