Comments on: Earth Bag Houses http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/ simple ways to grow your garden Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:03 -0700 hourly 1 By: Alison Kerr http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Alison Kerr Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:54:32 +0000 http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/#comment-2118 Kelly, thanks for visiting and for the additional information. I do want to know more about this building option. It's going to have to wait for another article I think - too many questions for me to put in here. Kelly, thanks for visiting and for the additional information. I do want to know more about this building option. It's going to have to wait for another article I think – too many questions for me to put in here.

]]> By: Alison Kerr http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 Alison Kerr Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:53:19 +0000 http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/#comment-2117 Katterley, that's too bad about your neighbor being refused permission to use straw bales, though it doesn't surprise me. I wonder if involving architects as consultants on this kind of application would make a difference. Perhaps it's largely a matter of the information being more widely known and accepted. As with most things, the first part is the hard part. Who will take the first steps? Katterley, that's too bad about your neighbor being refused permission to use straw bales, though it doesn't surprise me. I wonder if involving architects as consultants on this kind of application would make a difference. Perhaps it's largely a matter of the information being more widely known and accepted. As with most things, the first part is the hard part. Who will take the first steps?

]]> By: Kelly Hart http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 Kelly Hart Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:32:05 +0000 http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/#comment-2116 Building anything with earthbags beyond military and flood control works is relatively new to the world. This is the main reason you may not have heard about it, and why it will take awhile for local building authorities to understand the true merits of the system. Given our urgent need to address the many issues related to becoming truly sustainable in the way we live, I'm sure that earthbag building will become much more universal.<br /><br />The link given above is for one short post at our blog, but there is much more information provided at the blog, and also at our primary website: www.earthbagbuilding.com where you can find lots of pictures and descriptions of earthbag projects that have been completed all over the world. Building anything with earthbags beyond military and flood control works is relatively new to the world. This is the main reason you may not have heard about it, and why it will take awhile for local building authorities to understand the true merits of the system. Given our urgent need to address the many issues related to becoming truly sustainable in the way we live, I'm sure that earthbag building will become much more universal.

The link given above is for one short post at our blog, but there is much more information provided at the blog, and also at our primary website: http://www.earthbagbuilding.com where you can find lots of pictures and descriptions of earthbag projects that have been completed all over the world.

]]> By: Katterley http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 Katterley Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:30:58 +0000 http://lovingnaturesgarden.com/2009/06/earth-bag-houses/#comment-2115 In our neighborhood, someone wanted to build a straw bale home. She went to the township with all the pros and cons and earth-friendly, energy efficient reasons for doing so, but was denied permits for building because of the 'there goes the neighborhood' mentality. It was disheartening, as we were hoping to remodel and add on to our old, drafty place and use some of the "new" techniques that have been around for centuries. ^.^ I'm going to take a look at that earth bag home now. Thanks for the link! In our neighborhood, someone wanted to build a straw bale home. She went to the township with all the pros and cons and earth-friendly, energy efficient reasons for doing so, but was denied permits for building because of the 'there goes the neighborhood' mentality. It was disheartening, as we were hoping to remodel and add on to our old, drafty place and use some of the "new" techniques that have been around for centuries. ^.^ I'm going to take a look at that earth bag home now. Thanks for the link!

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