Earthbag Building Courses and Workshops

2008	Earthbag - New courses to be posted in January Contact: calearth@aol.com tel: +1 760 244 0614 fax: +1 760 244 2201	CalEarth Hesperia, CA, USA
May 23-25	Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop - Learning about earth bag foundations, domes and arches, clay plastering and painting with lime. Contact Paulina on Tel: +44 (0)1932 352129	Earth Hands and Houses Warsaw, Poland	€100
June 4-5	Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop - Building earthbag foundations for a straw bale structure. Contact Paulina on Tel: +44 (0)1932 352129	Earth Hands and Houses Warsaw, Poland	€70
July 18-20	Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop - Learning about earth bag foundations, domes and arches, clay plastering and painting with lime. Contact Paulina on Tel: +44 (0)1932 352129	Earth Hands and Houses Near lake Hancza, North East Poland	€100

	Courses you've missed in 2007 but they are keep here so that you can browse around the various organisations

Mar 5 - Apr 1	Earthbag Building Workshop - Kaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer offer their personal expertise and guidance in the construction of a small earthbag "casita" located at the Maya Mountain Research Farm tucked in the jungle of the Maya Mountains in Southern Belize. Learn the latest tools, tricks, and techniques for this cutting edge contemporary form of earthen architecture from the authors of "Earthbag Building." Doni and Kaki will conduct two, 2-week hands-on workshops focusing on construction of an earthbag structure designed for a high rainfall tropical location. They invite you to join them in this wonderful collaboration of efforts!	OK OK OK Maya Mountain Research Farm, Belize	$1200 to $2000 USA
June 29 - July 6	Earthbag Building Workshop - Learn to build a 28-foot diameter earthbag yurt with Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer, authors of Earthbag Building, in collaboration with Becky Kemery, author of Yurts; Living in the Round. Phases of construction include: Earthbag wall building technique; Electrical and Plumbing; Arched openings; Interconnecting stud frame walls; Built-in shelving; Insulation strategies. For more information and to Register, contact hosts Kevin and Mela at soundspirit@tds.net or call +1 802.485.8928	OK OK OK Moretown, Vermont, USA	$750 USA
July 12-15	"Build with Us" Natural Building Workshop - The various natural building techniques imparted will utilize local, readily available materials such as clay to form adobe bricks, earthen plasters and paints for walls. They will teach various techniques that can easily be adapted to fit varying localities and aesthetics. The projects include such techniques as wattle-and-dab, cob and earth bag. Attendees are given a chance to delve in and create from literally the ground – up.	Pun Pun Jefferson, Colorado, USA	$275 USD
July 14-16	Natural Building Technologies Strawbale, Cob, Earthbag and Cordwood. Contact Paulina on Tel: +44 (0)1932 352129 or Jarema on +48 (0)22 828 5219	Earth Hands and Houses Lake Hancza, NE Poland	€100
July 27-29	Principles of Earth Bag Construction - Be part of a team to make and raise the walls of an earth bag structure. This will be a comprehensive course covering the basics of earth bag construction. Bring a dish to share Friday evening. Lunch will be provided Saturday and Sunday.	Ancient Earth Freeland, Washington, USA	$200 USD
December 2007	Principles of earth bag construction - Be part of a team to make and raise the walls of an earth bag structure. This will be a full week of building a safe house for women and an orphanage in Honduras.	Ancient Earth School of Natural Building Honduras	$750 USA