Archive for November, 2011

[ June 10, 2012 to June 23, 2012. ] 2012 Timber Framing Workshop students will spend two full weeks at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, Missouri learning the historic craft of timber framing using mortise and tenon joinery, as well as experiencing and learning some of the fundamental connections between natural building design and sustainable lifestyle alternatives.

Students will learn various timber frame layout techniques, [...]

[ March 10, 2012 to March 17, 2012. ] We will be teaching a 7 day cob cobwood workshop detailing how to build a free standing exterior shower and bath house utilizing this method of natural building.

Cordwood/Cobwood masonry’s origins are unknown. There are some homes in Canada that are between 100 and 200 years old. In the United States, there’s a house at the [...]

[ April 8, 2012 to April 14, 2012. ] Texas Natural Builders will be hosting a straw bale workshop!! We will be putting up bales on our place in Waller.

This event will last for 7 days and in it we will cover:

* foundations (rubble trench)
* walls (pinning bales, vertical stabilization, splitting bales)
* windows (building bucks and anchoring in the bale wall)
* doors (building bucks [...]

[ February 20, 2012; ] Cob in Morelos, Mexico Feb 20 – Mar 20 2012
Well it’s official: Cobworks is hosting a cob workshop in Morelos, three hours south of Mexico City. We will be building in Miacatlin for Hector and Igor Trejo. These brothers along with 2 friends took our Baja 2007 cob workshop and have since acquired land and [...]

[ January 7, 2012 to January 8, 2012. ] Cob Oven Construction – January 7-8 – South Point, Big Island, HI – $300 Hail in the new year at beautiful Kipukamaluhia near South Point, just a few minutes from spectacular green sand beach. This exquisite sanctuary is a permaculture classroom and an earth-based dharma center. Rashani Réa, who runs Kipukamaluhia Sanctuary, is known world [...]

[ January 21, 2012 to January 25, 2012. ] Earthbag Construction – January 21-25 – Mountain View, Big Island, Hawaii – $600 Live the dream of artfully creating your home with the soil beneath your feet. This earthbag technical primer will leave you with the skills to begin planning and creating an earthbag project. In this session we will build a water tank with [...]

[ September 22, 2012 to September 30, 2012. ] This is on of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses and wrote the book on it too, “The Hand Sculpted House”. In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with [...]

[ August 25, 2012 to September 2, 2012. ] This is one of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses and we wrote the book on it too, “The Hand Sculpted House”. In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building [...]

[ July 14, 2012 to July 22, 2012. ] Start Date / End Date:: July 14-22, 2012

Join us at our neighborhood location in beautiful Bandon by the Sea for the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, Cob Cottage Company has taught almost 200 major cob courses. This month we will teach a 9 day intensive, including [...]

[ August 4, 2012 to August 12, 2012. ] This is one of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses and we wrote the book on it, “The Hand Sculpted House”. In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with [...]

[ June 1, 2012 to July 26, 2012. ] Concerned about the world’s state of affairs? Ready to be part of the solution? Begin now, start with home. Two programs to guide you in making changes in your lifestyle, consumerism, health and well-being, career and livelihood, based on ecological values and Natural Building principles and practices. This is designed to support you [...]

[ February 24, 2012 to February 26, 2012. ] A weekend course for those in love with fire. Learn how fire burns, what makes combustion efficient, how to build the ultimate in snug, energy-saving campfires, stoves, and fireplaces for cooking and comfort, all hand-made at almost no cost.
Rocket Mass Heaters by Ianto Evans and Leslie Jackson has made these incredibly clean-burning wood burners big [...]

[ June 9, 2012 to June 17, 2012. ] This is one of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses and wrote the book on it too (The Hand Sculpted House)! In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with [...]

[ November 13, 2011; ] Start Date / End Date:: 11/13/11Basically Occupy Seattle has been at the Sea Central community College and they are now gaining a solar energy systems and a battery bank to be house inside a small strawbale structure. We are hoping to show others in differnt cities that alternative building and power will be the solutions [...]

[ November 5, 2011; ] Create durable, beautiful, inexpensive earthen paints to enhance your home. Earthen paints are non-toxic, easy to apply, easy to maintain, and are planet friendly. This hands-on class includes global examples of earthen building methods.