| Contents Notes |
"With over seventy percent of Americans unable to afford a code-enforced, contractor-built home, there has been widespread interest in recent years in using natural and alternative material for construction. Straw, cob, and earth can all be used for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than high-cost, and often environmentally damaging materials from far away ... This profusely illustrated guide first discusses the many merits of earthbag construction, and then leads the reader through the key elements of an earthbag buildings."--Page 4 of cover. |
