Links
The following links are connected to organizations that teach workshops on Natural Building. Clicking on these links will open their websites in a separate window.
Ancient Earth School of Natural Building
These people have done some beautiful cob and natural building work and are wonderful teachers.
Barefoot Builder
Providing the much needed workshops in the South Eastern United States. Their cob structures have done fine in hurricanes!
Clay, Sand, Straw
Offering workshops, consulting and building services in Texas. Kindra was the co-organizer of the 2007 Natural Building Colloquium in Kerrville, Texas.
Cob Cottage Company
Cottage Grove, Coquille, OR. Greatly contributed to the revival of cob in the USA and worldwide. They offer a great variety of workshops and apprenticeships on cob and natural building.
Cob Together
Teaching cob and natural building workshops in Southern Oregon, mostly in the summer months.
Cob Works
Located on Mayne Island, BC, Canada. These talented builders have dotted this beautiful island with gorgeous natural buildings. Besides natural building, they also do workshops on carpentry.
Cobworkshops.org
This site provides a directory of cob and related workshops in North America.
Emerald Earth
An intentional community in Mendocino County, CA with beautiful permaculture gardens. Among other things, they teach several workshops a year on Natural building.
Flying Hammer Productions
Workshops and contract building based in Portland, OR. Offers a popular women’s carpentry workshop.
Groundworks
Located in Murphy, OR. Becky Bee has been teaching in the USA and abroad for many years. She focuses in particular on women and building.
Kleiwerks
This organization has been involved with many international projects as well as workshops in the south-east of the USA.
Seven Generations Natural Builders
These are several students from The Cob Cottage apprenticeship program, teaching workshops throughout the country.
White Oak Farm & Education Center
Offers natural building workshops in Southern Oregon, mostly in the Summer months. Works in conjunction with Cob Together.
Here are some other related organizations and businesses that have useful information related to natural building: