Events

[ August 16, 2010 to August 20, 2010. ] Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture, based in Kykotsmovi Village, AZ will be hosting a Cob work week on August 16-20, 2010. This week we will finish cob wall systems for a home in Kykotsmovi Village. This is a great opportunity for those interested in learning about cob building. Home being built right next to finished cob dwelling. [...]

[ August 14, 2010 to August 21, 2010. ] See how humans can build with what nature provides, without destroying the beauty that is offered.

Learn how to build efficiently and become empowered to create your own home/castle/shed/whatever.

2010 Cob Building Workshop Poster.pdf (541 KB)

[ August 17, 2010 to August 25, 2010. ] Learn traditional English stone masonry techniques. In the garden of an estate in the remote and magical English countryside, near a stone bridge reputed to be 3000 years old, and among hills with cairns, burial mounds, and sacred circles, this class will focus on building two complex, sloped retaining walls with double-faced walls [...]

[ April 14, 2010 to September 14, 2010. ] Come live and work in our rural intentional community and join us in constructing our new Community House. Areas will include framing, natural wall systems, base coat and finish plasters, living roofs and finish carpentry. Visit www.emeraldearth.org or contact community@emeraldearth.org.

[ 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 [...]

[ 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 [...]