https://buildgoodthings.com/projects/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_2084.jpgIMG_2084Earthbag dome at Cal Earth Institute.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_1561.jpgIMG_1561CSEB production facility in Nepal, built out of bamboo.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_1566.jpgIMG_1566Water distribution project in Rwanda. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0618.jpgIMG_0618Earthbag dome workshop at Cal Earth Institute.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/35300623_2167726516577121_7566518716578398208_o1.jpg35300623_2167726516577121_7566518716578398208_ohttps://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/35142947_2165034636846309_1160842343423672320_o.jpg35142947_2165034636846309_1160842343423672320_oThunder Stage at LiB 2018https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/jon3257.jpgJON3257Lapa Stage at Envision 2018https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4209.jpgIMG_4209Thunder Stage at LiB 2018https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4128.jpgIMG_4128Lapa Stage at Envision 2018. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4122.jpgIMG_4122Thunder Stage at LiB 20182018-06-30T20:38:09+00:00weekly0.6https://buildgoodthings.com/2018/06/30/the-homestead-begins/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4258.jpgIMG_4258https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4257.jpgIMG_4257https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4256.jpgIMG_4256https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4255.jpgIMG_4255https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4254.jpgIMG_4254https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4259.jpgIMG_4259Another awesome vantage point of the structure I built. So neat seeing all of the photos after the event. Photo by Aaron Glassmanhttps://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4153.jpgIMG_4153An overhead shot of the structure I built. Called "Wapiti" and designed by the Do Lab and The Gold Spacehttps://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4143.jpgIMG_4143The LiB site from above. Indy worked with a team of 5 to lay out all fencing, roads, and campgrounds for the approximately 30,000-person event. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_2663.jpgIMG_2663https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_2661.jpgIMG_26612018-06-30T20:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/about/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/21688388_10213461055816761_4000521889326191764_o.jpg21688388_10213461055816761_4000521889326191764_ohttps://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_0214.jpgIMG_02142018-06-30T19:16:33+00:00weekly0.6https://buildgoodthings.com/2018/02/03/a-farewell-ode-to-the-vanlife/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0466-e1517664518503.jpgIMG_0466https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0419.jpgIMG_0419https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderHeading out from Canada back to Oregon. Some eight months and 12,000 miles ago. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_8887.jpgIMG_8887Tiny in Taos. Looks gorgeous, but she got beat up in New Mexico. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0676.jpgIMG_0676The sign of a gypsy couple growing up- both of them are selling their vehicle homes to save up for an off-grid homestead build.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_3854.jpgIMG_3854Our homes in Taos- the stationary home (not good in high winds) and the mobile home (not good in mud)2018-02-03T13:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/blog/2017-12-27T19:31:45+00:00weekly0.6https://buildgoodthings.com/workshops/2017-12-27T19:24:39+00:00weekly0.6https://buildgoodthings.com/2017/10/11/the-land-of-enchantment/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_0300.jpgIMG_03002017-10-11T22:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2017/07/06/oregon-calling/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3568.jpgIMG_3568The lake where we get to swim most days before lunch. The cool water does wonders for morale, and the view ain't bad either.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2071.jpgIMG_2071Where the magic happens! The Boneyard, and all of the work tables we made. Felt good to be using tools again, making things out of wood.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5323.jpgIMG_5323Our little home in the woods, complete with a hammock, solar lighting, and a nature altar. Doesn't take much to make us feel right at home. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2034.jpgIMG_2034Tamolitch Blue Pool- where we hiked and swam on our first day off. I see you, Oregon. 