New Jura Natural Building: 10 day owner builder workshop

David here once again from New Jura Natural building, we are announcing our 10 day owner builder workshop at our community in Hempstead, Texas.

We will be working on a hybrid cob/earthship, this will be utilizing both building techniques into one sustainable home. We are proud to announce Barefoot Builder owner Christina Ott as our instructor. (www.barefootbuilder.com)

During the workshop we will teach you the fundamentals of building with cob from foundation to finish, when you leave you will know everything needed to build your own cob home. Classes will be held daily as well as hands on cobbing. This is an intensive build so be prepared to get in and get dirty.

We will be serving vegan friendly foods throughout the workshop, we have a macrobiotic chef on hand to prepare our meals. (If you are a vegan or RAW foods chef and interested in work trading for this workshop please contact me on email, The more the merrier).

Accommodations during the workshop will be camping or RV. or you are more than welcome to purchase a hotel room from nearby Hempstead. We are an off grid community and will not be able to offer power to your tent or RV.

We ask that you bring a new 6′x8′ tarpaulin to mix cob on so everyone will be able to experience mixing. Bring clothes that you don’t mind trashing as cob mixing will do that.

Hot showers will be provided and composting toilets are also provided.

There is the opportunity for a couple of persons to stay on as live in hands if there is interest and you can speak to me more about that through email.

The fee for this event is $900 per Adult with discounts for groups and early registration.

Children are free to attend and will have activities such as cob sculpturing and adobe brick making and natural earth painting with pigments.

Early arrival is suggested to assure a nice spot close to the cob site, I would suggest a day or two before the workshop begins.

I will be offering work trade for this workshop and you can email me about this also.

This is private land and maps will only be given to confirmed participants.

I have made provisions for a work-trade in place of fee and you can find more information here -
http://www.offgridhomesteading.com/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=163

Contact:
David Reed – David@OffGridHomesteading.com