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Camp Alamo Cob Bathhouse!

Constructing a cob bathhouse with rammed earth tire foundation.

Memory cottage strawbale eco build

new 5 acre organic small holding in rural location outside Beccles in Suffolk. plan is to build a strawbale trial accomodation building in 2013 and 3 bed family house into south facing slope in 2014

City of Houston Cob Structure

The build site is in a suburban neighborhood, it has easy access and parking, the structure is based on a design by John Fordice called the Solar oval, it's 120 sq. ft. which falls into the permit exemption category in the City of Houston. Currently it is an all... read more

Constructing stone fireplace and Maintenance of climbers shelter in Rhodopi mountain, near Plovdiv

Main building was built many years ago. Few years ago, a group of climbers made some construction and interior repairs of the shelter and the shelter on the rocks. We want to build a fireplace from stones and mud, and to improve the camp area with few fireplaces.

Organic Farm Sheds

Slopy land of 1Acre where we will like to build an Organic Poultry Farm and we are looking for advise and knowhow to build in an economic & sustainable way.

Nature, On Its Way Homestead

Nature, On Its Way Homestead is a blossoming idea just waiting to for others to join! We have decided to cal it a homestead for now as it is just myself and family, but we are very open to it becoming a community, We are vegetarians and would love for people interested... read more

Inca Tek 2012 seeking Construction Knowledge

Hola! Bassbot.org is looking for Instructors knowledgable in accommodating a work shop focused around building sustainable, ecological communities in Peru. The event is an Ecological Awareness Festival taking place in Cusco this year end. We are reaching out for... read more

ZUPCI-Sustainable House and Artist Retreat

The site is 3500m2 (37700 SF) in area, situated in a country side above the city of Bar in Montenegro. The site is divided in three flat belts of land that are stepped about 1m-1.5m (3'-5')above each other. Mediterranean climate with long hot summers (up to... read more

earthbag house in Gabud

Earthship Chile

We are building an Earthship in Chile, Valparaiso Concon, you can contact us in http://www.facebook.com/ChileEarthship

Light Straw Clay Home/Office

Stone Tower

Hello! This project has already been started with the foundation dug into a sand stone ridge on my 74 acre mixed terrain property. The footing poured from 32mpa heavily reinforced concrete. The 4 meter high by 3.6 meter round structure is to be built from basalt/... read more

Solaqua Tiny Homes

Construction indoors during winter, a large warehouse space with some light and heat. Part of an interesting old industrial mill site, adjoining large wooded property, and close to a small village.

Schwarz10

Our house was built in 1885 and is listed in the historical registry, which means there are a variety of punishments available for ecological or sustainable architecture. Nevertheless, there are some modifications that are possible. We are interested in attaching a... read more

The Studio for Creative Living

We are having to rebuild out roundhouse because of dry rot we will be having building camps. April 20th - 28th Deconstruction June 15 - 23rd Timber framing part one August 17 - 25th Timber framing part two We are looking for 10 volunteers for each, there will... read more

Eartship of Little John

tiny earthship + adobe house remodeling

Off grid traditional adobe house 20 kms from the city (Szeged) where we currently live.Another small town is 5 kms away.Site is between a lake overgrown with reeds,a tiny strip of trees,and a plot of cultivated land.We would like to move there later on,building a small... read more

Cob Oven

Family home with larger garden, the oven would be in the garden. The project would be for family and friends.

Bender extentions

Hello, This is my first time connecting with this site were wanting some help building afew benders for the winter namely for a woodshed, bath house for the fire bath, a sturdier compost toilet roof and a bender for visters to stay in and to use as communal space/... read more

Valhalla

A 60 acre lot, located 20 minutes outside of downtown Montreal. It's the closest agricultural land to the metropolis.

Straw bale house at Lammas eco village

We are one of 9 smallholdings that make up Lammas eco village in west wales. We live completely off grid and grow most of our own food. We have already built a timber framed barn with a turf roof, a tree bog compost toilet and also have a poly tunnel. We have just... read more

Hulme Preservation Society - Church of the Saint Marys

Saint Marys is a giant of a church, a grade II* gothic revival masterpiece which we will restore and develop for the benefit of the community. Built in 1858, St Marys thronged in the heyday of Hulme, the Rolls Royce years, then stood alone amid desolations and rubble... read more

Permaculture construction

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Permaculture construction

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Olympia Farm

We are looking to build a small dwelling 40/50 square metres from straw bail and cob on our farm here in Southern Greece. We plan to start the build next April/May 2013 when the weather is fine. As yet we have no architectural plan drawn up and few technical skills... read more

The Meadow Orchard Eco Build

A beautiful oasis of calm in Crouch End North London. 2 acres of meadow, with 6 different habitats and a very bio-diverse collecting of ants, plants and animals. Go here for photos https://www.facebook.com/groups/MOPecobuild/ Go here to sign up to receive info... read more

Offgrid sustainable barn conversion

Derelict barns which are being converted to use as holiday cottage.

experimental low impact dwellings

A 20acre woodland on a 180 acre farm estate we are in the process of reclaiming.

