We introduced this Short Course in 2019 and it has been a great success since. You'll get a full sense of our Fast Cob technique, and you'll know how to […]

PROJECT We will be building a complete 6m2 to 7m2 sauna (depending on number of students) from foundation to roof in 3 weeks with 15 days of workshop learning and […]

Learn to make and apply your own earth-based finish materials as we put the finishing touches on an earth and straw bale building! We will make earth plaster from site-harvested […]

– Cob – Straw Bale – Light Straw Clay – Slip and Chip – Ricecrete – Mushroom blocks – and more! ... Instructors: Michael G. Smith, Colin Gillespie, Blair Phillips […]

PROJECT This 3-week workshop offers students the opportunity to design and build a clay-based wood-fired cooking complex. Using locally sourced materials, students will collaborate to create a traditional ‘beehive’ oven […]

In this permaskills Natural Building Workshop we are building an outdoor kitchen, an earthen oven for Lotte and Floris' in central Portugal. There are no skill requirements. You will learn […]

Come and experience our small natural building community in the cloud forests of El Salvador´s highest mountain! This workshop is being hosted by the Clouds of El Pital Eco-Tourism Collective. […]

Dates: August 23 – August 27, 2021 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee Come and join us in beautiful eastern Tennessee for our next […]

The Fundamentals of Fast Cob At a relaxed pace, we'll learn and practice mixing and building Fast Cob.  As the week progresses, you'll gain the skills, confidence, and inspiration to […]

This workshop will be the longest, most diverse and most comprehensive one we have yet offered to our students. We will be completing a 2-story building with a criptomeria (local […]

In this permaskills Natural Building Workshop we are building a PermaHome guesthouse for Kim, Lucas and Robert's new tribe of free learning families in southern Italy. There are no skill […]

In this workshop you will learn to install a "poured adobe" earthen floor from start to finish from master natural builder Michael G. Smith. These floors are beautiful, durable, inexpensive, […]

$550 Early Bird Discount (register before August 10th, 2021) $600 Regular Fee 5% discount for family + friends participating together! INCLUDED: 3 vegetarian meals a day (with one cob oven […]

In this hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to the basic principles and best practices of designing for and using lime plasters on a range of common substrates.  Students will […]

Delve into the world of natural plasters with two master craftspeople and teachers, Athena Steen of the Canelo Project and Michael G. Smith of strawclaywood.com. Learn to beautify and protect […]

$550 Early Bird Discount (register before August 10th, 2021) $600 Regular Fee 5% discount for family + friends participating together! INCLUDED: 3 vegetarian meals a day (with one cob oven […]

Dates: September 27th – October 1st, 2021 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee Come and join us in beautiful eastern Tennessee for our next […]

Dates: October 18 – October 22, 2021 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction […]

Help build a cob structure that will serve as an outdoor sustainable education area that also provides a windbreak for compost. This project is part of a campus wide permaculture […]

$380 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $420 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- March 11/12th, […]