Natural Villages

06/11/2025

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05/06/2019

Be sure to check out the Cob Cottage Company, if you are looking for training! There are still many cob and earth building networks waiting to be tapped for those with property looking to develop sustainably. Climate Change can be surprisingly adapted to with earth building techniques. Learn what authentic sustainability truly is.

10/13/2018

Changes are coming! Stay tuned to the next emergence...

06/25/2017

Please review our Natural Villages Pintrest site as well... many more interior and beautiful exterior photos there!!!

05/07/2017

We are back in California, and ready to find a new project. We' re gathering our team and discussing the options. We have several options - however we are ready to do something really visible, and hopefully - through the county, and with its blessings! We will keep you posted!

03/29/2017

03/24/2017

Door and window frames are in, inner walls almost finished, cob being made in huge batches, and going on the walls. Team is having a good time!

03/24/2017

03/19/2017

We have a truly remarkable team here in India. This house will be completed all the way up to the adobe tile roof in just one month! We are using authentically sustainable methods and materials. Locally sourced, non toxic save the cement mortar - which can be mitigated.

Dioxins migrate out of cement into the soil - however if you use fungus such as lichen and mushrooms growing at the base of this cement - the dioxin that migrates during heavy rain is absorbed by the fungus and broken down into a completely organic compound that is then further broken down into the soil.

The house, when finished will cost less than $8,000 dollars to build - including the cost of paid local labor. If you are serious about wanting to help promote truly sustainable development, please consider giving to Natural Villages program development, today. We are here to drive sustainable development world-wide within this generation. It CAN be done!

03/15/2017

03/13/2017

Our pilot home construction is moving very quickly, thanks to the expert builders here in India. The problem here, is that Indians have not been utilizing the "boots and cap" method of protecting earth walls from rain, and they have not been using long-straw which creates a strong internal wall bond, or making sure that there is adequate sand for the molecular clay-to-sand bond that causes the walls to dry into rock-like strength. This pilot project is designed to educate local architects and engineers to choose truly sustainable and profoundly lower cost methods for new construction all across India. THANK YOU ARAVINDAM FOUNDATION!