More fun with clay, straw, and sticks! This is one of a series of comprehensive workshops in which we will be constructing a hybrid natural building using many site-sourced materials […]

Join instructor Michael McDonough in the construction of a wood fired cob oven. We'll also take time to explore clay and lime based plasters and floors. What to expect: Our […]

gardening, hugelkultur, earthworks, and natural building Activities could include (these are just the start of the ideas, see the gardening PEP badge thread, the natural building PEP badge thread, and the earthworks PEP badge thread for […]

Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Register here: https://www.thiscobhouse.com/introduction-cob-workshop-keystone-heights-florida/ Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction to Cob Workshop! We will be constructing a cob bench and covered sitting […]

This is the last of a series of comprehensive workshops in which we will construct a hybrid natural building using many site-sourced materials and permaculture principles. This workshop will focus on […]

Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn natural building from leading experts at one of Japan’s premier Permaculture education sites. In this course you will learn a wide range of […]

This is a unique opportunity to learn traditional Japanese plastering and contemporary earth and lime finishes at one of Japan's premier Permaculture sites. An intensive training including history, plastering procedures, materials […]

About The Workshop This six-day workshop will cover considerations on picking a house site including passive solar design, building a rubble trench and natural rock and lime mortar foundation, wattle and […]

***Course will be taught in English or in English & Spanish depending on student needs.*** HOST & LOCATION CruzinCobGlobal will be returning to Chile for a second Cob building workshop […]

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 […]

Introduction to Cob Workshop – Keystone Heights, Florida   Dates: April 13 – April 17, 2020 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction […]

Come and experience a “cob community” in the cloud forests of El Salvador´s highest mountain. This workshop is being hosted by the Clouds of El Pital Eco-Tourism Cooperative. Our cooperative […]

This is a 4-part series that covers practice and theory of structural systems (timber framing), insulation (straw bales) and thermal mass wall systems (cob, adobe, wattle and daub). Each intensive […]

Part one in a 4-part series that covers practice and theory of structural systems (timber framing), insulation (straw bales) and thermal mass wall systems (cob, adobe, wattle and daub). This […]

Dates: May 11 – May 15, 2020 Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee Sign up here: https://www.thiscobhouse.com/introduction-to-cob-workshop-jonesborough-tennessee/ Come and join us in beautiful eastern Tennessee for our next Introduction to Cob Workshop! We […]

Last year, we introduced this Short Course and it was a great success. You'll get a full sense of our Fast Cob technique (which allowed 1.5 people to build the […]

Part two in a 4-part series that covers practice and theory of structural systems (timber framing), insulation (straw bales) and thermal mass wall systems (cob, adobe, wattle and daub). This […]

Part three in a 4-part series that covers practice and theory of structural systems (timber framing), insulation (straw bales) and thermal mass wall systems (cob, adobe, wattle and daub). This […]