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7 days ago by John Broekhuizen

A debris shelter is nothing more than taking available foliage and or debris and making a small hut to protect yourself from the elements. No offense to the homeless, but when they take found materials in the city to make a shelter it is the same thing. Even in the desert you can use what [...]

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18 days ago by Owen Geiger

Architects, engineers and designers were quick to help create safer, more sustainable designs after the December 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. One effort at the Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building led to an earthbag design, another effort developed a bamboo design with earthbag (sand ...

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19 days ago by Rebekkah Hilgraves

Haven House in Maryville Tennessee, which specializes in crisis intervention, prevention and education around domestic violence, has itself suffered a crisis in the last couple of weeks: a kitchen fire has rendered the emergency shelter nearly unusable, leaving many domestic violence victims with no ...

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30 days ago by salvationarmyaustin

Welcome ! Whether it’s embracing the homeless, uplifting the abused or abandoned, training and mentoring the disadvantaged, providing character building programs for youth, or assisting the displaced or elderly, The Salvation Army’s goal remains the same: serving the most people, meeting the most ne ...

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35 days ago by suziea

Emergency Shelter information is updated regularly for Coastal U.S. states at these links: Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina & the Greater Carolinas Texas International Caribbean Red Cross, covering Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago.

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37 days ago by Kelly Hart

Illac Diaz of the Philippines has helped mount an exhibit of earthbag building at the La Salle Museum in Costa Rica. He posted lots of photos of the construction at http://illacdiaz.multiply.com/photos.

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40 days ago by Owen Geiger

Owen Geiger has a new earthbag video showing how to build earthbag domes. It’s short, fun and lively, yet shows all the important steps.

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42 days ago by Camping Advice

Emergency Thermal Blankets 4 Pack Emergency thermal blanket to be used as emergency shelter. Also great for camping, hiking, and surviving the cold outdoors. Excellent as liner of sleeping bag. Buy/More Info

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50 days ago by Owen Geiger

Steve over at Utopia Springs sent me a link about a fascinating housing idea for desert areas . Desert Submarine Interior (click to enlarge) These structures stay cool in the desert (in the 60’s) using just evaporative cooling. The galvanized metal roof is covered with burlap, and water flows down o ...

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58 days ago by Earth Promise

Recycled cargo containers, container homes, repurposed bulk-containers, steel shipping container architecture—no matter what lingo is used, this is the moderately new green alternative for an affordable and nearly indestructible home or office. The skyrocketing cost of constructing/designing residen ...

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