| March 5, 2010 | to | March 6, 2010 |
Mount Vernon, WA
Instructor Human Rights Festival, Jack Stephens and Carolyn Marie
http://www.ppplanet.org
Tuition Free, donations appreciated
Housing as a Human Right
Take a moment to imagine living in a home built from the soil beneath your feet. A house built into the hillside, heated by the sun. A home you can build yourself, for less than the price of a new car.
Learn more about this on March 5th at 7pm in the Skagit Valley College Philip Tarro Theater. With a film and panel discussion including Habitat for Humanity, Skagit Land Trust, WA Farm Worker Housing Trust, and Natural Building Network.
For more info go to www.ppplanet.org.
Donations Appreciated.
Feel like getting your hands in the mud?
Come to a Cob Bench workshop at Skagit Valley Food Co-op, Hosted by Jack Stephens and Carolyn Marie with the Natural Building Network Saturday March 6th, 9 am to 2pm.
$5 donation or bring lunch.
| August 13, 2009 |
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Ojai, California
Cynthia Grier of EcoLogic Life, and Carolyn Marie and Jack Stephens of Wild Earth Village Builders, are providing a FREE educational presentation on these environmentally safe and healthy options for home and office remodels, renovations and new building projects. Natural plasters protect walls from wind, rain and fire. They provide a beautiful, durable and non-toxic finish for interiors and exteriors that revive old world traditions from Tuscany to Tokyo.
Learn how these ancient methods have been continued in modern Europe and Asia. Discover how limestone comes from the earth, is transformed into plasters, applied on walls and turns back into limestone. Learn how clays from our own soils can be transformed into finishes with beautiful colors and rich, sensuous textures. Lime and clay plasters can even be sculpted or carved to enhance artistic expression. Earthen plasters are easy and fun to work with, easy to clean up, simple to repair and are completely recyclable too!
This presentation will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2009, 5:30-7:00pm at the EcoLogic Life at 109 S. Montgomery St. in Ojai. This event is FREE to the public. The following Saturday, August 15th, the three presenters will be teaching a hands-on workshop in Meiners Oaks (http://nbnetwork.org/2800).
CONTACT: Cynthia Grier: info@ecologiclife.com or 805.272.8098
| May 15, 2009 | to | May 17, 2009 |
El Rito, NM
Instructor: See Schedule
http://www.adobeasw.com
Tuition: 60.00 – 100.00
Presentations & Trade Fair: Fri and Sat, May 15 and 16, 2009
Local Adobe Tour: Sun, May 17, 2009
Earthbuilding Workshops: Mon to Thurs, May 11 to 14, 2009
The 5th Adobe Conference of the Adobe Association of the Southwest, AdobeUSA 2009, will take place May 15 and 16, 2009 in El Rito, New Mexico on the campus of co-sponsor Northern New Mexico College in Cutting Hall Auditorium. Please browse our AdobeUSA 2009 Info Section on the right for complete details.
Engineering and Architect Professionals will be eligible to obtain Continuing Education Units (PDH) during the conference.
| May 2, 2009 |
| 4:30 pm | to | 6:30 pm |
Eugene, Oregon
WHAT: Presentation: Transitioning Beyond Sustainability with Natural Building
WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 4:30-6:00pm.
WHERE: Workshop: Lane Community College Science Bldg 17, Room 305
THE DETAILS: The worldwide Natural Building community is creating solutions that reach beyond what is sustainable and toward regenerative. In this presentation we’ll explore those solutions as applied in buildings and landscapes across the planet and specifically in the United States. Jack will share stories of success, strategies for the acceptance of natural building systems in the regulatory realm, and inspiring images of leading-edge projects and hundreds of years old solutions that are still successful today. The evening presentation is free with a requested donation to Natural Building Network. Natural Building related books will be available for sale – please bring cash or checks to receive discounts on books.
PRESENTER: Jack Stephens, instructor with the Cob Cottage Company and co-founder of the Natural Building Network.
CONTACT: email organicjack (at) gmail.com or call 541-345-1174.
