One Natural Builder's Next Big Adventure Called: The Fossil Fuel-Free House Morgan Caraway is a natural builder, homesteader, intentional community co-founder and author. In 2009 his wife, Mary Jane, and he moved on to a piece of undeveloped land in the Blue Ridge Mountains and began a homesteading adventure. Theye built a yurt, earthbag house and a cordwood bath house. Since then they have joined a small, private intentional community and have helped build a pole barn and an earthbag house using earthship principles. Please help them in this IndieGoGo campaign. Our first earthbag house. In our 7 years of living off-grid, we've learned a lot and we will put all of this knowledge and more into our most ambitious project yet - a fossil fuel-free house that uses passive solar design, thermal mass and hydronics (heated floors) to stay comfortable year-round without burning ANY fossil-fuels. Over a lifetime, conventionally built modern houses use an extreme amount of energy to heat and cool them.
Insulated Bamboo Or Stick Interior Walls This Instructable describes an innovative way to build walls using bamboo or wood saplings and bags of insulation. We’ll be using bamboo for this Instructable since it is rapidly renewable, low cost and readily available in many parts of the world. Let’s start with some background information to better understand what is involved. People often wonder how to build interior walls on earthbag and strawbale homes, which are about 18” wide once plastered. There are numerous ways to build interior walls. The following suggestions may not meet building codes where you live. Insulated bamboo wall summary: The general process involves tying or lashing bamboo frames together – one frame for each side. Tools and supplies: Saw, tape measure, level, galvanized wire or baling twine, wire cutter pliers if you use wire, knife if you use baling twine, insulation, polypropylene or burlap bags, 1”-2” diameter bamboo or saplings, deck screws and drill The photo shows a small prototype.
An Earthbag Round House For Less Than $5,000 Looking for a very stable design which does not only come cheap from the start but also makes you save money in the long run. Due to its shape and materials used, the earthbag house has less area than your normal home, so it’s cheaper to keep it supplied with energy. Don’t be scared if you never built circular structures before, because the example shown here used a technique called the compass arm which you can easily learn. Starting on the rubble trench foundation. Covering over our sediment fabric with pea gravel. Two rows of stem wall – 80 lb sack concrete. 2 strands of barbed wire go between every row. Firewood used to hold the barbed wire in place. Door frame up. A strip anchor to hold the door in place. Mary Jane and Morgan on right The little window near the camera will also be a cold storage in the winter. Cal-Earth, Earthbag, Earthbag Building, Natural Building, Round House, Superadobe
DIY Earthen Floor Start To Finish - I Love Cob! The process of this floor has long been in the works. I first tamped the earth beneath the building. Then added a layer of cut polypropylene bags. Then 6 inches of red pumice ( otherwise known as scoria ). Through the scoria layer I added a 4 inch perforated drain pipe, in case one day a radon gas evacuating system could be attached. Then 4 coats of alis (clay paint ) with fine sand and clay. In the interest of future estimation I’ve found that .5 gallon of linseed oil will cover about 100 square feet. I’m interested in alternatives to boiled linseed oil. After the oil has had time to cure, I’ll give it a coat of wax.
