CEB Vault Construction Workshop
Here is our formal initial announcement of the 10-day Compressed Earth Block (CEB) Vault Construction Workshop. It will be held at Factor e Farm, in the Kansas City area, Missouri, USA, at the end of September, 2009. Examples: Modern, earth-sheltered...
The Eagle has landed….
…well, actually I’m a Leo (August 7th and don’t forget!) but I have landed, I did it, I made it, I’m here!! I spent my first night on a bed, not the floor. Expecting (almost) nothing is working great, you should try it, too. Marcin...
Touchdown expected at 6:30 p.m. today!
In 4 1/2 hours my daughter Angela will drive me to JFK to catch the flight to Kansas City. The suspense is almost killing me…. My dad always said: expect nothing and you will not be disappointed. Hey dad, I’m trying! My next message will come...
Taking it to the Next Level: CEB Vault Construction
We’ve got some great news on Inga’s House. We have succeeded in inviting Dipl.-Ing. Dittmar Hecken. He is the hands-on instructor from the Earth Building Course that Inga attended at the University of Kassel, in Germany. University of Kassel...
Houston, we have a problem….
I sold my apartment, packing up stuff like crazy because next Monday July 13th my son is coming from Vienna to help me move everything to storage. Cancel insurance, change of address at post office, de-register car, etc. etc. you all know what moving...
OSE Interview with Gernot Minke
I took many hours of video at the workshop in Kassel, Germany – 11 hours total, I think. Some of them I commented in English, some are in German. The videos tell the story in either language but if you have questions, just ask me.
OSE Interview with Gernot Minke
I think we have about 11 hours of video from the workshop in Kassel, Germany. Some are in English, some in German. On most the video itself is enough to understand what's going on. If you have questions, I'll be happy to answer them.
Back from the earth brick construction course in Kassel, Germany
Sunday, June 14th at 5:30 a.m. Erich and I left Klagenfurt, Austria for Kassel in Germany. Erich’s car has only about 95 hp and we were pulling a small motor home behind us. After some involuntary detours in the vicinity of Munich we arrived...
Video camera on and roll….
I’m now the proud owner of a Sanyo Xacti video camera and hopefully will be able to use it at our workshop in Kassel. Franz, thanks for reminding me to ask Prof. Dr. Minke for permission to document everything with my camera. I kind of did ask for...
Criss crossing Austria with Marcin
May 16th: at 7 p.m. Marcin was scheduled to meet with people at the Villa Kreativ in Neulengbach – I was not part of the official itinerary but a few phone calls by Franz Nahrada cleared the way and Marcin and I were off to the railway station in...
