Archive for July, 2009

[ July 18, 2009 to July 19, 2009. ] From 9-5 pm

Join Miguel Elliott of Living Earth Structures, as he leads a workshop at the beautiful Sonoma Ashram. We will build a cob oven and bench in the shape of a giant sunflower, with the oven being the center of the oven, and the leaves being the benches. It will be right [...]

[ September 24, 2009 to September 26, 2009. ] – We will build a cob building atop the lime mortared foundation created during the Sept. 10 thru 12 workshop.
- You will learn everything you need to know to build with cob for a small building, including site selection, drainage, choosing materials, utility access, designing the threshold for a door, setting a window and door, [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ July 26, 2009 to August 2, 2009. September 13, 2009 to September 20, 2009. ] Includes camping and 3 delicious organic meals per day.
10% discount for full payment by June 29 and for Mendocino County residents.

This comprehensive workshop will give you hands-on experience in up to 10 different natural building techniques including cob, straw bale, slipstraw or light straw-clay, slip-and-chip, clay wattle, earthen plasters, hand-made paints, and more. The workshop [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ July 13, 2009 to July 18, 2009. ] O.U.R. Ecovillage is a great place to learn. You can see finished examples of past seasons’ work and be inspired by communal life. This workshop is for those with some background in building, serious
intention for building or builders of another trade. Build efficiency, good detail and connections with other building elements. Understand materials and [...]

[ July 6, 2009 to July 26, 2009. ] All prices include meals and camping. Receive up to 25% discount for
advance payment.