Ka'Way Monti

Ka'Way Monti is Quechua for Tree of Life. Our aim is to build an eco-village made up of 7 neighborhoods, one of which is sort of a downtown area composed of carpentry shops, textile working, black smith shops, that sort of thing mixed in with hostels for tourists... read more

Strawbale extension

The build is a strawbale extension to our red-brick ex-Council house. We need help plastering the internal walls with lime render. Go to http://www.projectdirt.com/person/5942/#!/journal_entry/11454 for more info.

Compost Toilet

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Noah´s Earthship

Restoring small mountain hut

The building is an old mountain hut wich was used for living during summer, taking care of the animals while they were grazing in the mountains. The stone walls is probably much older than the house - the house is probably build som time in the 1950s. We have done... read more

Earthship home on Family Lavender Farm

Originally designed for our Lavender farm giftshop and holistic wellness center, our earthship building is now being completed for our home. Located on ten acres of nature trails, and lavender fields, this building has the potential to be an oasis for relaxation..

Collingwood Earthship

The adress of the building site is 633 sixth street Collingwood Ontario, Canada. It is on 3 Acers with a stream on one side and a walking / biking trail on the other side. You can walk or bike to stores and there is great outdoor adventure recreation in the area. I... read more

Long Beach Compost Toilet Post and Beam Turf-roofed building

The site is located on Long Beach, near Inverie on the Knoydart Peninsula. Knoydart is only accessible by ferry from Mallaig, or a two-day walk over rough country. We are replacing our damaged compost toilet with a Natsol base, and building a post-and-beam surround... read more

Schumacher College/Embercombe Natural Building Certificate POOSH-er Call Out

This is a new and exciting partnership between Embercombe ( http://www.embercombe.co.uk ) and Schumacher College ( http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk ). The Natural Building Certificate ran as an enormous success last year and as such we are well into the preparations... read more

Highlander Straw Bale house

Building to replace a double caravan for George who runs Highland cattle and sheep on this Southern Uplands Hill Farm. We are doing this as an experimental project prior to hopefully creating a small community of straw bale holiday homes. We are Slow food members... read more

Manitoba Earthship

We are building the first Earthship in Manitoba on 66 acres of mixed forest/field in the prairies. We are the owners and the builders and started the build in 2012. Over 70 volunteers helped us at different times throughout the summer. We half finished the project... read more

strawbalehouse.co.uk

Prototype low energy, low cost, sustainable strawbalehouse intended to be reproduced in kit form for self-builders. Designed and built by a retired engineer to prove that straw is a viable build material even in the wettest part of the UK. Many unique features -... read more

The burdock suana

This was the original building on the property. bout a century old. The time has taken in toll since it was uncared for for many a moons. We will transform this log structure into a sauna (very important for the culture here) It is located right next to the (birch)... read more

Hillyfield Woodland Barns

A former quarry at The Hillyfield - a 44 acre woodland farm on the southern edge of Dartmoor National Park. It's gorgeous - high rock walls... a bit of a sun-trap. Just below is the river. The quarry is 200m from the entrance to the land and just 1.5miles from the... read more

Goonieland

55 Acres unzoned SW facing land overlooking the Columbia Valley. Small creek running through the property, sourounded by farm land and managed wood lot. Planning to build earthship type house. Including The Hut, Studio and 2 bedroom house. Future plans include... read more

Gillian's Chemical Respite Shelter

We're building a straw bale wall / roundwood timber frame structure in the corner of a field in Somerset for a woman suffering from MSC (multiple chemical sensitivity). It is made entirely from non-toxic materials as a requirement for her condition. at the time of... read more

Glass Bottle Bathroom & Chicken/Goat Barn

The location of the build site is deep in the jungle. We have a general area that we believe to be nice and flat but the property is mostly rocks. My wife and I will be putting the most time in since this will be our every day bathroom. The weather during the winter is... read more

