Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building
In July of 2014 we completed our 40th straw bale house! This was also the 5th house we built with SCIPPER (Spinal Cord Injury Project for Pakistan Earthquake Rehabilitation), which cares for women and children paralyzed in the 2005 Kashmir
In January of 2014, we finished a model straw bale house in Multi-Gardens CDA Sector near Islamabad, an upscale location with convenient access. The design has become our flagship with two bedrooms, a bathroom and kitchen, basic plumbing and electrical,
The acronym for Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building is PAKSBAB. “Bab” means gateway in Arabic, such as Bab-e-Khyber at the entrance to the Khyber Pass. We think of PAKSBAB as a gateway to spreading permaculture and sustainable building in
