| July 23, 2010 |
Come to sunny eastern Oregon, and learn to do miraculous things with dirt! EORenew will offer three Workshops in John Day, Oregon this July on natural building techniques. Camping is available on-site for workshop students, and most meals will be provided. Sign up for one, two, or all three workshops! Join us in making new friends, laughing, and turning the new cob bench at the fairgrounds into beautiful, usable art.
The one-day Natural Wall Panel Techniques and Materials lab on July 23 will engage students in hands-on exploration of ways to create natural wall panels. As innocuous as drywall seems it takes a tremendous amount of energy to mine, manufacture, and transport. Two alternatives are slip-straw, and wattle and daub. With both techniques the materials can be locally sourced, are sustainable, non-toxic, and have a very low embodied energy. Slip-straw infill provides acoustic and thermal insulation, wattle and daub is an excellent traditional way to build non-structural walls. Participants will have a chance to ask questions about specific projects they wish to engage in, and discussions will cover topics of interest.
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