Landmatters Bender upgrade

The build is one of 8 low-impact structures at Landmatters Permaculture Community in beautiful south-devon countryside, England. It's home to Maren, Brains and their 2 little boys Sol (2) and Nez (6). The existing structure is a Bender (woven from hazel poles and... read more

Wood and Cob House

There is an old traditional house, made from wood and cob with rock base, which is not livable. We want to restore it to make it livable.

casa de 100 mts2 de pallets, barro, paja y techo verde

Escuela de aprendizaje para la autosustentabilidad que contempla una escuela que cuenta con un terreno de 2500 mt2 , que tiene una casa construida con Bioconstrucción donde actualmente duermen los voluntarios. En este momento comenzamos a establecer una escuela que... read more

Ty Graig

This is a small 3 bedroomed off-grid Welsh Longhouse in a remote rural area in mid Wales. I am soon moving to Wales to take up a very low-paid job and plan to restore my off-grid house using sustainable, low carbon impact building materials for me and my family to live... read more

Mystic Shires

Strawbale Home selfbuild in Sweden

I am a woman who drew the house and will build the house myself. It is a strawbale house with large reclaimed 100 yr old studs on the inside to hold up the walls. The strawbale wall will be wrapped around the outside of the house. The house will be 175 sq meters in... read more

Serenity Castle

Awenasa

We have 40 acres in juniper/piñon forest about 20 miles down a dirt road. We've had the land for 3 years and we finally have a budget to start in the spring.

Earthship huts and can domes

Hola amigos. Starting off with a simple 10ft can dome/igloo and depending on how we go a bunch of other structures straight after (Earthship hut, variations on the can dome, Earthbag if we can get someone up here to show us how, Tipi's, Bamboo). 21 acres of... read more

hegy tanyak

We are starting up our dreams. We're belgians and have a nice woodland in Hungary, near by the austrian border, away from 'civilisation'. We are making here a couple of little naturel tourist houses. Our purpose is to make them all different. A... read more

The Sapling Project

The Sapling Project (www.saprocro.com) is our vision for a small, sustainable village community living lightly in the Croatian countryside. We are hoping to attract between eight and fifteen people, couples or families to join us in creating our dream We have... read more

The Beautiful Cob House

I'm going to build a cob house for living with my persian princess and cob workshop to work in. The place we are building at is the very close to one of the most beautiful beaches in Sevastopol, Crimea. But! There are 800 steps down to the beach so probably... read more

Building Man at Bodenham

We'll mostly be working on and around the old school building. The main building project will be to replace the roof on the extension of the school building. We also hope to: * clad the outside with local wood * beautify the inside of the building *... read more

straw bale house

i started to build the house with no money... now its started to be a "House" but steel need help... we building from every meterial that we can find...

Earthship Argentina

Earthship hempcrete australia

Australia’s first Earthship – Finishes Workshop Hello everyone! We are very excited to announce the finishes workshop for Australias first Earthship in Queensland, Australia. The Earthship design concept and systems have been applied to the subtropical... read more

Strawbale project

I am just getting towards the end of putting up a straw bale building. Need to lay an earth floor and do some little bits and bobs for finishing off, so would be absolutely great to have some help in this.

Vortex water house

I train staff in the health and social benefits of fermented foods and have worked for many years as Ambassador for various Nutritional natural health products......moving beyond the natural health food markets I have seen both the positive pros and devastating... read more

Cooperativa Yoga Studio/Community Center

Three people part of thePOOSH team, Eric, Michael and I, are building a yoga studio/community center for the Co-operativa next door to the place that we're currently building our bamboo bicycles for the upcoming Southern European Bamboo Bicycle Tour. The co-... read more

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ECO-ART VILLAGE YURTS & RUSTIC

The VILLAGE of the ARTS & ECO PARK: There is an acre of land on the Bayou Teche, with very flexable terms for a unique development. I am doing two different sets of plans; "on & off" the grid, due to the code status. The land is just off the small... read more

Gallatin Simple Survival Earthship

We are building a Simple Survival model Earthship in rural Gallatin, TN. The building is about halfway complete, and we plan to finish it up by this Summer 2013. it is going to serve as a home and office for myself, as well as open to hosting couch surfers, or... read more

Tribodar Learning Center Ongoing building projects including research

At Tribodar we are always building something... At the moment our resident architect is making plans for a small underground shelter/hobbit house, for the founding family of 3. We are working with cordwood, round wood, cane, adobe, green roofs etc... you can see... read more

Super Adobe

Proyecto ecológico

Chicken Coop

A concrete slab in our yard located just south of our house. We intend to use the slab as a foundation for our coop. It is still in the planning stages so things may change, but our tentative plan is to use posts for each corner and the door and to build the walls... read more