2017-07-20T20:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2017/06/09/the-adventure-begins/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/boneyard-crew.jpgboneyard crewhttps://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/18839630_1450589948326751_7921883045463664216_o.jpg18839630_1450589948326751_7921883045463664216_oSunset captured by Bearlosophy2017-06-09T01:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2017/05/12/the-next-chapter/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1278.jpgIMG_1278https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1286.jpgIMG_1286https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3960.jpgIMG_39602017-05-12T20:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/contact/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/13558736_702678666165_6392664217070704150_o.jpg13558736_702678666165_6392664217070704150_o2017-05-12T16:49:52+00:00weekly0.6https://buildgoodthings.com/2017/04/05/introducing-tiny-the-van/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0420.jpgIMG_0420https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0420-1.jpgIMG_0420 (1)2017-07-20T18:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2016/07/09/school-is-in-session/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0158.jpgDSC_0158Two brothers enjoying some shade.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0150.jpgDSC_0150Rupak enjoying the view from the seating area. He is one of the backbones of our organization. Our work at the training center making bricks would be an uphill battle without his strength and leadership. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0074.jpgDSC_0074Part of the seating area and two classrooms that I designed. The existing steel was right on the edge of the site, so we did what we could to fortify the wall, and we kept our structure as far from the edge as possible. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0058.jpgDSC_0058One of the finished classrooms. It was temporarily used as the wood shop to cut the doors and windows to size.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0270.jpgIMG_0270Foundation work on unit 2https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/12440727_10105161451351923_3916260830488248258_o.jpg12440727_10105161451351923_3916260830488248258_oWe built 27 cubic meters of gabion retaining walls to fortify the hill that the school is built on. All of the stones used were from the walls of the old classrooms. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13517441_702340523805_4145674563796476759_o.jpg13517441_702340523805_4145674563796476759_oI will never forget the joy I felt working alongside parents of the school kids. Seeing their joy as the project neared completion was really moving for me, and a wonderful reminder of why I'm in Nepal.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13528614_702678616265_5331549125148536528_o.jpg13528614_702678616265_5331549125148536528_oLaying out the first course of blocks for two of the classrooms. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13450313_10209447310244820_169832458469109244_n.jpg13450313_10209447310244820_169832458469109244_nThe teachers and children started using the classrooms before they were even halfway complete. All six classes shared two tiny rooms as their temporary learning center. They were eager to spread out and do separate lessons. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/12885988_10105161450478673_8386060646841338531_o.jpg12885988_10105161450478673_8386060646841338531_oThe road to the school was impassable by truck that morning, so we had to carry our gabion cages down by hand. Thank goodness for eager volunteers!2016-07-09T15:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2016/05/27/may-27-school-construction-update/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0839.jpgIMG_0839https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0860.jpgIMG_0860The sill beam, poured with reinforced concrete. The blocks on this course are U-shaped and make a trough to allow for steel reinforcement to be placed inside the concrete. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0837.jpgIMG_0837Four courses up on Building One. Now seven are complete, with windows waiting to go in.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0835.jpgIMG_0835Shiny new hats for our beautiful new wallshttps://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0787.jpgIMG_0787Puja (blessing) ceremony as our masons lay the first blocks. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0874.jpgIMG_0874Building Three with bricks going in finally. Now up to the sill beam, waiting on windows to go in!https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0665.jpgIMG_0665The roofs before new coats of paint.https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0761.jpgIMG_0761Masons working on the toilet building, laying out formwork and rebar for the structure. https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0749.jpgIMG_0749Building Three after the plinth beam was poured. Bamboo scaffolding was built by the painters as they primed and re-painted the steel. This block now has stone flooring complete, and walls built up to the sill beam!https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0681.jpgIMG_0681Building One with foundation pours complete, stone sub-grade for flooring in progress. This building now has walls all the way up to the window sill, about halfway to completion!2016-05-27T02:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2016/04/25/one-year-after-the-shake/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_78481.jpgIMG_78482016-04-27T07:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.com/2016/04/26/what-is-my-life-and-how-did-i-get-here/https://buildgoodthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_8457.jpgIMG_84572016-04-28T10:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://buildgoodthings.comdaily1.02018-06-30T20:38:09+00:00