The Solar Living Institute interns and caretakers have just returned from a fantastic five-day natural building workshop held at Ingel-Haven Ranch in Potter Valley, CA – a 5th generation family ranch that raises 100% grass-fed beef and acorn-finished hill hogs.
The workshop was led by Massey Burke, Co-Founder of the natural building company and school Vertical Clay in Berkeley, and was designed for both first-time builders as well as professional builders and contractors. The course focused on earthen building, providing hands-on experience with cob, adobe block, earth bags, light straw clay (slip straw), and wattle and daub.
As a complement to the hands-on portion of the course, Massey (who incidentally was a former SLI intern) led discussion sessions on the philosophical and theoretical dimensions of natural building. These discussion sessions covered building design and siting, passive solar design, foundations and drainage, natural plasters, and electric and plumbing for earthen buildings.
Our next natural building workshop is Build an Earth Oven on September 4-5, where students will help construct an earth oven in a community garden in the San Francisco Bay Area. This workshop will cover: basic oven functions and designs, proven construction methods, and resources for students to build an oven of their own!
Please click here for more information or to register for this workshop.
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