Cob & Straw Bale Homebuilder Workshop

[LeslieMoyer]

Cob & Straw Bale Homebuilder Workshop
May 12-19, 2007
Shamrock, OK

Join us for a week of natural building construction and education in NE Oklahoma. Our 7 full days of workshop activity will cover cob and straw bale construction from start to finish including siting, design, foundation, wall construction, windows/doors, roof, plasters, arches, niches and relief sculpture.

The cob workshop is organized and conducted by Kindra Welch and Chris Copp of ClaySandStraw (www.claysandstraw.com), in conjunction with Keeshi Ingram and Konstantin Popov of Sustainable Green County.

Cost: $625 ($575 early registration before March 31st), includes vegetarian meals, lectures, handouts and camping accommodations. Discount for couples.

Come build in partnership with the earth!

For more details about the workshop:
visit http://www.sustainablegreencountry.org/main/?p=29
or call Konstantin at (918) 289-3061

UPDATE:

We are pleased to announce that Frank Meyer from Austin will join us at the Cob & Straw Bale Workshop in May.

With over 30 years of experience in sustainable building, Frank has extensive knowledge of straw bale construction. He has participated in building over 40 straw bale structures, including the first load bearing straw bale building in Texas. Some of Frank's projects have been featured in Natural Home and Southern Living magazines. For more information about Frank, visit his website at http://www.thangmaker.com

The workshop will take place May 12-19, 2006 outside the small town of Shamrock, Oklahoma. You can find more details about the workshop at
http://www.sustainablegreencountry.org