Outdoor Cooking Complex with Cob Oven & Rocket-Fueled Lorena Stove Cooktop in New Mexico
Florentia 116 Paseo Encantado NE, Santa Fe, NMPROJECT 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 […]
Natural Building Workshop Jul 26th – Aug 22nd, 2021: We are building an outdoor kitchen for Lotte and Floris in central Portugal
Lotte & Floris in Elms Valley Benfeita, CoimbraIn 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 […]
A Complete Introduction to Earthen Building Techniques (Cob, Slip Straw, Wattle and Daub, Timber Framing)
Clouds of El Pital Eco-Tourism Cooperative El Pital Mountain, San Ignacio, ChalatenangoCome 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. […]
Introduction to Cob Workshop
Unnamed Venue Jonesborough, TNDates: 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…Everything you Need to get Building…Fast!
Lasqueti Island 1 Beautiful Bicycle Lane, Lasqueti Island, BCThe 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 […]
A Permitted 2-Story Cob & Light Clay Straw House w/ Rocket Mass Heater on São Miguel, Azores Islands in Portugal
Quinta da Vida Beleza Lagoa, AzoresThis 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 […]
Natural Building Workshop Sep 6th – Oct 17th, 2021: We are building a PermaHome Guesthouse for Kim, Lucas & Robert’s new community in southern Italy
patiki.org - Villa Villecolla Badolato, CZIn 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 […]
Earthen Floor Workshop
Emerald Earth Sanctuary 7700 Peachland Rd., Boonville, CAIn 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, […]
4-Day Cob + Straw Immersion
Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC$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 […]
Lime Plaster Workshop
Emerald Earth Sanctuary 7700 Peachland Rd., Boonville, CAIn 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 […]
The Art of Natural Plasters
Abuela Gardens 4649 Bear Canyon Rd., Willits, CADelve 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 […]
4-Day Cob + Straw Immersion
Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC$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 […]
Introduction to Cob Workshop
Unnamed Venue Jonesborough, TNDates: 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 […]
Intro to Earthen Building Workshop
Unnamed Venue Keystone Heights, FLDates: 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 […]
Learn to Build with Cob
University California Riverside Palm Desert 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Parking Lot B, Palm Desert, CAHelp 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 […]
2-Day Hands on Living Roofs
Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC$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, […]
Raisin’ the Roof
Winnsboro TXThe father of NBO’s Cob for Vets family this year is over 90% disabled and served in Iraq and Syria. His wife is a two time cancer survivor and they […]
2-Day Hands-on Foundations
Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC$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- April 2/3rd […]
Intro to Earthen Building Workshop
Unnamed Venue Keystone Heights, FLDates: April 11 – April 15, 2022 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction […]
35-Day MASTER Natural Building Workshop – Ruin Recycling & Restoration, Off-Grid
Ronya & Amar's Happy Valley Benfeita, ArganilFrom April 17th to May 22nd we will start another 35-Day Natural Building MASTER Certificate Workshop in a community near Benfeita in central Portugal. This workshop will provide you an […]