Tag Archive: balecob

Instructor: Pablo and Lauren Loayza
Location: Ananda College of Living Wisdom Natural Building Workshop 14618 Tyler Foote Road #114 Nevada City, CA 95959 USA
Tuition: $890
http://beautifulgreenlife.com/about/

[ June 18, 2011 to June 26, 2011. ] Natural Cob Building with Spirit Workshop

Come join us build a unique classroom at the Ananda College of Living Wisdom. The structure will be made from a mixture of Cob, and Bale-Cob techniques. Bale-Cob is one of the fastest way to build using straw bales, and cob, as a structurally sound wall system. [...]

Instructor: Cappie, Josh Krueger
Location: Spearfish South Dakota
Tuition: $790
http://www.pangeafarm.com

[ July 17, 2011 to July 27, 2011. ] This work shop will cover building a code approved load bearing Bale-cob cottage. as well as an outdoor cob shower and garden wall. Workshop will also cover composting, and composting toilets, greywater systems, solar electricity and more. Tuition includes camping and all meals.

Please visit our website for more details.

Instructor: A whole bunch of Cob Cottage grads
Location: Magdalena, New Mexico
Tuition: Work exchange

[ September 25, 2010 to October 5, 2010. ] We’re going to be building a balecob (north and west walls) and cob (south and east) octagonal 14.5 foot cabin in a gorgeous canyon in New Mexico – about 1.5 hours west of Albuquerque off hwy 60. We’ll be building a trombe wall, and using 2 car doors for 2 of the windows. We [...]

Instructor: Ian and Andi Miller
Location: Decorah, Iowa
Tuition: $750 includes camping, meals

[ June 14, 2010 to June 20, 2010. ] Learn how to build a house of cob! Cob is a building material made of clay soil, sand and straw. Join us, Andi and Ian Miller, at our farm, Bergbauernhof, as we build our home and teach you how you can build your own cottage, house or tool shed out of the earth beneath your [...]