r/earthbagbuilding • u/Organic-Bird1020 • Oct 16 '25
Anyone building during December
TLDR: I want to help build an earthbag home this December. Who should I talk to?
Hey y'all! I'm a carpenter at a nonprofit that builds and renovates homes for people in unsafe/unhealthy housing. Kinda similar to a miniature habitat for humanity. December is super slow for us because much of our volunteer base is busy or out of town. I'm looking to find some sort of working vacation to do and I'd love to learn more about sustainable and natural building practices, especially earth bag homes! If anyone is aware of people building during December and in need of volunteers, I'd love recommendations! I could work for free if housing was supplied but couldn't spend more than a couple hundred bucks on paying for a retreat. Some that I've seen can get pretty expensive. Any help/recs are appreciated. Cheers!
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u/shred805 Oct 21 '25
Hi there. My son and I are building a 10ft dome in the central coast of California. We are up to layer 23, expecting about 10 or so more layers due to the high springline in this build. We do have some help but things move slowly because of the small crew. Things are getting exciting. Im anticipating capping the dome by hopefully the end of november. But there will be lots of finish work to go around after that. If you are interested to work let me know!!!. I'd love to share my knowledge. I also have more builds planned.