Earth Architecture: Building With Nature (Cordwood/Stackwall)

“This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.” ~Albert Einstein

Cordwood/Stackwall

How I Built Our Cordwood/Stackwall Cottage

Stackwall/Cordwood Cottage Exterior

Stackwall/Cordwood Cottage Interior

Ravenwood Cordwood Cabin

Cordwood Home

and for you dog lovers (Cordwood Doghouse)

Construction Details on Cordwood Masonry (begins at 1:44 into video)

Other Posts on Natural Building (this post is Part Six in this series):

Adobe (Part One)

Straw Bale (Part Two)

Cob (Part Three)

Earthships (Part Four)

Earthbags & Papercrete (Part Five)

More information about Cordwood Masonry (Stackwall):

FAQs about cordwood masonry

Cordwood Yahoo Group

Info for cordwood newbies

Green Home Building (cordwood)

Earthwood Building School

Natural Homes – Learning Cordwood

All Things Cordwood

Sage Mountain Center

Article about Australia cordwood cabin (.pdf file)

Alan’s Cordwood Home (photo gallery)

Small House Living

Building Plans that employ cordwood

Green Trust – Cordwood Building (with further links on page)

The Madman’s Parable

“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche

The Great Philosophers

Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human

Womanology

The Gay Science

on Religion and Philosophy

on Freedom and Responsibility

Dionysian

Values

Hardship

Thus Spake Zarathustra (playlist)

Read Nietzsche’s Parable of the Madman, click here.

Mad Genius?

“The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance” ~Aristotle

The Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us

Robert Crumb

Conscious Messages, Humanity and Modern Music

What He’s Most Famous For and The Rolling Stones

Mr. Natural and the Aftereffects of LSD

Stoned Again

on the Hippie Movement, Rock ‘n Roll, and his Cheap Suit Serenaders

on The Bean Effect

A Short History of America

Recommendations:

Watch the documentary Crumb, directed by Terry Zwigoff. Robert Crumb, and his brothers, have much to philosophize regarding the world and its inhabitants. And if you can find any, read his comics (link is to Official Robert Crumb website).

This post is Part Three of the series, “Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us” Other posts in this series:

Part One – John Lennon

Part Two – Jim Morrison

Other posts in the “Great Thinkers” series:

“Great Thinkers of Modern Times” – Part One, Part Two, Part Three

“Great Thinkers Who Have Made Us Laugh” – George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Louis CK

Earth Architecture: Building With Nature (Earthbags & Papercrete)

“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Earthbags

Building With Bags

Earthbag Building

Earthbag House in the Woods

Homemade Survival Retreat Made of Earthbags and Papercrete

Papercrete

Papercrete

DIY How to Make Papercrete in a Tow-Mixer

Papercrete Mixing, Forms and Finals

Papercrete Battery Dome

Let’s Make Papercrete

Judith Williams – Papercrete

“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” ~Rachel Carson

Other posts on Natural Building (this post is Part Five in the series):

Adobe (Part One)

Straw Bale (Part Two)

Cob (Part Three)

Earthships (Part Four)

Cordwood/Stackwall (Part Six)

More information about Earthbag building:

Earthbag Building

Green Home Building – Earthbag

Natural Homes – Learning Earthbag

OK OK OK Productions

Earthbag Construction (wiki)

Earthbag Construction (Mother Earth News article)

Earthbag Building Blog

More information about Papercrete:

Papercreters Yahoo Group

Living In Paper

MakePapercrete.com

Green Home Building – Papercrete

Papercrete (wiki)

DoItYourself.com

Casa Wizard Moon (good info towards bottom)

The Celebration of the Lizard King

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.” ~ Jim Morrison

Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us

Jim Morrison

An American Prayer

Freedom of Expression: Jim Morrison vs Miami

on Challenging Social Morals

on Rock Concerts, Shamanism, Politics, and Religious Experiences in Music

on Travelling, a Feast of Friends, Music, etc.

