Earth Walls: Natural building and sustainability

...with Bigbite Productions

Earth Walls: Cob and Straw Bale Construction in Wisconsin Organizers, entrepreneurs, and community volunteers at Madison’s Willy St. Co-op and in rural Wisconsin build with cob (made with clay, sand, and straw) and insulate a home with straw bales. Participants celebrate the fun of natural building and talk about how to change conventional construction so that similar projects can catch on in cities. Includes demonstrations of foundations, cob mixing and wall-building, and lime plastering. Organizations featured in Earth Walls: Outta The Box: created by Randy Gates and Marlin Nissen to educate people about natural building and edible landscaping. Acorn Enterprises: a Midwest-based natural and green building contractor specializing in custom remodeling, natural building, furniture and cabinetry, and permaculture. Gimme Shelter: Masonry heaters, Rumford fireplaces, outdoor ovens and more. More resources for permaculture, natural and green building, and sustainability. Music from the soundtrack: Noahjohn and Mad Trucker Gone Mad from Madison, WI. The Willy St. Co-op grocery in Madison, WI, the site of the cob courtyard featured in the film. Living Sculpture: The Taos Earthships The filmmakers explore the functionality and artistic flair of homes called Earthships in New Mexico. Visits to completed and in-progress structures illustrate how tires, bottles, cans, and earth can create exceptional dwellings. Solar panels, passive solar heating, wind turbines, biodiesel, and rainwater collection also show life "off the grid." This film features the Greater World Community of the Earthship Biotecture and the Dobson House bed and breakfast in Taos, New Mexico. Taos Pueblo Adobe Village

(about 142 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on October 03, 2007 in Construction::Housebuilding and Construction::Smart Homes.

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