Earthbag Construction EarthBag Homes - you're standing on the building materials... earthbag home Long sandbags are filled on-site and arranged in layers or as compressed coils. Stabilizers such as cement, lime, or sodium carbonate may be added to an ideal mix of 70% sand, 30% clay. earthbag home Plastic bags recycled into plastic bags -- if plastic does not break down for a thousand years, this building is sure to last several lifetimes. earthbag construction Foundations differ as per site. earthbag construction The time consuming part, filling the bags. earthbag construction Testing the strength of an arch. earthbag home Project Seres, Guatemala. projectseres.org, flickr.com earthbag home CalEarth -- Emergency Shelter Village, Hesperia, California. earthbag home Cal Earth -- Emergency Shelters. earthbag home CalEarth let the layers show. CalEarth -- this might not be totally earthbag, but like the fish face. earthbag home CalEarth photo by Mike Smith flickr.com CalEarth Vault under construction. Resources:
Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws Kashrut is the body of Jewish law dealing with what foods we can and cannot eat and how those foods must be prepared and eaten. "Kashrut" comes from the Hebrew root Kaf-Shin-Reish, meaning fit, proper or correct. It is the same root as the more commonly known word "kosher," which describes food that meets these standards. The word "kosher" can also be used, and often is used, to describe ritual objects that are made in accordance with Jewish law and are fit for ritual use. Contrary to popular misconception, rabbis or other religious officials do not "bless" food to make it kosher. Kosher dietary laws are observed all year round, not just during Pesach (Passover). There is no such thing as "kosher-style" food. Food that is not kosher is commonly referred to as treif (lit. torn, from the commandment not to eat animals that have been torn by other animals). Why Do We Observe the Laws of Kashrut? However, health is not the only reason for Jewish dietary laws. General Rules The Details Utensils
Dream Green Homes: Earthbag Plans Cómo reducir la cintura rápidamente This application requires JavaScript. Cuando nos ponemos a dieta y logramos bajar esos kilos de más, además de los beneficios para la salud es muy satisfactorio poder volver a usar prendas que antes nos ajustaban en las zonas de caderas, muslos y cintura. Pero a veces aunque bajemos de peso, comamos saludablemente y hagamos ejercicio, reducir la cintura y bajar el abdomen suelen ser de las partes más difíciles de tornear del cuerpo. Hoy te contamos trucos para modelar la cintura: sigue estos TipsiMujer en el video exclusivo que preparamos para ti y así podrás saber cómo reducir la cintura rápidamente y volver a usar tus prendas favoritas. Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Thinkstock Eliminar el azúcar y las grasas saturadas Para eliminar la grasa acumulada en la zona de la cintura, lo primero es eliminar todo lo que mantenga grasas saturadas y azúcar. Elimina la comida chatarra, los dulces y los panificados con azúcar. iStockphoto/Thinkstock Reducir hidratos de carbono Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock
How to Build Dirt Cheap Houses The following list summarizes some of the potential savings from using natural building materials and alternative construction methods. If you’re wondering why they’re not more widely used, it’s because contractors, banks, realtors and others in the housing industry make more profit from the current system. It’s up to you to get informed and switch to a sustainable lifestyle. 1. Foundation: Insulated frost-protected foundations do not have to be as deep as standard foundations and therefore use fewer materials, require less excavation and backfill, less form work and less labor. Earthbag foundations – polypropylene bags filled with gravel, scoria or pumice on a rubble trench – make an excellent foundation. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Lucid dreaming academy | Lucidipedia.com Earthbag House Plans - Tiny House Design Owen Geiger over at Earthbag House Plans has been busy. He has posted the preliminary designs for about 77 plans for earthbag homes available on his newest website. An earthbag home is essentially a home made from the dirt under your feet. It’s scooped up and placed in bags like old grain bags or sandbags. They are then laid up like bricks and you can build strait walls, curved walls, and domes. It’s probably the fastest and easiest way to build walls and the best part is that it’s as cheap as dirt. Photo credit to the people at earthbagbuilding.wordpress.com and earthbagplans.wordpress.com.
Comment? Thématiques d'actions pour un Paris résilient et Post Carbone, c'est à dire : pour une ville tournée vers la vie locale mais néanmoins ouverte aux autres, qui favorise les circuits-courts et diminue sa dépendance vis à vis du pétrole et de la société de consommation, qui réfléchit, développe et expérimente des alternatives écologiques et sociales et les met en pratique, où chaque espace est valorisé de manière participative, à des fins conviviales et utiles Les principaux thèmes fondamentaux identifiés, sur lesquels nous souhaitons agir sont : - Se nourrir, - Se loger, - Se déplacer, - Recycler, - L’énergie, - Végétaliser la ville, D’autres seront à intégrer : l’économie solidaire, l’éducation pc_flower_poster_fr