Re-building Cal Victor

The Ecodharma centre is an ecological land based project and community, underpinned by Buddhist values and practice. We run courses and events throughout most of year which take place in a context of sustainable low-impact living, closely woven within the web of... read more

Straw Bale House Slovenija

Bio Construction Yoga Shala/Showers/Compost Toilets

We have 11 hectares of Land. We want to build a bio construction Yoga Shala/ Compost toilets and out door showers, out door parking areas and cool paths and shaded areas so that we can teach yoga and meditation, but also so we can hold community classes for free.... read more

Rocket Stove Mass Heater

We are building our first Rocket Stove for an outdoor location and another for an indoor remodel project. We are excited to share this new technology with others who want hands-on experience with conservation and non-fossil-fuels heat sources. The location is on the... read more

Straw Bale farm office

Strawbuild will be constructing a fantastic, load-bearing strawbale farm office building for Rock Farm Slane as part of their ongoing eco-building project. The build will run between the 17th April and the 17th May, 2013. There are long-term volunteering... read more

Ozark Earthship

5 acres clear land with view. Has a double wide home, large shop/garage, few large trees, fruit trees along perimeter, garden site in back, few neighbors, lots of forest. Creeks and river near by.

Tirewall hut

We sarted with the hut, but we want to build a communal living room with a stone oven, a tirewall hut for a workshop, 3 rooms, a green house, a dry toilet and shower for winter time.

Bramble's Palace

Just over a hectare with a small (100m2) house in need of extension/restoration back to the original 500m2 footprint...old traditional stone walls, solar panels, river water, garden veg, fruit trees, early mornings, hot sun, long siesta's, pueblo fiesta's...

Bramble's Palace

Ecotage. Ekoča Recikliranica

SuperAdobe / EarthBag 2-story Cylinder

The structure is being built on the sloping, tropical clay-rich soils in a rural area of Puerto Rico. This structure will serve as a personal home site for the managers of a non-profit organization that is operated on the same premises. The land is host to a... read more

Earthbag House

Building a 24' Earthbag home four feet down and potentially berming a great deal of it. We've broken ground and will be finalizing the foundation over the next week then a couple of weeks for the actual sandbag filling segment. One week of cob and roof... read more

Strawbale Workshop

A 30 SqM strawbale workshop on brick and flint plinth with turf roof. Well-insulated, passive heating. The site is in my garden in a small village on the River Bure in Norfolk.

"Lebensmittelpunkt" community kitchen

hi there everywhere! We are on site building our community- and guestserving kitchen and also an bistro cafe with a reception and shop for our park products into an existing onestory 12 by 60m large old armybuilding. the walls will be clayplastered, the floor will... read more

ECO-tourisme French River Cabin

It's a leisure cabin built about 25 years ago, on a tranquil piece of the river Vienne. It's 40m2 with 3 sections and a shed. It sits within an enclosed garden of about 400m on a strip of land about 3/4 acre. There's a water well with a solar pump, but... read more

Lar doce lar

Terreno com pequena inclinação, ao lado de mata nativa, espaço para plantio de pomar agroflorestal e horta.

Straw bale guest house.

Welcome everybody to the nature and the heart of Lithuania! This summer (2013) we are planning to build a guest house. One young family is comming here to live and build a guest house for it to live and guests. So we have to do a lot with natural building: build... read more

thannal house

EARTH architecture INDIA

Earth Architecture near foot hills of arunachala,tamil nadu, india.we are planning for 3 cob cottages and a common kitchen.presently in planning and preparation.These creations can vary in style depending on the availability of materials.we are open to all styles like... read more

Earthship

Estimated start date: May 1 2018 (please ignore the Poosh date) Type: Personal home, 1200-1600 sqft (2 adults) Land: scouting 3-10 acres, no more than $250,000 Location: Would like to do this in Central Alberta. Status: Currently doing planning,... read more

Carcass Strawbale House

I am building a new house for my fammily in the countryside. Our land is hilly place near the swamp. Family members (parents, brothers and sisters) and friends are helping us with construction works.

Carcass Strawbale House

I am building a new house for my fammily in the countryside. Our land is hilly place near the swamp. Family members (parents, brothers and sisters) and friends are helping us with construction works.

