Tag Archive: straw

Instructor: Taylor Starr and James Haim
Location: Williams, OR
Tuition: $640
http://www.whiteoakfarmcsa.org

[ August 7, 2010 to August 14, 2010. ]
Join us this Summer as we build a small cottage in the woods designed to demonstrate a wide range of natural building techniques. Over eight days you will learn how to build with cob, straw bales, lights-straw-clay, adobe, and poles. You will also have the opportunity to use earthen plasters. Lectures, discussions and demonstrations will [...]

Instructor: Taylor Starr and James Haim
Location: Williams, OR
Tuition: $320
http://www.whiteoakfarmcsa.org

[ May 6, 2010 to May 9, 2010. ] Start Date / End Date:: May 6/May 9

Join us this Spring as we sculpt a small cottage in the woods. In this weekend workshop you will have the opportunity to get your hands (and feet) dirty mixing and building with cob, stacking straw bales, and making and applying earthen plasters. Lectures and discussions will also [...]

Instructor: Skip Dewhirst and Lizabeth Moniz
Location: Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Tuition: $2000
http://yestermorrow.org

[ March 21, 2010 to April 12, 2010. ] This innovative course in the rainforest of Costa Rica provides students with a unique opportunity to explore the design/build process using earth, straw, cob, stone, site-milled wood, bamboo, and recycled/reused materials. The class will work on a group project at the Rancho Mastatal environmental learning center or a small community project in the village of [...]