Summer Courses and Websites to check out.

Here are a list of websites you could check out and book mark for various course listings and goings on this summer.

www.naturalbuilding.fi - our own site posting lists of courses that we will be holding this year.
http://naturalhomes.org/ - Excellent site. Very informative and has a list of courses from all over the planet.

http://earthhandsandhouses.org - They have a list of really good earthbag and Strawbale courses happening this summer in England, France and Poland.

www.ehituslahendused.ee  Our partners in Estonia. They have a great new website (shortly coming in English) with a list of various courses every month. Great set up and they are doing amazing clay plastering and tadelakt.
http://www.sukita.com/ For those of you living in or traveling too America, here is a great site and beautiful clayworks.
http://amazonails.co.uk/ Always great courses with Barbara and co..
http://www.caneloproject.com/ More in America from the masters..
http://lernpunktlehm.de/wp3/?page_id=233 - Follow this Link to get info about the first officially approved load bearing straw bale vaults in Germany during two international workshops directed by Gernot Minke at Wangelin. Really interesting...
www.strawbale.com  Andrew Morrison always has a lot of Straw bale courses running, check his site for more details.
ADDITION- http://www.friland.org/wordpress/?p=898
A permaculture course led by Andy Goldring and Catherine Dolleris. To be held in the wonderful setting of Friland in Denmark. Note Applications for this course must be in by April 29th 2011

ADDITION - 04th-05th of June 2011 in Solberg, Inkoo
We are excited to introduce from Säästvad Ehituslahendused (sustainable building solutions) in Estonia, Kermo Jürmann and Taavi Leis, who have agreed to teach a workshop with a very practical approach to tadelakt, which is a Moroccan waterproof plastering technique ideal for use in wet rooms and as a highly decorative element.
They will also share with us their considerable knowledge of clay and lime plaster finishing techniques.
Check www.naturalbuilding.fi for more info.
Their webpages are www.ehituslahendused.ee, check them out to see the amazing work they are doing.
Contact paul@naturalbuilding.fi for more info

This should keep you busy. A lot more to come.

Natural busy building...

Hello.

Again this month I'm a little late getting my blog out. Times are busy and someone has switched the spring/summer lights on. People are calling for work to be done and its a great feeling.

There has been a lot happening of late. Busy putting together summer courses and checking out which courses we will attend. Also the European Straw Bale Gathering is getting closer and we have a lot of Straw bale and clay houses to work on this summer. Not to mention the exciting restoration projects that we are in the middle of. Everyday is full on now, building on site, organizing courses and workshops and setting up future co-operations with our neighbors.

So this month I am going to keep it a bit shorter and explain a little about different courses that are coming up in different parts of Europe. I will also be asking anyone who may have a course happening no matter how big or small to send it to me and I can post them here for you all through the summer.

Happy building time.

Paul