Adobe has been historically used as a building material throughout the world and is still used today in modern construction.
 
The state of New Mexico is the nation’s center for Earth Building. We are developing new approaches to encourage sustainable energies. Adobe building is an important part of that development. This web site will monitor this progress and will be updated on regular occasions.
 
Adobe construction is ‘the greenest of the green’! Working alone with a hoe, shovel, and a form you could make enough adobes for a very comfortable home and not spend a penny on carbon based fuels. Electing to make your own adobes mirrors an earlier age which, by millennia, predates the pharaohs. Don't have the time? New Mexico Earth Adobes has spent over 35 years perfecting the art of hand-made, sun-dried adobe blocks.