Category Archives: earth building UK

Conservation and the climate emergency

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Louise Cooke

Through 2019 almost half of Local Authorities in the UK have declared a Climate Emergency with challenging pledges to reach Zero-Carbon by 2030 or by 2050. According to the UK Green Building Council the built environment currently accounts for 40 … Continue reading →

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The colour – earth buildings and literature

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Louise Cooke

One of the joys of picking up novels is finding buildings, and stories of their construction and maintenance. One of my childhood favourites is the opening of Wind in the Willows where Mole is Spring-cleaning and whitewashing his home on … Continue reading →

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melting earth

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Louise Cooke

Landscapes are made up of lots of different things and one of the most fascinating aspects of earth buildings is the cyclical ways in which they are made, un-made, remade and un-made. The process of making is linked to the geology … Continue reading →

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Getting started in earth building?

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Louise Cooke

Finding some images for a short article on architecture in Turkmenistan prompted me to look through a very ancient and creaky hard-drive, and I am wondering about what guidance I would give to my much younger self on the subject … Continue reading →

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mud on the road again 2014 Earth Building UK Conference

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Louise Cooke

It is the time of year again when (as a volunteer director of Earth Building UK) it is all hands on deck for the annual conference.  Appropriately as we take our ‘mud on the road’ (the EBUK conference has been held in … Continue reading →

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