GRISB Sustainable Building Blog

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

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 ...

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

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...

Earthbag foundations offer many advantages over reinforced concrete foundations and work well with many types of sustainable buildings. In ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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