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This Earthbag Clinic in the Philippines was coordinated by Illac Diaz, the young Phillipine visionary who has spearheaded many such earthbag projects in the area, including several schools. There is no text describing the process of building, but the many photos tell most of the story. You will notice that the bag material was removed after the fill had set up and before the building was plastered.
Featured are the Earthbag Domes of Akio Inoue of Tenri University, Japan. He assisted building these on the university campus, at an earthquake site near Jamnagar, India, and in Entebe, Uganda. These domes are being considered for use as refugee shelters in the region, because they provide good protection from bullets, fire, wind, and rain.
The Next Aid Child Support Center in South Africa as described by Joe Kennedy. "This center will eventually incorporate an orphan/elder ecovillage, performance and study spaces, a micro-enterprise element and sustainable food production systems. It is our hope that this center can be the first of many to serve the over 27 million orphans of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa."
This Honduras Orphanage project describes the construction of a 2400 sq ft earthbag bulding with three large interior bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a utility room. It has 9 doors and 14 windows. A crew of about 20 were able to get the walls up to roof level within about 10 days.
The 750 sq. ft BLM Ranger Station located at the Sand Island Boat Launch along the San Juan River in Bluff, UT. The 9.5 foot tall earthbag walls took 570 man-hours to build. The earthbag walls were completed in 8 days with a crew of 5-9 people.
For this Earthbag School project in the Philippines, five classrooms and one room to be used as a resource center were built to make for a better learning experience, encourage community participation and empower local residents to be self-sufficient. An alliance of NGOs, the local government, and the community groups came together to solve a global problem: lack of schools in rural areas and the environmantal protection of the planet.
QUSAYR AL-JAWASREH, designed by Kikuma Wantanabe, is a Community Center for the Al-Jawasreh Village, located in South Shounah near the Dead Sea in Jordan. It is a public facility open to the local community, where educational and vocational programs are provided.
The Thunder Mountain Ceremonial Building at the heart of the Peaceweavers' property boasts a SunRay Kelley round-log timber frame. The ceremonial building's frame has since been filled in with strawbales, cob and an earthbag entry arch, all covered by a two-tone lime finish.
Kaleidoscope is a structure meant for arts, crafts and music for children, built at the Aman Setu school campus at Wagholi, India. The Kaleidoscope was designed to keep the embodied energy low; all materials were procured from the same locality with a conscious effort to reuse discarded material. The earthbags are discarded cement sacks, the infill material consists of earth dumped at adjacent construction sites, the stone and grit were bought from a neighbouring quarry. Discarded pieces of  PVC pipes were used to create openings in the earthbag walls. The roofing system is designed entirely in bamboo, with a covering of used billboard material.
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