The goal was to create a small earth house for our local village in an energy packed 10 days.  With an international team of about 30 people, I made and laid adobe bricks held together with mortar, helped setting the carpentry and the windows, covered the wall of mortar. Natural building relies on materials and techniques which are ecologically sound, culturally sensitive, reliant on local resources and skills, and are within economic reach of local inhabitants. Building a house with the earth beneath is an empowering and liberating experience, connecting people back to their roots, it has countless benefits both for the bodies that inhabit it and the planet it exists on. Continue reading