From BWBNewsletter at builderswithoutborders.org  Fri Aug  5 09:51:01 2011
From: BWBNewsletter at builderswithoutborders.org (Builders Without Borders newsletter)
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:51:01 -0600
Subject: [Bwbnewsletter] Natural Building Work-party in Kingston, NM, USA
Message-ID: <mailman.53.1312557300.61328.BWBNewsletter@builderswithoutborders.org>

Join us at a Natural Building Work/Party!

Gain hands-on experience helping with natural building techniques.

 Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 5 pm

 Aug. 13 & 14 and Aug. 20 & 21, 2011 

at the Black Range Lodge in Kingston, NM.

Projects include:   Straw-bale, Cob and stone wall construction, earthen floor installation, natural clay plasters, working with wood, etc... Learn about passive solar design, solar cooking, rainwater harvesting and composting toilets.

 

Workshop leaders are natural builders from Austin, Texas: Frank Meyer, Sara Schmidt, Brad King and Aaron Ralls. Plus Derek Roff and Catherine Wanek, co-directors of Builders Without Borders, and Asher Gelbart of Green Energy Now.  Frank Meyer has 20 years of natural building experience  The Black Range Lodge has been a center for straw-bale and natural building information since 1995. 

 

The work/party fee (including lunch and handouts) is:

$60 / day individual  -- $90 / weekend

$90 / day couple   -- $150/ weekend 

 
Registration is limited to 25.

Proceeds will benefit Builders Without Borders, a non-profit organization.

Free camping in the Gila National Forest, or stay at the Black Range Lodge.

 
To register call Megan at: 575-895-5652 or email <cat at blackrangelodge.com>

For more information visit www.builderswithoutborders.org, www.blackrangelodge.com, www.thangmaker.com and www.hybridhouse.com


Thank you!  And we are looking forward to seeing you-all soon!


Best Regards,
Catherine Wanek
The Black Range Lodge
119 Kingston Main Street
Hillsboro, NM 88042

Located in Beautiful Kingston, New Mexico
9 miles west of Hillsboro - .3mi off NM Hwy 152
575-895-5652 / 800-676-5622
www.BlackRangeLodge.com
<cat at blackrangelodge.com>



Derek Roff
derek at unm.edu



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From BWBNewsletter at builderswithoutborders.org  Sun Aug  7 16:57:46 2011
From: BWBNewsletter at builderswithoutborders.org (Builders Without Borders newsletter)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 23:57:46 +0200
Subject: [Bwbnewsletter] Tom Rijven - clay materials in straw building
 (international workshop)
Message-ID: <mailman.83.1312813578.61328.BWBNewsletter@builderswithoutborders.org>

Tom Rijven - clay materials in straw building (international workshop)
We invite you to the international workshop with a special celebrity - Tom
Rijven. It will be held in the centre of Europe: 17-21.8., 31.8.-4.9. and
7-11.9 on the borders of the Czech and Slovakian republic during building of
a straw house covered with earth.
Tom Rijven is one of the amazing people concerned with working with clay
materials in straw buildings. He's been doing his job for 18 years and
during this period of time he developed his system of working with clay and
straw.
More info on www.natural-building-school.eu in Calendar of events or
00421944293223.

Please feel free to send this invitation to whom who may be interested in.
Thank you, Petr Sko?epa.

<http://www.ekovesnice.cz>
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