[Cob] Natural Building Colloquium East, Bath NY
Mark Piepkorn
duckchow at potkettleblack.com
Thu Jun 7 07:35:19 CDT 2007
I go to this regional natural building colloquium
every year... so this can be considered an
endorsement, for whatever that's worth.
This year the scope is being expanded to include
more permaculture and life-choices presentations
and information... stuff that can be put to use
*now,* in any living situation. I'm particularly
excited at the prospect of hanging out with Jim
Merkel, who wrote the excellent book Radical
Simplicity (which could just as easily have been
titled Common-Sense Simplicity). And one of my
heroes, David Eisenberg, will be there again this year. See below for more.
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Tuesday, July 31 Saturday, August 4, 2007
Natural Building and Sustainable Living Colloquium
hosted by The PeaceWeavers :: Thunder Mountain Bath, New York
http://www.peaceweavers.com/bws/
From natural building and permaculture
techniques to water and energy conservation...
from alternative fuels to sourcing your food
locally... this event is important for everyone
concerned about how their lifestyle impacts our Earth.
It's the fourth year that the PeaceWeavers have
hosted this family-friendly event at the Thunder
Mountain Retreat Center near Bath, New York,
offering very full days of teaching, learning,
building, and networking. Top experts, authors,
educators, innovators, designers, and builders
offer hands-on experience and educational
presentations with close-to-the-earth building materials and lifestyle choices.
But in the end, there's one really important
thing that makes these events amazing. Sure,
there's all kinds of new, fun, valuable things to
learn tactile, hands-in-the-mud stuff that you
just don't get from the books or the internet.
Sure, people can pick up tricks and tips to save
precious days and months of misdirected time and
effort, as well as thousands of dollars of
misspent money, on their own projects and in
their lives. Sure, there's the great food, the
beautiful natural setting, the music, and so much
more. But in the end, the most rewarding and
inspiring thing is the rare privilege of being
with so many talented, smart, caring, willing,
extraordinary people... some of whom just happen
to be world-class natural builders, sustainable
thinkers, and do-gooders. It's the people all
of them who come together at Thunder Mountain that are the best thing of all.
Join us for our 4th Natural Building
Colloquium! a hands-on event with an emphasis
on natural building and sustainable living in the
northeastern climate. Meet and be inspired by
some of the movement's foremost natural builders,
designers, and sustainable living educators.
Workshops, demonstrations, and presentations
include such topics as: Strawbale · cob ·
cordwood · timber framing · earth sheltered
buildings · straw-clay infill · permaculture ·
community-supported agriculture · living roofs ·
thatching · renewable energy (wind, solar, and
more) · natural plasters & finishes · building
with hemp · alternative fuels · log cabin
construction · international building projects ·
building codes · and much more...
For registration and more info:
http://www.peaceweavers.com/bws/
Invited presenters include:
Laura Bartels
http://www.greenweaverinc.com/
Larry Brown
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18304214&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=81974&rfi=6
Dan Chiras
http://www.chelseagreen.com/authors/DanielDChiras
Aaron Dennis
http://www.tugleywood.com/
Sam Droege
http://www.thelaststraw.org/backissues/articles/52_31.html
David Eisenberg
http://www.dcat.net/
FoodRoutes
http://www.foodroutes.org/
Sarah Highland
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20040713/localnews/831753.html
Joe Jenkins
http://www.josephjenkins.com/
Tim Owen-Kennedy
http://www.vitalsystems.net/
Sigi Koko
http://www.buildnaturally.com/
Mark Lakeman
http://activistarchitect.blogspot.com/2005/11/mark-lakeman-communitecture-and-city.html
Sarah Machtey
http://www.potkettleblack.com/natbild/sarahtree/
Chris Magwood
http://www.flemingc.on.ca/Full-time/ProgramDisplay.cfm?ProgramCode=SBD
Jim Merkel
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2003/12/01.html
Darren Molnar Port
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dh/gho/
Mark Piepkorn
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Mark+Piepkorn%22
Ed Raduazo
http://www.cobbuildersforum.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16
Mark Shepard
http://www.centerforsustainablecommunity.org/Events/Permaculture/ShepardBio.html
Ben Simpson
http://www.google.com/search?q=+%22Ben+Simpson%22+%22Growing+Places%22
Kim Thompson
http://www.naturalbuilding.ca/
Presenters, workshops, & presentations are not final and are subject to change.
Photos from previous years
Natural Building Colloquium East 2004 - 2006
http://www.potkettleblack.com/natbild/building-with-spirit/
Peaceweaver's photoblog 2004 (you may need to
reload the page after it loads the first time to
get it to land at the right spot)
http://peaceweaving.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_peaceweaving_archive.html#110781369711134258
Peaceweaver's photoblog 2005 (you may need to
reload the page after it loads the first time to
get it to land at the right spot)
http://peaceweaving.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_peaceweaving_archive.html#112457127267181719
Peaceweaver's photoblog 2006 (you may need to
reload the page after it loads the first time to
get it to land at the right spot)
http://peaceweaving.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115815026590410856
For registration and more info:
http://www.peaceweavers.com/bws/