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Solar Heating design and Natural Building – 4 day Workshop May 15 – 18 Crestone Solar School, Crestone Colorado. Taught by Paul Shippee. See details at: www.crestonesolarschool.com |
| Timber Framing for the Rest of Us May 17-19 Earthwood Building School, West Chazy, New York This workshop was based on the methods that Jaki and I have used to erect the frames of Log End Cottage, Log End Cave, Earthwood, Mushwood, and several outbuildings, the same methods use by contractors, farmers, and owner-builders for a hundred years or more. You will not learn crafty but time-consuming mortise-and-tenon joints here. Other good building schools, such as Fox Maple, Heartwood, and Yestermorrow, teach these traditional skills. Rather, this workshop accents the use of inexpensive metal fasteners made for the purpose, in combination with good building quality. The textbook is Timber Framing for the Rest of Us . The project for the 2008 workshop will be either timber framing for a neighbor's new cordwood earth-sheltered home or a 6-poster sauna frame. www.cordwoodmasonry.com for more information |
Cordwood Masonry May 23-25 Earthwood Building School, West Chazy, NY Cordwood Masonry. Mornings are cordwood theory and slideshows. Afternoons are hands-on instruction. www.cordwoodmasonry.com |
Village Building Convergence The Village Building Convergence 2008 (VBC8) is a 10-day event from Friday, May 23rd – Saturday, June 1, 2008 in which neighborhoods activate to build shared public places that they have envisioned, designed, funded, and will maintain for themselves. VBC8 will include hands-on education in permaculture design and construction, ecological building, and public art! All projects are built through collaboration, community conversations and commitment of a neighborhood to strengthen itself. Projects are founded on developing strong local relationships, social capital and equity, placemaking, ecological design, supporting our local economy, and developing our city and bioregion as a network of interconnected Village Centers. Everyone is invited to attend evening events at a central location, to participate in workshops or listen to visionaries speak about various aspects of sustainable culture. http://www.cityrepair.org/wiki.php/projects/vbc8 |
International Meeting for Architecture and Technologies for Sustainable ConstructionDATE: May 23 to 25, 2008 - VENUE: São Paulo-SP-BrazilSee www.anabbrasil.org/ecobuilding2008 for more information |
Earthwood Techniques May 26 Earthwood Building School, West Chazy, NY. Covers foundations, surface-bonded blocks, timber framing overview, waterproofing and drainage, earth-sheltering and living roofs. |
Cob Workshop May 31 and June 1, 10-3pm We will be building a small structure from start to finish. Foundations, walls, and roofing options will be discussed, with lots of hands on opportunities. All events take place in Murray KY, 1.5 hours north of Nashville, TN. Contact kristi at kristishaplaATyahoo.com |
Solar Heating design and Natural Building – 4 day Workshop June 5 - 8 Crestone Solar School, Crestone Colorado. Taught by Paul Shippee. See details at: www.crestonesolarschool.com
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Theory of Natural Building Workshop June 7-8 and 14-15, 2008 Czech Republic Possibilities include: Making adobe's and insulating the roof with strawbales dipped in clayslip. Plastering interior of ceiling. see www.permalot.org for more information |
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Cordwood Masonry June 14-16 LaFarge, Wisconsin Presented by Earthwood Building School, Cordwood Masonry. Mornings are cordwood theory and slideshows. Afternoons are hands-on instruction. |
Earthwood Techniques June 17 LaFarge, Wisconsin Presented by Earthwood Building School. Covers foundations, surface-bonded blocks, timber framing overview, waterproofing and drainage, earth-sheltering and living roofs. |
1st International Hemp Building Seminar
17-18 JUNE 2008 KENMARE, Co. KERRY, IRELAND The development of the Hemp materials for use in construction and of the methods used to apply or install them has expanded greatly in the last 5 years. Since writing the first book on the subject Steve Allin has received reports of pioneering projects from around the world and requests for more information on many aspects of how hemp can be used in various specific situations. |
Ashevillage Building Convergence Inspired by City Repair's 'Village Building Convergence' in Portland, Oregon, planning is underway for the Ashevillage Building Convergence '08 - a 10-day hands-on citywide event in Asheville, North Carolina. Through a participatory process, the simultaneous installation of beautiful on-the-ground community projects will be created. The projects will model whole-systems sustainability, and will incorporate natural (earth and straw), as well as recycled and salvaged materials. For more information contact www.kleiwerks.org/abc/index.php . |
Theory of Natural Building Workshop July 6-13 and 20-27, 2008 Czech Republic Projects will include final plastering, making of earthen floor, carpentry, making wooden floors, and various other issue depending on development of the building process. see www.permalot.org for more information |
Solar Heating design and Natural Building – 4 day Workshop July 10 - 13 Crestone Solar School, Crestone Colorado. Taught by Paul Shippee. See details at: www.crestonesolarschool.com |
| Cordwood Workweek Five Days, July 14-18, 2008 Earthwood Building School, West Chazy, New York The Cordwood Workweek combines all of the features of of the three-day Cordwood Workshop and the One-day Earthwood Techniques workshop, but there is more time for individual hands-on instruction and consultations. The discussions and site work are more detailed, yet the pace is more relaxed. After lunch on Wednesday, for example, we tour the Mushwood Cottage at Chateaugay Lake and a post-and beam cordwood home, then relax with swimming, hot-tubbing, conversation, and consultation on the deck at Earthwood. The workshop project will be work at a neighbor's new cordwood home. This is our best cordwood workshop of the year. www.cordwoodmasonry.com for more information |
