Hands-on
Workshops in New Mexico:
LanderLand Building Workshops, Kingston, NM
Our neighbors Satomi & Tom Lander offer excellent hands-on workshops.
Through demonstrations and question/answer sessions, learn how to build
basic earthen plastered straw-bale walls, and earthen floors. www.LanderLand.com
505-895-5029
Workshop fees: $210 / person ( Lunches included) $380 / couple
March 24 -25 – Straw-bale and Earth Plaster Workshop
April 21 -22 -- Straw-bale and Earth Plaster Workshop
May 19 -20 -- Straw-bale and Earth Plaster Workshop
July 7-8 -- Earth Plaster, Lime Plaster, and Earthen Floor
August 18 -19 -- Earth Plaster, Lime Plaster, and Earthen Floor
September 22 -23 -- Earth Plaster, Lime Plaster, and Earthen Floor
June 17-24, 2007 --- Build Here Now - Natural Building, Permaculture
and Sustainable Lifestyles Convergence -- Taos County, New Mexico.
Build Here Now is the 9th annual Natural Building, Permaculture and Sustainable
Lifestyles convergence. A dynamic week of hands-on workshops, classroom
theory, discussion, slide presentations, and networking with dedicated
practitioners of natural building, permaculture and sustainable lifestyles
- set amongst the stunning beauty of Lama Foundation. Cost: $525. Tuition
includes everything; you will have no extra costs during the program.
We accommodate people in prepared tenting sites, with limited dorm-space
(small extra fee) and car camping sites (no fee) by reservation. Hotel-type
lodging is available in Taos or Questa at additional cost. All meals are
vegetarian. Families are welcome - please inquire for details.
CONTACT: Lama Foundation, PO Box 240, San Cristobal, NM 87564, Phone:
505-586-1269 Fax: 206-984-0916 www.lamafoundation.org
Hands-on Workshops WORLDWIDE:
The Natural Building Network is an organization supporting
and promoting sustainable, renewable living worldwide. NBN is a member-supported
non-profit organization. Visit their website for human resources and workshops.
www.NaturalBuildingNetwork.org
The Last
Straw, the International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building is
an information-sharing journal and web-site committed to expanding and
sharing the knowledge, experience and techniques of straw-bale construction
and natural building, and promoting ecological building world-wide. Visit
the website for a large calendar of events, articles, human resources,
and to subscribe. www.TheLastStraw.org
Solar Energy International (SEI) promotes renewable energy
for a sustainable future, and provides on-line and hands-on educational
opportunities at their training facility in Carbondale, Colorado, across
the U. S. and in other countries. Classroom and laboratory work is complemented
by case studies, field tours and professional installations with real
equipment in real settings. They recently inaugurated a new Eco=Campus
in Paonia, CO. 2007 Workshops include:
April 13 -15 -- Straw Bale Design & Construction
June 4 - 8t -- Sustainable Home Design
June 11 -15 -- Designing & Building Natural Homes
July 23 -25 -- Plasters for Natural Homes
September 14 -16 -- Straw Bale Design & Construction
For workshop details and to register visit www.solarenergy.org
or 970-963-8855
October 19-28, 2007 -- Texas Bioregional Natural Building Gathering,
Kerrville, Texas (Near Austin)
The 1st Texas Natural Building Colloquium will be hosted at Quiet Valley
Ranch, home of the world-famous Kerrville Folk Festival. Austin's Sustainable
Building Coalition and other natural building leaders will work with colloquium
participants to improve facilities used by Kerrville Folk Festival artists,
staff and visitors. Details on registration, costs, speakers, schedules,
and other colloquium details will be posted at www.naturalbuildingtexas.org
Potential topics/projects include straw bale construction, cob construction,
earthen and lime plasters, earthen floors, natural building theory and
practice, owner-builder project presentations and more. Colloquium planning
committees are formed but not full. Anyone interested in supporting this
event with time or other resources should contact Kindra Welch kindra@claysandstraw.com
/ 512.663.3166
Builders Without Borders is an international network
of ecological builders advocating local, natural, and affordable construction
materials. BWB creates books, videos and workshops to educate and
empower owner-builders. The new BWB Straw Bale Construction Curriculum
is a workshop manual for low-tech building methods, including the use
of local ecological and salvaged materials.
www.BuildersWithoutBorders.org
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