Bunker Eco Hostels

Posted October 23rd, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Design
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bunker hostleI grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and have some very fond memories exploring the old bunkers on the Marin and San Francisco sides of the Golden Gate Bridge. Today many of them are welded shut but when I was a kid they were still open and fun (and dangerous) to explore. I often imagined what it would be like to convert these concrete structures into homes and little villages.

So when I saw this article on Inhabitat describing how someone is putting together a proposal for reusing these old bunkers in Albania I knew I had to share it with you.

Bunker Eco Hostels

Earthbag Root Celler

Posted July 15th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Method
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earth bag root cellerThis is a short article on a simple earthbag root celler. The earthbag building blog is a great resource for learning about building earthbag homes. You can also read about this root celler and how it is used by the family that built it.

Earth House

Posted June 3rd, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Sustainability
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earth-houseHere’s a cool idea for a tiny house community; a tiny underground house community. I’m particularly fond of tiny underground house concepts but we don’t see too many of them.

Save Mother Earth: Live In The Environment Friendly Earth House