Sustainable Design: Expanding the Capabilities of Bamboo Snowmass Village, CO Bamboo is one of the most beautiful, versatile and sustainable building materials available on the planet. Fast growing, flexible, easy to harvest and extremely strong, it is as reliable as top quality hardwoods and is well suited to a wide range of contemporary applications. Join designer and bamboo specialist Thomas Huang in a rigorous investigation of this remarkable material at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Beginning with a survey of traditional techniques and applications, students will be encouraged to explore and develop their own understanding of bamboo’s material characteristics. A series of short projects will help expand the design potential of this dynamic material beyond tradition and cliché. We’ll explore structural qualities, surface design and connection types. Students will then create a series of projects ranging in scale from housewares to small furniture objects. Enrollment is limited to 12 students. See: www.andersonranch.org for full information. Application deadline: June 1, 2008 |
Solar Heating design and Natural Building – 4 day Workshop August 14 - 17 Crestone Solar School, Crestone Colorado. Taught by Paul Shippee. See details at: www.crestonesolarschool.com |
Permaculture Design Course
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2nd European Natural Building Colloquium August 31-September 6, 2008 We're aiming at gathering 25 top craftspeople from all of Europe, masters of techniques such as cob, straw-bales, willow, earth bags, natural plasters, round wood lumber, etc...to learn from each other and make new friends. More info: www.PermaLot.org |
West Coast Green The largest residential green building conference + expo in the nation Silicon Valley Thursday Sept 25 - Saturday Sept 27th Saturday Sept 27 see www.westcoastgreen.com for more information |
National Green Builders Products Expo The “Business-To-Business” Builders Expo For Green Building Products Only! Please go to www.ngbpe.com for more information. |
International Natural Building Colloquium October 19-26, 2008 Invited Natural Builders from around the world will gather and share, to support the visioning of the Natural Building Movement. Please contact Jack at the Natural Building Network if you are interested in attending, supporting or assisting with this event. jack [at] nbnetwork.org. |
Solar Installation November 5-9 the Ecovillage Training Center in Summertown, Tennessee |
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| bluerockstation.com of Ohio sponsors many wonderful workshops related to skills for building earthships. |
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Solar Energy International Solar Electricity Workshops |
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Builders, designers and homeowners can now take rammed earth courses from a new Canadian company called SIREwall Inc. Rammed earth builders and designers teach the courses in an earth-wall studio on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. SIREwall stands for stabilized, insulated rammed earth. It’s a modern, building-code approved version of an ancient technology. The earth walls are 18 inches thick and have a natural, sandstone-like finish. SIREwall founder, Meror Krayenhoff, is the world expert on insulated rammed earth. His custom earth-wall homes have won 23 gold Canadian Home Builders Association awards. “The top three things that attract people to insulated rammed earth are energy efficiency, durability and the natural look,” said Krayenhoff. SIREwall offers eight different rammed earth courses with 32 schedule options. Course selections vary from a two-day introduction to rammed earth for homeowners to a month-long SIREwall Builder’s Training for general contractors. Courses for architects and designers are accredited through the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. For information on SIREwall courses go to www.sirewall.com. |
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cobworkshops.org
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EcoDwelling: A New College of California
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BA and MA Program Concentration EcoDwelling is a 3-semester Concentration offered through New College of California North Bay Campus’s (Santa Rosa) Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community program. New College offers accredited BA completion and MA degrees, with additional concentrations in Ecological Agriculture, Painting in the Landscape, and Consciousness, Healing, and Ecology. The EcoDwelling Concentration is a holistic approach to dwelling in the broadest sense – encompassing the very nature of existence and being – and the entire process by which we inhabit our ecosystems and the planet. It is concerned with the causes of our current dwelling process failure, the principles of success, and the application of principles in the design of equitable, sustainable, universally affordable alternatives. The Concentration provides students with an opportunity to implement vision, theory and design for radically affordable, sustainable means of dwelling, through lecture, discussion, design projects, and hands-on building with cob, strawbales, and other natural materials. The EcoDwelling Concentration is intended for anyone with an interest in any aspect of the dwelling process and its relationship to the whole. It is intended for anyone interested in discovering how to make their own way and means of dwelling more affordable, sustainable and liberating – thereby being able to help others do the same. As awareness of our collective crisis increases, the need for those who can recognize, understand, and implement sustainable alternatives will be substantial. New College Northbay: www.newcollege.edu/northbay |
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Yestermorrow Design/Build School Since 1980, Yestermorrow has been one of the only design/build schools in the country, teaching both design and construction skills. Specializing in residential design, ecologically-sound construction, fine woodworking and architectural craft, our 1-day to 2-week hands-on courses are taught by top architects, builders, and craftspeople from across the country. For people of all ages and experience levels, from novice to professional. For more information go to: yestermorrow.org Most of the classes and workshops are taught in Warren, Vermont, and include: Home Design/Build |
| lowimpact.org
the Low-Impact Linging Initiative in England provides information and courses
related to such topics as: eco-paints, lime, rammed earth building, strawbale
building, solar electricity, solar hot water, wind generators, wood stoves,
beekeeping, poultry, organic gardening, wild food, compost toilets, rain
water harvesting, biodiesel, etc. |
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