8-Week APPRENTICESHIP with COB COTTAGE COMPANY

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 into creating a life that you, your family and community can feel proud of. We now offer a unique training program for persons looking for a lifestyle and career change. You will have support in adjusting your lifestyle to fit your conscience and to meet the new conditions of the 21st century.

Our Natural Builder Apprenticeship program will help you become skilled as a professional Natural Builder or teacher, and will enable you to build your own Natural Home as well as teach others to do the same. Covers all aspects of building cob and natural homes using a range of earth building techniques and other natural materials – wood, both milled and roundwood, stone, lime, clay, straw, together with creative use of industrial and commercial waste and surplus. We’ll work on all phases of a house – walls, floors, roofs, etc., helping complete buildings already in progress at the school and beginning new buildings elsewhere. We will also work on honing skills in putting the final and beautiful touches on buildings. The emphasis is on a hands-on understanding of materials and how they work, design, and creative space-creation. But those are just the techniques, here at Cob Cottage Company we go so far beyond technique, check out our Theme’s for Natural Building and living on our website for more information. You will work alongside a professional/instructor on a one on one basis. Main instructor and course facilitator for 2012 will be Jo Forsythe, Natural Builder, Cob Cottage Instructor and alumni. Other Instructors that you will more than likely be working with over the course of the 8 weeks include Linda Smiley, Betty Seaman, Chip Boggs, Ianto Evans, Kiko Denzer, Bernhard Masterson, Deanne Bednar, and a host of other nationally known professionals. As an apprentice, you will have access to all our fascinating visitors and the workshops throught the summer. And our commitment to you doesn’t stop at the 8 weeks – we ask you to commit a year to be fully immersed in continuing your Natural Building Education, we also commit a year to helping you do jus that! Apprentices are based at Cob Cottage Company’s campus in Coquille, Oregon.

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