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Strawbales are a new, interesting building material: it is a sustainable, ocologically sound resource, available in abundance. Strawbale walls achieve highest insulation values and offer a healthy, beautiful living environment. This film is a trailer for a DVD called "Houses of straw", shot in Germany. It shows the recent developments, many examples show the different possibilities of building with straw. In interviews with owner-builders, architects and experts we hear a lot of importants aspects. And: an exciting fire test shows: strawbale walls don´t burn!

Here you will see the process which we made pretty quick. Drilling out then chipping to size our anchor holes

Here we will demonstrate chipping out a 6" wide by 9 inch deep hole to fill with concrete then install a threaded anchor bolt for top plates

Align tread evenly to assure a level tire block. Bolt through tread bead.

These tires are used in place of expensive wood blocks.

Earthship Biotecture on CBS. 10/9/08 www.earthship.net

Paul Lacinski, co-author of Serious Straw Bale, details how buildings made with straw bales are extraordinarily energy efficient, comfortable to live in and fun to build. A partner in Green Space Collaborative, and environmental consulting firm in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Licinski tells of his involvement in constructing houses using straw bales throughout the United States as well as in Mongolia and China.

Earthship Biotecture creates buildings that... heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics collect their own power from the sun and wind harvest their own water from rain and snow melt contain and treat their own sewage on site produce food in significant quantities utilize materials that are byproducts of modern society like cans, bottles and tires

Start van bouw Earthship, het groene theehuis in ecologisch park De Nooterhof in Zwolle.