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Advance Praise for

Earthbag Building

The Tools,Tricks and Techniques

This inviting, complete guide to earthbag construction is humorous, very well written, and chock

full of good ideas and dynamite illustrations. When you finish reading this book

there's only one thing left to do: get out there and get to it!

— Dan Chiras, Co-author of The Natural Plaster Book and author of The Natural House,

The Solar House , and Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods

Natural building practitioners, like Kaki and Doni, have persevered through years of trial and error,

teaching, learning, innovating and becoming respected leaders of the natural

building community. As Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques demonstrates,

Kaki and Doni are smart, they are playful, they are wise, they are fine teachers and they

have lots of get down and dirty practical experience to share about how to transform bags of earth

and earth/lime plasters into beautiful and sensual buildings. We offer a deep bow

to these champions of natural building, who (we now know) are doing real and

transformational work; offering us doable ways to meet our basic human need for

shelter in ways that are restorative and sustainable to both the earth and the spirit.

— Judy Knox and Matts Myhrman, Out On Bale, Tucson, Arizona

Who would have thought that you could make a beautiful, super solid and durable home using

dirt-filled grain sacks? Earthbag Building shows not only that you can,

but that you can have fun and feel secure doing it. With humor, integrity and delight,

Kaki and Doni have distilled into written word and clear illustration their years of

dedicated research and work refining the process and tools for this promising

building technique. Their thorough approach and objective discussions

of pros, cons and appropriate applications makes this book a must-read for

natural building enthusiasts and skeptics alike.

— Carol Escott and Steve Kemble, co-producers of

How To Build Your Elegant Home with Straw Bales

The Tools, Tricks and Techniques

Kaki Hunter and

Donald Kiffmeyer

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Cataloguing in Publication Data:

A catalog record for this publication is available from the National Library of Canada.

Cover design by Diane McIntosh. Cover Image: Kaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer.

Printed in Canada.

Paperback ISBN: 0-86571-507-6

Inquiries regarding requests to reprint all or part of Eartthbag Building should be addressed to New Society

Publishers at the address below.

To order directly from the publishers, please add $4.50 shipping to the price of the first copy, and $1.00 for

each additional copy (plus GST in Canada). Send check or money order to:

New Society Publishers

P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1X0, Canada

1-800-567-6772

New Society Publishers’ mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an eco-

logically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a

manner that models this vision. We are committed to doing this not just through education, but through

action. We are acting on our commitment to the world’s remaining ancient forests by phasing out our paper

supply from ancient forests worldwide. This book is one step towards ending global deforestation and climate

change. It is printed on acid-free paper that is 100% old growth forest-free (100% post-consumer recycled),

processed chlorine free, and printed with vegetable based, low VOC inks. For further information, or to

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