Useful links
Kindly go through the below useful links before contacting us to help you better, regarding workshop, house construction queries, consultation, artisan enquiry, interviews, learn with thannal etc.
Wattle and cob 300 year old house in Ganjam village, Mysore
A glimpse of lifestyle that existed before centuries in the southern part of India where a 300 year old wattle and cob house in Ganjam village narrates the truth about buildings, economy and the way of living.
Termites & Indian Natural Buildings
Humans come in constant fight with termites, while if we can understand their way of functioning, natural remedies derived from plants can keep them away and resolve this fight. Read this article for do it yourself natural termite repellent derived from plants.
Thannalites – Young Natural builders from India
Young generation natural builders from India, who have learnt earthen construction with Thannal for years and are practicing in different parts of India, in a true sense of building with minimal disturbance to earth using only natural materials and strictly zero cement.
Native Farmers from Tamil Nadu doing Natural Building
They spend their entire life to grow food without chemicals and here they learn to build own homes without cement and artificial materials. While learning, they teach our local farmers about Natural Farming, a first step towards village regeneration, back to their own roots.
Native Seed Collectors of Tamil Nadu – Part 1
Before half-a-century, our Villages were Treasures of Native seeds, which slowly got faded and forgotten through modern agriculture practices. We face a severe loss in our Genetic diversity, and we are in need to save and grow our Native seeds.
Thannal Annual Newsletter, April 2018 – April 2019.
Annual News letter of Thannal Mud Homes Trust, all the activities - research & documentation, experiments, courses in the year April 2018-April 2019
Journalists and media persons who wish to interview us kindly go through the FAQs
Journalists and media persons who wish to interview us kindly go through the FAQs . we try to avoid any unwanted media attention, conferences or public talks.
Part 1 Thannal Natural Building Grove
Growing our own food is as important as building our own home. This is the article of First Series of Thannal Natural Building Grove.
This year’s Thannal Resolutions
Resolutions for the upcoming year as per the present circumstances in and around Thannal and Indian Natural Building movement, through disaster management, natural farming, free homes and natural building books.
Natural and Living Fences
Fences reflect one’s perception of boundaries. Unlike conventional fences that use up resources, natural and living fences provide resources for us.
Natural Building Books Part-2
This directory of books on Natural building provides insight into the oldest techniques like Adobe to the latest natural building technology like Super adobe (Earthbag) and Compressed stabilized Mud Blocks (CSMB).
Earthen Wall Systems
The ranges of different natural building techniques out there are many and all of them are appealing. These wall systems use locally available renewable materials and focus on minimizing the negative ecological impact.
Natural Building Books Part-1
This is a directory of Natural building books on wall systems like Cob, wattle and Daub and rammed earth by proficient Natural builders from around the globe based on their practical understandings. These books are substantial guide .........
Interview: Thappi, a Marvel tool of Lime
Master Mason Abdul Razak ji talks about Thappi Plaster and the peculiarities of the plaster. Read about how Thappi Plaster with admixtures is applied on diverse surfaces and types of Lime in Rajasthan he has worked with.