Simple, tiny, light clay house

The site is located next to one of the largest woods in Lithuania. It's nearly 80 km to capital Vilnius. Easily reachable by bus, train, or car. We're creating a permaculture/natural farming farm at the same time on the site. In a walking distance we have a... read more

My Earthbag Home

Obichkovci domain Earth house

A new earth house alomost finished - 100 m2. Building of an extension - working room and a storage ( total 70 m2 ) forthcomming in the summer of 2013. Finishing works - plastering, flooring, green roof, water recycling, waste recycling

Vespa Building/Berea

1952 Concrete Block, neighborhood grocery store/apt, with attached garage. I've torn out the drywall and what little insulation was in the ceiling, taken off the flat roofing down to the deck, added new decking, rebuilt parapet wall, and installed a new membrane... read more

Straw Bale Drum Shed

The site is a very steep back garden, which I have terraced using rammed earth tyres as retaining walls. Behind me is just a big hill/mountain. The project is usually helped by my friends and parents when they are free.

rebuilding a dream by waking up

www.karmaurlaub.de

Composting Toilet for Nonprofit Farm!

This one hectare farm is a residential education centre for children, young people and farmers, providing an educational journey from seed to business, acknowledging the importance of independent food security in an ever-more unpredictable global environment. We need a... read more

Building and Grandening Project

“Biofalu” is an ecovillage in Hungary started 12-15 years ago. Since then many things already came into being. The existing guesthouse (30 rooms) is at the center and provides accommodation to many groups which come for workshops and/or retreats over the whole year.... read more

Easton Eco self build

Mike Oehler $50 underground house

I have started Building Mike Oehler's $50 underground house in the middle of a small woodland. It's a very simple design using the post/shoring/polyethylene technique. All the current work on the house is digging which is all going to be done by hand. Which... read more

Earthship

We are building an Earthship as our family home. It is located on a hillside, close to the Clear River in beautiful Vermland in Sweden. It is out in the countryside. It will be built with re-used materials and natural materials as much as possible. We are right... read more

Earthen Plasters on Adobe/Cob Garden Wall

We have been building a large Adobe/Cob arched Garden Wall which will eventually becoming the entry way into a yoga studio. This property sits in rural south GA/north FL (right on the line) on a beautiful property with a yurt, permaculture designed property, aerial... read more

Roundhouse Woodlan Kitchen

Edge of woodland recovered ground from gorse and bramble.

la construction sauvage

this is my first building experience and although I am very eager, I put the threshold high: the site is in the wild (slightly forested, steep hills), access 15min on foot from road (or 4x4, but no 4x4 on site), but BEAUTIFUL. I want to build a "cabanon", a... read more

Inner carpentry on low impact build in Devon woodland

Hello Myself and my partner have been building a low impact cottage made from wood for a few years on and off in the woodland we own in North Devon. We are getting tired of the project, but we have very little money, so are looking for volunteers with enthusiasm... read more

Earthworm Housing Co-op

We have one little stone house built in 1840 and given a brick extension in 1909, when two more, larger buildings where also added to the site. The biggest of the three buildings is a beautiful arts-and-crafts house, lots of leaded glass, wooden features and sash... read more

ECOHOUSE DOMANTAS

Learn how to build a cob oven using clay, straw and your hands and feet!

CALLING ALL NATURAL BUILD ENTHUSIASTS! Forest Farm Peace Garden is creating a new addition to our lovely permaculture community garden and we want you to get involved. We are building a cob oven so we can all enjoy the fruits of our labour – having a cob oven on... read more

Cob bench rocket stove - The Gaia Gallery

Next to the canal, nearest tube Haggeston. Bring your own food, boots and a smile. We need to make about one last tonne more of cob for floors and build rocket stove and bench this summer. In exchange you will learn about cob, uses and applications and network with... read more

Mobile Home

We rebuild two circus waggons almost completely. Rigth now we finished tearing down the first waggon, exposing the metal sceleton. Next step will be brushing of the rust and paint it with an eco rust protection. Then build a house on top of it.

Roundwood Cruck frame, strawbale house

The house is situated in the countryside on the edge of Bodmin moor in Cornwall, UK near the village of Pensilva. The site is between a steep existing woodland and a newly planted coppice woodland, looking south out towards the coast. We are building it to live on... read more

The dogs House

I want to build dirt bag construction kennels for my dogs. I have seven rescue dogs. Something that will keep them warm in Winter and cool in Summer. I am a total novice so will need all the help I can get. In the early thinking stages at present and will totally... read more

Cobbing my round house and build a cob oven

Yorkley Court Farm Woodland. The willow woods on the lower part of the farm has become the home for my family over the summer. We need a cob oven and to complete our little green roofed roundhouse (our office). The cob oven is from scratch while the round house only... read more

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