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EARTHBAG INFO PART 1 Patti Stouter April 2012 and friends of www.EarthbagBuilding.com

HIGH TECH EARTH Like geofabric retaining walls

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A SIMPLE PROCESS Using Hand Tools

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On a footing

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Bags or tubes hold earth or gravel

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Sandy clay for strength

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Gravel, sand, or rubble resist damp

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Laid in courses Tamped firm

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Topped with barbed wire

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Overlapping like brick

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Built up to a bond beam

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With a roof

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Or a dome

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Plaster protects the bags

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30% as costly as concrete block Sustainable Cool in hot regions Less likely to mold than concrete § Quiet inside § Safe from hurricanes and weapons § All

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Use soil and details right for your quake or flood risk level

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HAITIAN, EAST INDIAN, SOUTH AFRICAN, AND AMERICAN EARTHBAG-

For schools, clinics, homes, and more!

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See the other parts of the Earthbag info series available online to learn about earthbag construction. Example projects around the world are featured at: http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/projects/projects.htm and at: http://calearth.org/galleries/index.html Free online booklets give more details. See http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/articles.htm Strong buildings require care and advice. Before building, purchase a book or video, take a course, and/ or seek advice from experienced builders and/ or architects or engineers. Books and videos available at: http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/resources.htm Volunteers are welcome to translate this series! Please ask for an original file and let us post a copy. This work by Patti Stouter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Thanks for hard work and sharing photos: Slides:

School, Pune, India

1, 11, 12, & 14- Small World School, Phuleli, Nepal 2 left, 13- Residence by architect Vallejo, Bogota, Columbia 2 right- www.Terram.fr 4, 17 bottom left- M. Gunn and S. Smoot, Children of Hope Orphanage, Leogane, Haiti 7 left- K. Hart

9- O. Geiger www.GRISB.org 10, 16- E. Bellamy, University of Cincinnati prototype, Kentucky, US 17 upper left- Rasin Foundation Clinic, Leogane, Haiti 17 upper right- Next Aid Child Support Center, South Africa 17 middle- Kennedy Residence, Utah, US

8, 17 bottom right- Aman Setu

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