In an outdoor SMU parking lot lab, students are getting their hands dirty—doing good. "This is genuinely one of the most fun parts of this job," said Xander Kirkland. "We do a lot of stuff with ...

A Chicago-based company wants to help people create an amazing machine that transforms dirt into durable building bricks. The Liberator is a large compressed earth brick press that makes it possible ...

CUSTER – The Midwest Renewable Energy Association, Open Source Ecology and Mid-State Technical College are partnering to offer a three-day Compressed Earth Brick Machine Design and Build Course. The ...

Godfrey Riddle is about to see his vision rise up out of the earth: The first of 44 tiny houses, 600 square feet each, built to give more people a chance to become homeowners. It’s an idea as old as ...

“The blocks are made with natural add, which is abundantly available all over the world,” says Alpha Omar Jallow, the construction manager at Earthworks Construction. “In The Gambia we have the right ...

Thanks to the unique form, which includes round walls and strategic cutouts that allow natural light to penetrate the interior without encouraging excess heat, ECOHAUS receives significantly less ...

In an ever-warming climate, compressed earth blocks technology is helping communities stay cooler in hot highland regions of ...

When Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, came to Senegal last February for an economic summit, he took a break from conference rooms in the capital city of Dakar to get his hands dirty, ...

In a collaborative study on sustainable building materials, researchers from Spain’s University of Seville and Glasgow’s University of Strathclyde have created bricks that contain sheep’s wool and a ...

Burnt bricks are being widely used for house construction in the state, which some environmentalists have protested against and launched a campaign.They have demanded that the government encourage the ...