Our beloved founder Susan England Heilig, passed away in July of 2022. Her legacy will proudly live on through the continued efforts of Solid Earth Communities to build sustainable and affordable housing for the disabled community, Veterans, homeless community, and individuals wanting a truly affordable house they can call home! Susan founded Solid Earth Communities, LLC., a not-for-profit organization that focuses on quality low-cost housing. Since 2011, She had been working alongside her team to promote Compressed Earth technology and build energy-efficient comfortable homes derived from the Earth. Susan taught soil composition which is one of the most important aspects of Earth building and had spent years working in diverse communities to build homes and other structures with patented machinery alongside experienced crew members throughout the U.S.Susan was also a very accomplished businesswoman who had built an excellent track record launching several highly successful small businesses and never failed to consistently align herself and her team with the best in the business. Prior to making her mark in the business world, She had worked as an ad agency creative director and communications professional with experience in graphic design, branding, messaging, marketing, web development, and communications strategy. EarthinBlocks was founded in 2011 by Susan England Heilig and Elsie Walker, based on Elsie’s previous work with earthblock structures under the auspices of The Mountain Institute in Asia and West Virginia. Jim Underwood, the designer of the original iteration of this block machine, died in 2009. The EarthinBlocks company and partnership was dissolved in 2019. Susan worked on transforming previous work into a new entity.