GREEN ARCHITECTURE DAY Sunday 19 April 2009, Brighton University

- Illustrated talks on Eco-friendly materials and Eco-renovation
- Stalls and exhibitions
- Children’s workshops

Illustrated talks by designers, practitioners and professionals
• Eco-friendly materials
• Eco-renovation
A day of ideas and information for anyone concerned with buildings - those who design them, build them, live in them or work in them.

I will be doing a talk on:
Natural Earthen Finishes: Earthen plasters, paints, sculpting furniture etc.
This talk will introduce the possibilities of working with earthen finishes. The subjects explored will range from sculpting your own furniture, to bread ovens, hot tubs and clay floors. We will also be looking at a variety of different clay mixes used for sculpting, plastering and making clay paints.
for more information see:
www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk/gad/GAD09talks.html

New Natural Building Courses for Summer 2009

Straw Bale, Earthbag, Earthen Plasters, Paints,cordwood...

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

Located in a forest with existing structures that include a small load bearing straw bale house and an earthbag dome covered in slats. The site also has a camping field.

1-3 May - Earthbags - domes and arches.

4 May - Earthen plaster plastering the earthbag dome.

8-10 May - Survival building a shelter, eating wild plants, basic hygiene, basic natural medicine, making a sweat lodge.

20 km from Olsztyn in Poland

On a new site surrounded by forest and meadows, no facilities except camping, but accommodation available 1km away.

5-8 June - Earthbags - domes and arches. Hands on and theory. Taught by Jarema and Paulina

9th June - Earthen plaster plastering the earthbag dome.

12-14 June - Building with Straw bales. Hands on and theory. Taught by Jarema and Paulina

15-17 June - Clay plastering Sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls.

Lake ‘Hancza’ North-East Poland

The site is located on a beautiful hilly meadow, with forests and lakes, existing structures include an unfinished post and beam load-bearing straw bale house, a small earthbag dome and straw bale bus shelter. A camping field with very basic facilities is on site and accommodation is available 1km away.

3-5 July - Survival (building a shelter, eating wild plants, basic hygiene, basic natural medicine, making a sweat lodge,)

9-12 July - Earthbags - domes and arches. .(hands on and theory) (taught by Jarema and Paulina)

14-16 July - Clay plastering, sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls.

19-20 July - Introduction to cordwood and wattle and daub.

Possibility to stay on and volunteer on this site.

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

Located in a forest with existing structures that include a small load bearing straw bale house and an earthbag dome covered in slats. The site also has a camping field.

7-9 August - Building with Straw bales. Hands on

11-13 August - Clay plastering sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls.

5-7 September - An introduction to Natural building. An overview of building technologies such as earthbags, cordwood, cob, wattle & daub.

12-14 September - Survival building a shelter, eating wild plants, basic hygiene, basic natural medicine, making a sweat lodge.

Workshops cost
75 Euro for a 2-day workshop
100 Euro for a 3-day workshop
130 Euro for a 4-day workshop
150 Euro for a 5-day workshop

for more infor see:

www.earthhandsandhouses.org

Jarema blog

wszystkich zainteresowanych moimi pogladami na eko budownictwo i nie tylko zapraszam
do mamaziemia.blogspot.com

Look at our website

Earth hands and houses has a website where you can see our projects and workshop details

Cordwood

Cordwood Porch added to a straw bale house in Poland.

Straw bale, Cob, Earthbag, Cordwood, Workshop Courses for 2008

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

16-18 May – A Hogan building workshop.

23 – 25 May. - Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop. Learning about earth bag foundations, domes and arches, clay plastering and painting with lime.

4 – 5 June - Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop. Building earthbag foundations for a straw bale structure.

6 – 8 June – Building with Straw bales. Building a straw bale structure

11-13 June- Earth plastering, sculpting, making and applying clay paints and straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay)

By Lake ‘Hancza’ North-Easterly corner of Poland

11-13 July - building with Cob, wattle & daub, adobe, clay plastering and sculpting, straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay). Building thin internal walls and partitions ( can be as thin as 1cm) using straw, clay and other fibres.

14, 15 July – cordwood and rammed earth building workshop.

18-20 July - Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop. Learning about earth bag foundations, domes and arches, clay plastering and painting with lime.

22-24 July- Building with Straw bales. Building a straw bale structure

26-28 July – Earth plastering, sculpting, making and applying clay paints and straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay).

1-3 August - survival workshop: building a shelter, eating wild plants, cleaning, washing, preparing food and some medicines.

9, 10 August - building a sweat lodge workshop and a labyrinth celebration.

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

5-7 September- survival workshop: building a shelter, eating wild plants, cleaning, washing, preparing food and some medicines.

12-14 September – cordwood building, clay plastering and making a green roof.

4,5 October - survival workshop: building a shelter, eating wild plants, cleaning, washing, preparing food and some medicines.

6-8 October – an overview of Natural building technologies such as: straw bale building, cordwood and earthbag building

10-12 October – cob, wattle and daub, earth plastering, sculpting, straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay)

Workshops cost:

100 Euros for a 3-day workshop

70 Euros per 2-day workshop