Fast Cob! is a Revolution in Building All of our Natural Building Workshops are led and facilitated by the builder of a 900 sq.ft. split level Cob Home.  This home was built in 5 months during 2016.  About 80% of it was built by one person – your workshop instructor – on his own.  He had help putting up the floor and roofing beams as well as the giant windows and skylights, but 90% of the cobbing was done alone. …

This workshop is being hosted by the Clouds of El Pital Eco-Tourism Cooperative. Our cooperative has been five separate cob houses and cabins to host tourists in the beautiful El Trifinio Biosphere on the slopes of El Salvador´s highest mountain. The nearby cloud forest offers a beautiful site to learn about natural building techniques. During this workshop, we will be building a small restaurant for the cooperative out of wattle and daub, slip straw, and natural plasters. We will also…

Learn The art of Natural Building and Healing with Earth Feathur- Tinece Payne- of Healing Springs Farmacy Women’s Co-Op.  Earth Feathur is a Permaculture Designer Teacher with The Women’s Permaculture Guild led by Heather Jo Flores.  With techniques from her ancestors in Africa and Natives to America from the Blackfoot Tribe and Cherokee Nations.   Earth Feathur is creating a hand built structure.  She is also a Reiki Master and teaching a natural healing technique called  Reiki during this workshop.  Reiki…

Another amazing 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with cob including arches, details, shelving, furniture and earthen floors.  In this expanded vision of our most popular program ever, we’ll take the ground from under your feet and turn in into a versatile medium to sculpt a whole house.  You will learn construction of walls, installation of doors and windows and we will discuss roofing, foundations, siting, design and artistic…

Project & Location The Colorado Complete Cob Workshop will be held on 40 acres of scrub pine, rocky terrain wilderness in Boncarbo (Las Animas County) near Trinidad, Colorado in the southeastern part of the state near the New Mexico border.  It is part of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range and has an altitude of 7,500 feet creating a wonderful summer climate perfect for building a cob project.  The land belonged to Jen’s parents and here she will be starting…

Dates: July 9th – July 13th, 2018 Location: Peachtree City, Georgia   Come and join us at this beautiful 700 acre property in Peachtree City, Georgia for our Introduction to Cob Workshop! We will be constructing a cob oven and cob seating area using modern and traditional techniques. This workshop is a great experience to learn how to build with cob and to get a broad learning overview of natural building techniques. You will get a solid foundation in cob…

Earliest Bird: $170 (90 days advance payment) Early Bird: $210 (30 days advance payment) Regular Rate: $250 Additional Discount: 10% for family and friends participating together This will be a full weekend of natural building: mostly hands-on work, coupled with a photo presentation and discussion. We are beginning a very ambitious garden wall project at our campus, and each weekend workshop group will complete another section of wall! You will learn about: mixing and applying cob trimming and shaping cob…

Timber Frame Workshop 2018 @ South Slope Farm, Berea, Kentucky Ever wonder what it’s like to build a timber frame from the ground up? Join The Year of Mud this summer for a 7 day Timber Frame Workshop at South Slope Farm, our homestead in the beautiful Appalachian mountains outside Berea, Kentucky. In this beginner-friendly workshop, students will use timeless techniques and traditional hand tools to lay out, join, and raise a beautiful timber frame structure. Learn valuable new carpentry skills on a beautiful mountain…

Fast Cob! is a Revolution in Building All of our Natural Building Workshops are led and facilitated by the builder of a 900 sq.ft. split level Cob Home.  This home was built in 5 months during 2016.  About 80% of it was built by one person – your workshop instructor – on his own.  He had help putting up the floor and roofing beams as well as the giant windows and skylights, but 90% of the cobbing was done alone. …

Overview This is the most comprehensive workshop you can find. Decades of teaching on 4 different continents has helped us design this rich learning experience,  giving students the tools they need to become confident earthen builders.  Earth is the mother of all building materials. For millennia, and all over the world, people have used earth to build beautiful, simple, efficient and inexpensive homes. It’s plentiful, ecological and non-toxic. Plus, it can’t burn, won’t rot and is much easier and  easier…

An Introduction to Ecological and Natural Building Techniques Including Rubble Trench and Rock Foundation, Wattle and Daub, Earth Bags, Cob, Natural Plasters, and Rocket Mass Heaters! July 21st to the 28th, 2018 Intro to Ecological Construction For thousands of years, people have been building their homes out of the dirt beneath their feet. Natural and vernacular building techniques have roots in every culture around the world, but share the distinction of using local materials, being energy efficient, and having a…

House Alive is pleased to be able to offer our world-class earth building training in Europe! This comprehensive workshop will introduce you to the wonders of building with earth. For millennia, people all over the world have used earth to build beautiful, simple, efficient and inexpensive homes. Earth is the perfect building material: it’s plentiful,versatile, and non-toxic. Plus, it can’t burn, won’t rot, and is easy to use. In this workshop, you will learn how to build load-bearing earthen walls…