Sustainable Development – Photos of cob homes that I took on the West Coast of Canada

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Living Big In A Tiny House

This week we visit Underhill, and incredible hobbit-home like, eco-cave house built into a hillside. The off-the-grid house is cleverly constructed to resemble a cave. With no electricity in the house, the stone, wood and rustic features truly make you feel like you’re stepping back in time.

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Appa’s Fast Cob Workshops: http://cob.lasqueti.ca/
Cobbers participate in a fast cob building workshop on a Gulf Island in the Salish Sea, British Columbia, Canada, to learn about Appa’s Fast Cob:

“Now Human-powered Natural Building is not only dirt cheap, but faster and easier than ever before…”

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Is mixing cob or earthen plaster on a tarp getting you down? You can use a cement mixer instead. Here’s how to do it…

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Piers, a dedicated musician, became inspired to build his own studio from straw bales. He initially learnt the technique by volunteering on a pre-existing build. Equipped with the knowledge and with the help of volunteers he was able to complete a beautiful organic studio in his own back yard. The cycle continues with those volunteers now working on their own individual projects.

Piers has also a member of the creative team for the Journey, his music is used for the soundtrack on the majority of the Journey films

piers@pindropmusic.co.uk
http://www.pindropclub.co.uk

This short film is part of “The Journey” an unique documentary project that delves into environmental, socio-culture and economic issues, with a questioning mind.

The focus of the project is to find and film inspiring ideas and projects over a wide spectrum of individuals and cultures, whilst examining our ability to reform our ideals, and our lifestyle in order to make positive changes for our planet and the human race.

The Journeymen (a person whom travels in order to gain experience, skills and knowledge) go in search of these stories – equipped only with minimal filming gear and personal possessions, they document their experience as they travel to global communities to observe, question and learn.

It is an organic process that grows, evolves and takes its own direction. With no planned route nor destination, the journeymen believe they will connect with the right people and places at the right time to film, aid and guide them on.

The project is currently filming and traveling through the UK. As the project travels short films are uploaded that can be viewed on this website. It is the long-term goal that this project will travel internationally to create a feature length film that will be released, to be viewed for free.

The projects aims to benefit individuals, projects and communities by sharing knowledge, offering solutions and connecting people through film.

It is the hope this project will touch and inspire people, by conveying the beauty within human nature and our world and resonating what is actually possible, when it comes it comes to our ability to change the world for the better.

know of an inspiring story? want to get involved?
info@the-journey.tv

follow the journey on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Jou…

http://www.the-journey.tv

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Kibbutz Lotan is nestled in the arid Arava Valley in southern Israel. This small community is an oasis in the desert. Come visit us at http://www.kibbutzlotan.com

-Sustainable Israel MASA Fellowship http://tinyurl.com/kbtzlotan
-Eco-Tourism http://kibbutzlotan.com/tourism/index…
-Green Apprenticeship Program
-Disc Golf Course
-Eco-Workshops
-Birdwatching paradise
-Water Shiatsu Spa and Holistic Treatments
All of this, tucked into one very special, and beautiful place.

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Steve Areen

On a large organic mango farm, far into the countryside of northeastern Thailand, I have built my little dome home. After recieving an amazing response from around the world, my dome building friend Hajjar Gibran and I have created a new website to provide you with more inspiration, designs, tools and training:http://www.DomeGaia.com The song “Reflection” is off my Bird of Passage CD, available here:http://steveareen.bandcamp.com For more information on my Thailand Dome Home http://www.steveareen.com C

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http://www.thiscobhouse.com/cob-works…
Get a glimpse of the cob workshop experience with This Cob House. These photos are from our Spring 2014 workshops in Tennessee. No previous building experience is necessary to come to any of our workshops, but you will leave with the skills and confidence to build your own natural cob home. I hope to meet you one day at one of our workshops!
http://www.thiscobhouse.com/cob-works…

Music:
Jacana — Al Marconi

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When Gary Zuker bought an undeveloped piece of land outside of Austin (Texas) 25 years ago, he knew the only way he could afford a home on it was to build it himself. With no building experience, he immersed himself in architecture books at the University of Texas (where he works as a computer engineer).

He fell in love with medieval straw-clay cottages and cob buildings from around the world. After just a day learning the technique on another build, he was ready to build his own home.

Besides advice from an architect friend to use a scissor-truss system for roof support, some help with framing, stone-work and plumbing, Zuker worked alone (no building permits were required in Travis County at that time). The build ended up taking him 3 years (nights and weekends while working full-time) and cost about $40,000 ($25,000 to build the house and $15,000 for the well and septic system).

Zuker was heavily influenced by the classic design handbook A Pattern Language (written mainly by architect Christopher Alexander) so rather than designing the home ahead of time, he waited to decide on details until after the home was under construction.

More patterns from Gary: http://placepatterns.org/place/the-zu…

Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/…

Which one do you like the best?

It’s an old video I did a few years back….It’s just different ideas and concepts.

“SAVAE (San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble)-Song of Seikilos – 1st century Greek song”, sound recording administered by:
IODA

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Miguel Elliott

Here is a video featuring examples of various earthen structures, and then demonstrations of how to build a bamboo/cob dome and how to build an adobe dome.

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http://www.thiscobhouse.com/how-to-bu…

I made this model out of modeling clay according to one of my Cob House designs. I still need to design and add the roof.

I made it according to the scale of 1 inch = 2 feet. It’s a good size home with central living area (can include a wood burning stove), kitchen, bedroom, and office.

If you have questions, please feel free to ask me.
http://www.thiscobhouse.com/

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http://www.thiscobhouse.com/how-to-bu…

I see natural building, especially using cob, as a practical solution for our future situation. As we face societal collapse, people are banding together and moving outside the cities to start new lives for themselves. Building a new house out of cob and natural materials is a practical solution for shelter in the coming years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwFKyJ…

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