KIVOO, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Perched on a dirt tower on the edge of a bog in Kivoo village, eastern Kenya, Erastus Njiru applies finishing layers of mud to a pile of bricks. "I can sell ...
The low energy efficiency of buildings is a key factor in energy poverty, and households most exposed to severe forms of energy poverty live in dwellings built from materials such as wood and ...
Traditional mud-brick houses that the people of northern Syria have built for thousands of years risk disappearing, as 12 years of war have emptied villages and left the buildings crumbling. Also ...
Mud rock masons build a home with a vaulted Nubian-style roof in the Sahel. Photo: UN Climate Change Secretariat MASSAKO, Mali, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Building a house in the poorest ...