Cobworks.com

Cobworks is committed to building beautiful, affordable structures with natural and local material in a spirit of cooperation and social responsibility. They offer natural building workshops, construction and accommodation, located in Mayne Island, BC Canada.

Footprints

Footprints - offering cob and natural building workshops on and near Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest, North America.

Down to Earth Building Bee

The Down To Earth Building Bee is helping to make earth architecture more accessible to the public through seminars & workshops to promote environmental conservation and creative alternatives to help end the clear cutting of the ancient temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. The Down to Earth Building Bee has organized a cob project/workshop with the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola, B.C. to build a cob cafe.

John Schinnerer - Resources for Shelter

John was in the cob workshop I attended. He is very knowledgeable about sustainable practices. His web page is filled with links to natural building, resources and permaculture links.

Dave Knapp - The Knapp's Sustainability Journey

Dave is very knowledgeable about energy usage & conservation, Earthships and other natural energy efficient designs. I have had many e-mail discussions with Dave regarding Earthships, Cob and energy efficiency. Check out the section on how he reduced his electrical bill by 75%, the power company has changed his meter multiple times. He presents lots of good ideas to save energy.

The Cob Cottage Company Web Site

These are the people who have brought the proven techniques of building with cob back to life. They have excellent courses to enable people to build their own earth friendly homes.

New roof design "Conics"

A conical roof is made from 1/2" plywood stressed into conical cones for great strength. This is a new, totally cool way of building roof structures.

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