Presentations & Trade Fair: Fri and Sat, May 15 and 16, 2009
Local Adobe Tour: Sun, May 17, 2009
Earthbuilding Workshops: Mon to Thurs, May 11 to 14, 2009
The 5th Adobe Conference of the Adobe Association of the Southwest, AdobeUSA 2009, will take place May 15 and 16, 2009 in El Rito, New Mexico on the campus of co-sponsor Northern New Mexico College. Engineering and Architect Professionals will be eligible to obtain Continuing Education Units (PDH) during the conference.
I’m very happy to announce that this Earth Day we are revealing two new natural building sites on the web!
After almost three years of volunteer development, it’s complete. Well, kinda… like anything on the web, it’s ever-changing. The new NBN website (2.0) is live, with member events, member profiles, official NBN News and natural building Articles. I believe the Natural Building Network will be the information resource on the web for natural building and related topics. There are many new features still in the works, so stay tuned!
Cob Workshops is a free listing for cob building workshops and events.
The new Cob Workshops site has a fancy new design and a few new features. We’ve added the ability to search listings and browse by category. You can now Add Your Event straight from the web site; no need to email our volunteers. Many people have expressed that workshops are little out of their price range, so we’ve created a Work Exchange Message Board for those interested in exchanging labor for experience, or for those that are throwing Work Parties and could use some help. Listing your workshop will always be free, but we’ve added a new service called Feature Your Event, that will advertise your special event on Cob Workshops & I Love Cob!
Paul Wheaton gives us a video tour of 12 different Rocket Stove Mass Heaters and their components. He also posted a summary of the Pyromania Workshop he attended at “Cobville“. These are great videos for getting to know some of the intricacies of the rocket stove while they are built. Follow the rocket stove discussion at Permies.com
