Work Party

Roseburg Or

Instructor Jeff and Ishe

Free event

We worked hard in the hot sun, Contagious
Smiles were seen and felt and passed freely,
Energized,
We splashed in the cold river,
There were great cooks, awe inspiring food and endless salads,
The community sang by the campfire,
And
Slept soundly through the calls of coyote.
Were you there?

Will you be there this time? 541-680-5123- i7dancer@gmail.com
Camping Fri-Sun meals provided Sat breakfast- Sundaylunch.

Poway, CA

Instructor Mark Tighe

Tuition free

Come and help build a house while learning the basics of building with
straw!

The workshop will be held from 8AM to 5PM on Saturday April 24th, and
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 in northern San Diego county (directions
available upon registration).

If you would like further details, or to register for this event,
please contact Mark Tighe at altbldgexp@cox.net

North County San Diego

Instructor Rebecca Tasker

http://www.simpleconstruct.net

Tuition free

Come get muddy with us, learn about natural plaster, and help the Petitt Family build their dream straw bale home in North County San Diego.

In this workparty, you will have an opportunity to get hands-on (and plenty dirty!) learning about nontoxic, low embodied-energy plaster by applying it to the straw bale walls of the Petitt Family’s new home.

We will be using locally sourced soil to create the clay base plaster coat, which is applied by hand. This workparty will focus on the interior base coat but is unusual because we will be shaping and detailing the base coat to resemble a more finished coat that the Petitts can happily live with for some time while they complete their home.

This workparty is FREE and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required. To register, follow this link http://www.simpleconstruct.net/?workparty-registration,45 or go to www.simpleconstruct.net

Thank you for you interest,
Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long
www.SimpleConstruct.net

Berkeley CA

Instructor Sasha Rabin & Massey Burke

http://verticalclay.com

Tuition FREE

Making adobes is something best done in a group, and a group is happier when there is music. The Malinke people know this better than anybody: kassa in their tradition is a ritual, very energetic, interchange between work and music during harvest time; and kassa also refers to the drum rhythms that are played for this. We are borrowing loosely from their tradition to throw an adobe party! Come help us celebrate, eat and make the building blocks for this year’s building season.

Vista, CA

Instructor: Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long

http://www.simpleconstruct.net

Tuition: free

Come get muddy with us, learn about clay plaster, and help the Petitt Family build their dream straw bale home.

In this workparty, you will have an opportunity to get hands-on (and plenty dirty!) learning about nontoxic, low embodied-energy plaster by mixing and applying it to the straw bale walls of the Petitt Family’s new home.
We will be using a combination of site soil and locally sourced soil to create the clay plaster for the second exterior coat, which is applied with a trowel.

This workparty is FREE and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required.  To register, follow this link http://www.simpleconstruct.net/?workparty-registration,45   or go to www.simpleconstruct.net

Thank you for your interest,
Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long
www.SimpleConstruct.net

Vista, CA

Instructor: Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long

http://www.simpleconstruct.net

Tuition: free

Come get muddy with us, learn about clay plaster, and help the Petitt Family build their dream straw bale home.

In this workparty, you will get hands-on (and plenty dirty!) learning about nontoxic, low embodied-energy, natural plaster by mixing and applying it to the straw bale walls of the Petitt Family’s new home. We will be using a combination of site soil and locally sourced soil to create the clay plaster base coat, which will be hand-applied. This workparty will be focused on completing the exterior base coat and beginning to detail for the second coat.

This workparty is FREE and open to all skill levels & abilities, but space is limited and registration is required. To register, follow this link http://www.simpleconstruct.net/?workparty-registration,45 or go to www.simpleconstruct.net

Vista, CA

Instructor: Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long

http://www.simpleconstruct.net

Tuition: free

Come get hands-on (and plenty dirty) learning about clay plasters by mixing and applying them to the straw bale walls of the Petitt family’s dream home. In this first plaster workparty, we will be using locally sourced soil to create the base coat, which we will apply by hand.

Clay plasters are a great choice for sustainable building because they are nontoxic and have very low embodied-energy. They are particularly well suited to straw bale buildings because they manage moisture well and are vapor-permeable, allowing the bales to “breathe.”

This workparty is FREE and open to all skill levels & abilities, but space is limited and registration is required. To register, visit www.simpleconstruct.net or follow this link http://www.simpleconstruct.net/?workparty-registration,45

Thank you for your interest,

Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long
www.SimpleConstruct.net

Vista, CA

Instructor: Rebecca Tasker & Mike Long

http://www.simpleconstruct.net

Tuition: free

Come get hands-on and learn about straw bale building while helping the Petitt family build their straw bale dream house. In this second workparty, we continue trimming, notching & stacking the straw bales that make the exterior walls of this healthy, innovative, superinsulated home. Located in Vista, CA.

This workparty is FREE and open to all skill levels & abilities,
but space is limited and registration is required. To register, visit www.simpleconstruct.net