From October 2010-October 2020, Lisa was the owner builder and residence at Bonita Domes in Joshua Tree, California
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Lisa Starr has attracted world wide media interest in earthbag building. Below is a small selection of the press reviews and features that have been published.
“There’s a deep sense of stillness and solidity. It feels very solid and safe,” said Lisa Starr,
who built and lived in a complex of superadobe earth domes.
“There’s such a reciprocity to building with earth,” she said. “It’s a reciprocity to living on this planet.
It’s an Earth renewal ceremony in itself.”
Cal Earth, Hesperia California
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A spiritual healer built a Joshua Tree house inspired by domes made for living in outer space. It’s on the market for $2.1 million — take a look inside.
Cal Earth SuperAdobe Spotlight: Bonita Domes, February 07,2019
Tucked away in Joshua Tree, CA, lies Bonita Domes a luxurious private home studio retreat.
Owned, designed and built by Drum Medicine Woman, Lisa Starr, Bonita Domes is a model
of SuperAdobe technology at it’s finest.
The Desert Sun, October 2017
An Airbnb spokesperson says hosts in Joshua Tree typically earn $16,200 per year. The market has created a livelihood for myriad residents, like Lisa Starr, whose Bonita Domes offer visitors a “close to nature experience” and allow her to maintain her work as a drum medicine woman.
Inhabitat, October 2017
If you’ve ever wanted to stay in an earthbag dome home, here’s your chance. When Lisa Starr first purchased land in Joshua Tree, California, she wasn’t thinking about vacation rentals. Instead, the artist and drum medicine woman sought a place not too far from the coast where she could build a sustainable life for herself.
Hi Desert Star, March 2017
To Starr, the construction of an earth bag dome is a spiritual and personal process. She is especially compelled by how mimics the medicine wheel in design. In all of her endeavors, she works on the discipline of finding peace.
“I follow the way to bring peace to myself and the outside world brings that back to me,” she said.
