Hyper Adobe Construction with Richard Ward

Have you ever heard of Hyper Adobe Construction? My friend Richard Ward who I first met while he was exploring the U.S. while living in his Honda Element is now living off-grid in the Arizona Desert.

In his second visit to Ethan’s podcast, Richard Ward gives an updated tour of his 24-acre homestead outside of Bisbee Arizona. Here he is teaching sustainable, natural building practices and off-grid living.

Make sure and stay tuned to the end of the Podcast where Richard makes a special invite to come and experience and help build with natural materials through his Eco-Residency program.

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In This Episode:

  • Learning through teaching natural building techniques
  • Why building underground makes sense in the desert
  • Hyper adobe 101
  • Getting enough water in the desert
  • You may want to rethink using railroad ties
  • All about the bunker bus
  • What is the Eco-Residency Program?
  • How the Terraform Community works and what they’re doing

Links and Resources:

Tiny House Sign
It’s always a good idea to let people know what they’re walking into
Water storage
They currently have water trucked in but are moving toward rainwater harvesting
lots of earth
It took over 160,000 pounds of earth to build this Hyper Adobe structure
bottle mixed into the earth
Bottles are beautiful and a great reminder of how to use recycled materials

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