Earthbag wall building part two

A year ago I was approached to see if the Westbury Community Garden would be interested in facilitating the building of an experimental earthbag wall and seat. In June 2011 we started the process with a workshop in earthbag building. This was  put on the blog at http://greentasreno.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/earthbag-wall-building/ This was a success, but as the months [...]

SUSTAINABLE HOUSE DAY 2011

Sunday SEPTEMBER 11th 10.00am – 4.00pm Its that time of year again. Sustainable House Day. The third year for us in Northern Tassie and the tenth year of the whole event. Sustainable House Day is a wonderful chance to see sustainable living in action. Talk to the householders about the way that they have gone about [...]

Earthbag wall building

Way back in April or even March 2011  I was asked whether the Westbury Community Garden, which I help out with, would be a suitable venue to build an earthbag garden  seat. What is earthbag building?? It is a construction method that is based upon materials of warfare. Sandbags and barbed wire. Very stable buildings [...]