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Links we like...
Earthbags, materials, construction techniques...
Earthbag Structures - new site, with focus on earthbag solutions for disaster (and disaster-prone) regions
Beehive Homes (Abiquiu; cooperative building workshops)
Green Home Building - Kelly Hart's phenomenally comprehensive site
Calearth Institute - Founded by Nader Khalili in 1986; excellent resource!
Quentin Wilson (instructor of Northern NM College's Adobe Construction Program; not earthbags, but still relevant)
Earthbag House Plans - Owen Geiger's site
OKOKOK Productions (Hunter & Kiffmeyer's excellent site!)
Earthbag Building.com - venerable site of Kelly Hart & Owen Geiger
Earthbag Building Blog (also from Hart & Geiger; what's going on abroad)
Mustang Springs Ranch (a bit hard to navigate, but gold)
International Code Council - good technical article from Nader Khalili & Phill Vittore
Natural Building Colloquium Southwest - good articles from NM's networkearth.com
How Earthbag Homes Work - a primer, from How Stuff Works
Once upon a Yurt - off the grid, New Mexico style
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey application - easy to use application to access
National Cooperative Soil Survey data for your region (all the way down to your back yard). Clay content, salinity,
drainage, plasticity index... more than you can imagine. Outstanding. Your US tax dollars at work, folks.
Plastering, rendering, and papercrete
New Mexico Clay - wonderful source of dry clay additives (different colors), mica additives, and recipes
Plaster Workshop - photologue of Bart Santello's plastering workshop
Mud for Everyone - Erica Ann's wonderful website
Earth Plaster How-To - from the folks at Dancing Rabbit
Natural Clay Plaster Over Adobe - from Building Green TV
What is Lime Plaster? - also from Building Green TV
Lime Plasters & Renders - the Earth Pigments Co. (luscious site!)
Lime Stucco Plastering - Jim Phypers' site; nice photos of application with a sprayer
Papercrete Educational Website - part of Dirtcheapbuilder.com; cheap books & great links!
Mixers (Papercrete or plaster) - Gordon Solberg of Las Cruces features Mike McCain's 3rd world mixer on his site
Books (with extracts for viewing)... or order from us through Amazon
Earthbag Building - Kaki Hunter & Donald Kiffmeyer - a classic!
The Art of Natural Building - Joseph Kennedy, Michael Smith, Catherine Wanek
The Natural Plaster Book - Cedar Rose Guelberth, Dan Chiras
The Cob Builder's Handbook - Becky Bee
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