The American Night

Jim is not Dead! A 2008 Interview with Jim Morrison

This post is Part Two of the series, “Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us“. Other posts in this series:

Part One – John Lennon

Part Three – Robert Crumb

Other posts in the Great Thinkers series:

“Great Thinkers of Modern Times” — Part One, Part Two, Part Three

“Great Thinkers Who Have Made Us Laugh” — George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Louis CK

Earth Architecture: Earthships

“To save the world is the simplest thing in the world. All one has to do is think.” ~Leonard Peikoff

Garbage Warrior

Earthships 101

Earthship Design Principles

Earthship Documentary

Earthship Biotecture

Eco Tech: Earthships

Earthship Demonstration

Earthship France

Earthship Nicaragua

How To Pack A Tire In Earthship Construction

How To Cut Glass Bottles For Earthship Walls

Other posts on Natural Building (this post is Part Four of this series):

Adobe (Part One)

Straw Bale (Part Two)

Cob (Part Three)

Earthbags & Papercrete (Part Five)

Cordwood/Stackwall (Part Six)

More information about Earthships:

Earthship Biotecture (YouTube channel)

Earthship.net

Garbage Warrior

Greenhome Building: Earthships

What Is An Earthship?

Earthship Construction

Earthship Landing

Taos Earthships

Earth Architecture: Building With Nature (Cob)

“Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there’s no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind
I tell them there’s no hurry
I’m just sitting here doing time” ~Watching The Wheels, John Lennon

Cob

Natural Cob Building

Cob Documentary

Making Cob

Building With Cob

More Building With Cob

Eco Building

U.K. Cob

Cob Stomping

Other posts on Natural Building (this post is Part Three of this series):

Adobe (Part One)

Straw Bale (Part Two)

Earthships (Part Four)

Earthbags & Papercrete (Part Five)

Cordwood/Stackwall (Part Six)

More information about building with Cob:

Green Building

Cob Projects

Cob In Cornwall

Cob Cottage Company

COB Together

CobWorks.com

I Love Cob

House Alive

Mud Girls

Watching The Wheels

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” ~John Lennon

Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us

John Lennon

Working Class Hero

I Met The Walrus

Circa 1968

On Overpopulation

on Revolutions and Native Americans

on Government Targets

Imagine (Full)

“I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go” ~Watching The Wheels, John Lennon

This post is Part One of the series, “Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us“. Other posts in this series:

Part Two – Jim Morrison

Part Three – Robert Crumb

Other posts in the Great Thinkers series:

“Great Thinkers of Modern Times” – Part One, Part Two, Part Three

“Great Thinkers Who Have Made Us Laugh” – George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Louis CK

Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy

“All the world owes me a living.” ~Walt Disney

Louis C.K.

on Why?

on Awesome Possum

Shameless

on Rich People Dreaming of Being Poor

on Bill Gates and Pet Stores

on Gay Marriage

on Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy

This post is Part Three in the series, “Great Thinkers Who Have Made Us Laugh“. Other posts in this series:

Part One – George Carlin

Part Two – Bill Hicks

Other posts in the Great Thinkers series:

“Great Thinkers of Modern Times” —

Part One (f. John Zerzan, Terrence McKenna, Alan Watts)

Part Two (f. Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson)

Part Three (f. Derrick Jensen and Daniel Quinn)

“The Great Thinkers Who Have Entertained Us” — John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Robert Crumb

Earth Architecture: Building With Nature (Straw Bale)

“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”  ~William Morris

Straw Bale

Natural Instincts

Houses of Straw

Straw Bale Construction Techniques

Benefits of Straw Bale Construction

Straw Bale Houses

Straw Bale House (this is a different video from the one above)

Natural Building Workshop – Straw Bales

Site Evaluation for Straw Bale Building

Debunking the Myths of Straw Bale Building

Other posts on Natural Building (this post is Part Two of this series):

Adobe (Part One)

Cob (Part Three)

Earthships (Part Four)

Earthbags & Papercrete (Part Five)

Cordwood/Stackwall (Part Six)

More information about building with Straw Bale:

Straw Bale House

Green Home Building

Straw Bale Central

The Last Straw (magazine)

International Straw Bale Registry (US registry)

Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building

StrawBale.com