Sans souci- earth home

Working with earth is a pleasure. We built this house in 1995 and have thoroughly enjoyed staying in it so far.
Particularly like the arches, each built differently . The walls combine earth blocks and stone from a quarry close by. the Terracotta floor has improved with age and elbow grease.
Hanging bells add sound to the house when silent.

Rainwater harvesting techniques- Recharge pits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HrD5bAObRM

A great way to recharge groundwater and increase soil moisture is to make recharge pits. The method is shown in the video.

Tribute to M.J.

From a newspaper in Bangalore India

Earth walls and natural light

Democracy at work in India

Voters search for their location room to vote
and electronic voting makes it easy

this is movie on youtube

sans souci

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