Rocket Mass Heater, Cal-Earth
As a part of the apprenticeship at Cal-Earth, my colleagues and I were tasked with researching rocket-mass-heaters, which are highly efficient wood stoves that store heat in an adobe or…
10ft dome, Cal-Earth
My major project at Cal-Earth was to build a 10-foot lancet dome with a 1.5ft spring line. We constructed the dome with unstabilized earth (i.e. without adding cement or lime)…
Emergency Shelters, Cal-Earth
During my apprenticeship at Cal-Earth, I built two emergency shelters and my fellow workshop participants and apprentices. Cal-Earth’s Emergency shelters are 6-foot lancet domes constructed in less than 12 hours…