GRISB Sustainable Building Blog

Promoting natural building, and sustainable design and development, through research, training, education and consulting services.

Sunday, May 03, 2009

The Earthbag House Show

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Here's a slideshow of some recent earthbag (sandbag) houses that have been built in Mexico, Poland, US, Nepal, Costa Rica, Philippines, ...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Two New Sustainable House Plan Websites

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After years of work my house plans are finally getting online. There are 86 plans published so far and more in the works. I've tried to ...
Monday, February 23, 2009

New Articles by Owen Geiger

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Affordable and Sustainable DIY Earthbag Homes Do It Yourself Earthbag Building Insulated Earthbag Houses Build Your Own Affordable, Eco-F...
Monday, January 05, 2009

Planning for Future Changes

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It's been over three years since my last post. Yikes! Time really flies when you're having fun (and trying to do 20 other things a...
Friday, November 11, 2005

Earthbag Foundations

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Earthbag foundations offer many advantages over reinforced concrete foundations and work well with many types of sustainable buildings. In ...
Saturday, November 05, 2005

Emergency Shelter for Pakistan

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The death toll mounts as winter closes in on the survivors of the recent earthquake in Pakistan. Emergency shelter is essential for the sur...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Earthbag Dome Building

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Kelly Hart of GreenHomeBuilding.com has recently completed a web page with step-by-step instructions on earthbag dome building . Complete wi...
Sunday, October 23, 2005

Energy-efficiency Upgrades

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Houses will not perform as well as expected energy-wise if they are leaky. Heat takes the path of least resistance and will quickly be lost...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

Straw-Bale Construction Basics

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Straw-bale construction produces an exceptionally unique home unmatched by other building methods. Strawbale homes are safe, warm, quiet, a...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Straw Bale Shelter Video

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Thanks to the generosity of Matts Myhrman and Judy Knox, their Straw Bales for Shelter video is now available on the Geiger Research Instit...
Thursday, October 06, 2005

Forest Gardens

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Sustainable communities require a sustainable source of food. A forest garden is a diverse collection of useful plants arranged in multiple...
Thursday, September 29, 2005

New Projects

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A number of new projects are in the works at the Geiger Research Institute and will be available soon from our website at www.grisb.org. * E...
Saturday, September 17, 2005

Strawbale Shelter Workshop

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A Native American Affordable Housing Workshop was completed September 3-4, 2005 in Crestone, Colorado in collaboration with Brave Heart Cons...
Sunday, September 11, 2005

Lakota Sustainable Housing

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A sustainable development workshop was held on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, August 8th -18th, 2005. PennElys GoodShield, Pro...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Rebuilding New Orleans Sustainably

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It is time for the citizens of New Orleans, along with the rest of the United States, to take a long hard look at reconstruction options. T...
Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Zero Energy Housing

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Phase I of the zero-energy housing research program at the Geiger Research Institute introduces the primary strategies, principles and guide...
Friday, September 02, 2005

A Model for Affordable Housing Projects

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Tribal, state and federal governments, housing organizations and the free market system have all failed to solve the housing crisis in large...
Thursday, August 25, 2005

BWB Straw-Bale Construction Guides

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The Builders Without Borders (BWB) Straw-Bale Construction Guide was created to meet the growing demand for easy-to-understand instructions ...
Thursday, August 18, 2005

Dirt Cheap Shelter

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Ever wonder how to build a simple home for very little money and without going into debt? Free articles on the Geiger Research Institute P...
Sunday, August 07, 2005

Free Straw Bale Shelter Plans

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For about $350 you can build a simple straw bale shelter thanks to the efforts of Matts Myhrman, Judy Knox and Owen Geiger. The Geiger Rese...

Elimination of Poverty Housing

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Substandard housing - crude shelters haphazardly made of scraps of junk, cardboard and similar materials – is where over one billion of the ...
Friday, July 29, 2005

Straw-Bale Construction Certification

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The Global Straw-Bale Construction Certification Program provides the highest quality strawbale training available anywhere in the world. Th...

Straw-Bale Construction Training

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Building with bales is growing by leaps and bounds because of its broad appeal to owner-builders and its extraordinary energy-efficiency. In...
Monday, July 25, 2005

Sustainable Building Electronic Directory

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Are you spending lots of time searching for information on sustainable building? Two new search tools at www.grisb.org/directory/index.htm...
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