Come join us for an inexpensive, informative, ecovillage immersion weekend of natural building in the fun, beautiful, community building environment of the Laytonville Ecovillage. Learn how to build with cob, how to construct a cob oven, as well as work with other natural building techniques.

Course Description

Come learn one of the oldest natural building techniques of cob building over this weekend of community building at the Laytonville Ecovillage!

During this workshop participants will learn in their bodies the art of cob building as we design, build, and co-create a cob oven and bench. The workshops will also include an introduction and overview of natural building at large and various techniques and technologies including light straw clay, straw bale, waddle ‘n dob, natural plasters, passive solar design, and more... though the primary focus will be on cob. The workshop will include hands-on experience, so come prepared to get muddy! This weekend workshop will also be held in the fun, community building environment of the Laytonville Ecovillage to include yummy meals, campfires, music, and other community building activities.

The Laytonville Eco-Village is an emerging Eco-Village development project on a ten acre, beautifully forested property about a mile outside of Laytonville, California. Laytonville is a small, rural town in Northern Mendocino County located right off Highway 101, about a three-hour drive from San Francisco. The property is zoned for subdividing and is in the process of being subdivided into five two-acre parcels that together will consist of the EcoVillage. Existing infrastructure on-site includes a two-story, two-unit farmhouse that’s about 65 years old, a barn with loft, a carport, and storage buildings. The vision of the Ecovillage is to develop the land and homes with community and sustainability as the core values. Lots are available to people who agree to a common vision, to community, and to working with a set of guidelines that are developed by the community. Individual lots will thus fit into a “commons” wherein they co-create and agree to a set of sustainable and community parameters.