Since our founding last March, Barrels of Hope has created a partnership with the University of Florida chapter of Engineers Without Borders to verify our construction method against hurricane and…
Over the last couple months we’ve been building our demo earthbag shelter. This project is to educate the local community about the Earthbag Shelters we are building in Haiti for…
Climbing the old Jeep to 4,000 feet we arrived in the morning to a beautiful spot for our first earthbag demonstration shelter on the Wynne Farm in Kenscoff. Within the hour…
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Barrels of Hope, a project of the Heart of Florida Chapter of the USGBC, is working to build earth-bag houses in Haiti. Our mission is to assist in the rebuilding efforts in Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 2010 that left over 200,000 people dead and forced just as many to live in tent cities... READ MORE