Sustainable Life School

We hold regular workshops to teach folks about #earthbag and #naturalbuilding. I am also an author and have written seven books, including Ecological Awakening.

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Here's the cuke tower we made out of some spacer sticks and 2x4s. Long may you climb!

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A pic of our #earthship-inspired #earthbaghouse before we bermed the back. The large opening nearest the camera isn't a door but the frame for a walk-in closet.

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Here's a picture of the outside of our woodshed as I was still working on it. You can see the storage spot we have for boards up top, to keep them out of the rain. The windows are freebies, gotten of of craigslist. The base of the wall is #earthbag, followed by #cordwood and…

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Here's another pic of the inside of our #skoolieconversion. I've been working on getting insurance, which has proved remarkably easy and affordable with National General. We are looking at taking a trip out West to New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, among other places, later in…

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Well ain't that just different... Looks like an intriguing structure. Don't have any info on it. Not sure what the medium is. That roof looks cool. Slate? Flag stones?

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Here's a pic of the current progress on our #earthbagpool. The workshop on Saturday went great and we had an awesome group. Hopefully we should get the liner in soon and be swimming our hearts out!
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This silt pond is the beginning of the #earthbag #swimmingpool we'll be building this Saturday. It was built out of rocks from on site and cement-stabilized earth. The earthbags behind it are diverting the water from above to give it long enough to cure.
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I had a great time presenting at Mother Earth News Fair in Asheville on Sunday! I got to catch up with my ole' buddy @uncle.mud - he's going to be teaching a rocket stove mass heater and a cob pizza oven workshop at our intentional community in August. A rocket mass heater i…

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We are extremely excited to be offering this Cob Pizza Oven Workshop, taught by none other than natural-building superstar, Uncle Mud, AKA - Chris McClellan! Chris is been the official #naturalbuilding expert for the Mother Earth News Fairs and really knows his stuff. This o…

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We are extremely excited to be offering this Cob Pizza Oven Workshop, taught by none other than natural-building superstar, Uncle Mud, AKA - Chris McClellan! Chris is the official #naturalbuilding expert for the Mother Earth News Fairs and really knows his stuff. This one-da…

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Here's the inner wall of our wood shed. The bottom part of the wall is #earthbag. The next part is #cordwood and #bottlewall in #cob that we built during our last workshop. The windows were acquired for free off of craigslist. The wood is inexpensive wood from local saw mill…

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Here's the inner wall of our wood shed. The bottom part of the wall is #earthbag. The next part is #cordwood and #bottlewall in #cob that we built during our last workshop. The windows… https://t.co/zdrGlt0W8n

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Here's a picture of the #tilefloor of our first #earthbag house as it was nearing completion. These were all inexpensive remainder tiles and we put a concrete mix under them and leveled them to each other. It has been a great floor and is still in overall great shape today.
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Another image from my upcoming book, "The Church of Nature." This pic was taken in #Utah (?) in 2007 when Mary Jane and I were travelling to #BigSur. We crashed out at a rest stop and when we woke up in the morning, this salt flat is what greeted us.
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A pic from when we were building the #bottlewall. You can see the piece of bent rebar that we put in the middle of the wall for stability. This wall faces West and lets diffuse light in without much heat in the Summer.

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A picture from our first #workshop at the new property in 2016. It was a great group and I stay in contact with several of the participants to this day. We have some exciting workshops coming up! Info at https://t.co/QkAKtSIsOB.
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Went up on Viking #Mountain with the fam yesterday. Had some #beautiful long-range views of the #blueridge.
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I feel fortunate to live in a beautiful place, far away from crowds and traffic. Every day, I feel connected to the #Earth and can see it's changing face. I tried to like cities but they never felt like home to me. Thankful to live here.

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Another pic from our latest #naturalbuilding #workshop. The wall participants were building is an #earthbag stemwall with #cordwood and #bottlewall up top. I will finish this side of the shed with some free windows to allow sun to shine on (and dry) the firewood stored there…

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Making a penetration through a #livingroof membrane can be a daunting task. We have had some leaks with ours but I think I found a solution: eternabond tape at the seam and the entire area including silicone boot painted with liquid rubber. Worked perfectly during the rain l…