Archive for January, 2010

[ March 28, 2010; ]

Hey guys, David here with New Jura Natural Building. I am pleased to announce our first cob workshop of the new year!!!

In collaboration with Dan Phillips and The Phoenix Commotion, we will be holding a cob oven workshop March 28th in Huntsville Texas at the world famous Bone House.

Earthen ovens are simple, low-cost and fun [...]

[ February 2, 2010; 6:30 am to 8:30 am. ]

Guest Speaker Night! Presented by Brian Osterlin, Natural Building Vancouver Meetup:

DIY Building Using Cob and Salvaged Materials

Speaker: Clare Kenny, Mudgirls Collective

The Mudgirls Natural Building Collective presents a slideshow and discussion about do-it-yourself building using cob and salvaged materials. Topics will include an introduction to natural building philosophy and principles, with a focus on the benefits [...]

[ June 1, 2010 to September 1, 2010. ] We are a young couple building a 250 square foot strawbale and cob structure on our rural land in southeastern Virginia. We are offering flexible internship positions and short term volunteer opportunities during the summer of 2010. Experiences will range from laying stone, making cob, and applying earthen plaster, and all the steps between. Interested [...]

[ May 22, 2010 to May 30, 2010. ]

This workshop offers an incredibly rich learning experience that has made it our most popular for the last 5 years. During the workshop you will develop the confidence, knowledge and skills to design and build your own natural building and sustainable living project. This workshop is for you if you are interested in [...]

[ July 10, 2010 to July 18, 2010. ] This workshop offers an incredibly rich learning experience that has made it our most popular for the last 5 years. During the workshop you will develop the confidence, knowledge and skills to design and build your own natural building and sustainable living project. This workshop is for you if you are interested in [...]

[ July 5, 2010 to August 29, 2010. ] House Alive! is again offering an opportunity for people to get beyond the basics and experience an extended Natural Building apprenticeship. This immensely popular 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 [...]

[ June 20, 2010 to August 20, 2010. ] Cobworks is currently seeking 4-6 apprentices to build with us this summer.
During the course, apprentices will learn how to:
build a dry-stack stone foundations while working with a minimal amount of
concrete
select and collect sustainable roundwood from forest
run a small bandsaw mill; turning logs to lumber
design and build a greywater system and composting toilet
learn to safely operate [...]

[ July 11, 2010 to July 24, 2010. ] This year’s Cob and Community will be held in the mountains above
Summerland, B.C. We will be building a recording studio of 1,000 square feet
with a post and beam frame made out of locally harvested logs. We will also
build all of the the window and door frames. Participants will learn every
aspect of cob construction: identifying materials, [...]

[ September 19, 2010 to September 25, 2010. ] Join us for a week long Cob and Carpentry workshop at Fernhollow Campground
on Mayne Island. We will be building a 120 sq.ft. addition on to an existing
bale/cob house. On the carpentry side, we will cover basic power tools and
safety while building a post and beam frame [beach logs] and installing a
roof. We then construct the [...]

[ January 9, 2010 to January 25, 2010. ] Earthbag Dome Building with the Dogon People
- Cross-cultural natural building
January 9-25, 2010

Tirelli, Dogon Country, Mali, Africa

Instructors: Scott Howard (earthenhand), Paulina Wojciechowska (author of “Building with Earth”), and Atime Saye (local elder and guide).
Come build an earthen schoolroom for the Dogon people of Tirelli! Learn about earthbag dome design and construction, as well as [...]