The Natural Building Collective Blog
How to Design an Off-Grid Solar System: The Technical Essentials – Part 2
Before you invest in solar panels or batteries, it’s essential to calculate your daily energy use in watt-hours. By understanding your energy needs and usage, you can make informed decisions about what you truly need, and what you can do without.
Owner-builder journey | A home that would grow a forest
Five years ago, Peter McIntosh gave me +- 900 sun-baked mud bricks, for an extension to my house. With little start up money, a trickle of income, some plans on google sketch up, a pickaxe and, most importantly, plenty of time, I finally started the process a year ago…
How to Design an Off-Grid Solar System to Meet Your Power Needs – Part 1
Choosing to take responsibility for your own energy needs is deeply empowering. It nurtures awareness, reduces waste, and reconnects us with our impact on the world. Like growing your own food, generating your own power brings with it a deep respect for the resources we rely on daily.
Appropriate green building technologies as a catalyst for social change in creating climate change resilient communities
Understanding earth III: Plaster and mortars mixes
New directions in informal settlement upgrading and community-led sustainable building practices – The Freedom Square shack replacement project – Day 18 (Thursday 2 Oct’14)
Lebone Village launch
Student build story: Mud dancing and building home
Discover how mud dancing helped Laurie overcome the challenges she encountered building a natural home for her family in Zimbabwe.