Why we are Building our House out of Earth (homesteading vlog)

Hello homesteading community!

And welcome to a new building vlog. This is a place where I share the latest improvements on the two room house that my partner and I have been working on for a year. With this video I wanted to focus on the philosophy behind WHY we chose to build with natural materials rather than 100 % modern ones.

Reason one : natural materials are more abundant in nature. And, for the most part, they do not require big industries to produce. At times we have sourced earth from the road and sand & rocks from the creek. Other times we have ordered sand and earth from a nearby river. We did use some cement in this build, we tried to keep it minimal because the cement industry is so destructive to the environment.

Another reason is that earthen walls are both sound proof and very thermal. Their mass keeps the house warm in winter and cool in summer. And they block out a lot of sounds from our rural neighborhood.

The last reason is that natural building is very DIY-friendly. Neither of us are architects or pro builders. But, we do have a few years of experience which is enough to build all that we have, mostly by ourselves.

Many thanks to Uritan Musica for creating the theme song and for helping me record the voice over!

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