Archive for June, 2009

[ July 17, 2009 to July 21, 2009. ]
Camping facilities on a lovely private ranch and meals are included.
This 4 day intensive workshop will cover what you need to know to build a cob house.
We will cover: Site selection, & preparation, drainage and foundations, cobbing basics, windows and doors, home design and roofing
options.

To register and hold your space, please send a [...]

[ February 6, 2010 to February 7, 2010. ] Finishing walls with natural, nontoxic products imparts a number of benefits to a building, whether you are working on a plastered strawbale wall, or interior gypsum wall board. The ingredients are simple and safe, the process is creative and fun, and the possibilities are endless! In this course, we will look at the art, science [...]

[ March 21, 2010 to April 12, 2010. ] This innovative course in the rainforest of Costa Rica provides students with a unique opportunity to explore the design/build process using earth, straw, cob, stone, site-milled wood, bamboo, and recycled/reused materials. The class will work on a group project at the Rancho Mastatal environmental learning center or a small community project in the village of [...]

[ June 20, 2009 to June 21, 2009. ] We will be building a cob oven and bench in the shape of the farm mascot, a rooster. The farm in is beautiful Petaluma,and the oven will be used by the community.
You will learn how to set a foundation using car tires, how to insulate the oven, how to use adobe bricks in construction, and [...]

[ June 27, 2009 to June 28, 2009. ]
Made out of an adobe mixture of clay-soil, sand and straw; earthen ovens are simple, low-cost and fun to build. Ideal for baking bread and pizza, earthen ovens are beautiful as well as functional, making wonderful additions to any home garden or patio.

This weekend workshop will cover Earth Oven construction from start to finish. Participants [...]

[ June 14, 2009 to July 24, 2009. ]

For the fifth year, House Alive offers our popular 6 week natural building apprenticeship. This hands-on, intensive course is designed for people who want to use natural building skills in a professional context or who want to take extra time to work on skill development for their personal project. Participants will get first-hand experience with [...]

[ June 29, 2009 to July 4, 2009. ] Cob building is learned quite easily by people from all walks of life. We work together, learn from each other and discover our connections through activity and reflection. This is an introductory level cob workshop.

Technical learning includes materials, recipes, building instruction, attaching doors/ windows, building arches. We start on foot and may introduce some [...]

[ May 30, 2009 to May 31, 2009. June 27, 2009 to June 28, 2009. ]

Hello Fellow Permi Folk-
I am offering two cob oven workshops this Spring in Bolinas, CA (On the coast, 45 min. North of the Golden Gate Bridge in West Marin Co.).
Below is the text from the attached Flyer.

BoTierra Farm
May 30 & 31
Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun. 9am-
$135

Gillyflower Nursery
June 27 & 28
Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun.
9am-
$135

*Nothing tastes quite like food baked [...]

[ June 21, 2009 to June 26, 2009. ]