Get ready to play with mud! This six-day workshop is perfect for homeowners, commercial property owners, and contractors who wish to explore the full scope of natural building techniques and materials. In this hands-on, intensive setting, you will learn the basic skills you need to help you design and construct your own natural building.
Course topics include:

• A variety of building techniques including cob, wattle and daub, slipstraw, and strawbale, and how to integrate them with each other
• How to determine what techniques and materials are appropriate for each situation
  
• Passive solar design & site analysis
• Alternative foundations & materials
• Sustainable plasters and paints
• Energy efficient design
• Recycled and non-toxic materials