This cement-block frame, earthbag-infill house was the first of its kind in Utah to receive a building permit. You can build a magnificent shelter with a couple of rolls of barbed wire, a bale of bags ...

Thousands of people in Puerto Rico are still living under blue tarps three years after Hurricane Maria struck the island, and more than 30,000 families have asked the government for assistance after ...

In the video above, Andrew Mumford, co-founder of Permaculture South Africa, introduces us to “earthbag” building—a way of constructing strong homes cheaply and quickly. The technique has actually ...

Four years ago, I was camped upon a hill in Turkey watching the canvas of my tent buckle ominously. The wind howled, and rain started to drip onto my forehead. I’d been living in the tent for six ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. MILO RESIDENT KARA TAHENY, right, at the construction site of her home. The ...

RURAL OSAGE COUNTY — When Keith Fouts was a child and camped with his grandparents on their Lake Pomona lot, he would play on a nearby stretch of property and dream of one day owning it. In 2010, he ...

Following the success of their first Masoro Village Project house, the non-profit design group GA Collaborative (GAC) has released a video and crowdfunding campaign for their latest prototype in ...

The Nakuru earthbag orphanage stands out from the surrounding architectural typology, which is dominated by stone and concrete homes. The use of local earth as the primary construction material not ...

Emerging from a research project and seeing how low-income areas were not considered for a planned housing program, GA Collaborative began working with Masoro village in 2008 to design housing and ...

Cob hands. Taken at The Firefly Gathering by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt The massive earthquake that rattled Nepal on April 25 and the powerful aftershocks that followed have left much of the nation in ...