id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
consilience-3894	Zemskova, Kateryna; Belofsky, Nathan	Bringing Earthbags to the People – A New, Democratic Approach to Sustainable Building	2018	21	.pdf	application/pdf	5522	245	42	For decades, official hostility to Earthbag technology has led to the rejection of building licenses and permits, resulting in a dearth of Earthbag structures worldwide. PP bags have a tensile strength higher than steel • Reinforcements: In Nepal and other regions with high seismic activity vertical rebars, buttresses and corner reinforcements are added to increase strength Outside of Nepal, Earthbag buildings have weathered all sorts of trauma, surviving various natural disasters that doomed structures built of brick, cement, wood, and other conventional materials.	cache/consilience-3894.pdf	txt/consilience-3894.txt