[Ccpg] Ojai Hands-On Cob Building Workshop in June 26, 27 Meiners Oaks! CA

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Dear Friends,

We are thrilled to invite you to our Ojai debut 
cob workshop at our home in Meiners Oaks! This is 
a unique opportunity to combine community, skill 
building and a deeply transformative connection 
to earth.

Using natural materials we will create 
ecologically responsible and spiritually 
uplifting neighborhood beauty. Learn to build and 
sculpt with stone, sand, straw and clay as we 
begin an urban cob garden wall and bench over the 
course of two days.

Please pass this along and share! See you there!
In community,
Carolyn and Jack

Here are the details:
WHAT: Hands-On Cob Building Workshop
WHEN: Friday, June 26th and Saturday, June 27th. 
Workshop 9:00am-4:00pm each day.
WHERE: 136 South Arnaz Street in Ojai, California (Meiners Oaks)
THE DETAILS: Learn to mix, build and sculpt with 
cob (earth, straw, water) in this hands-on 
workshop. Topics covered will include 
foundations, soil testing, cob construction, 
passive solar design, earthen sculpture, earthen 
plasters and earthen floors. We’ll be starting a 
cob wall/bench. The workshop tuition is $40 each 
day or $75 for both days. Natural Building 
related books will be available for sale - please 
bring cash or check for books.
WHAT TO BRING: bag lunch*, hat, gloves, surfing 
booties or old tennis shoes (if you’d rather not 
mix barefoot), water bottle, notebook, pen or 
pencil. Optional: shovel, pulaski or pickaxe, old 
dull hand saw, machete, 4 foot level. *Several 
good and affordable restaurants are within 
walking distance.
DISCOUNTS: “Friends and Family Discount” - bring 
a friend and you both save 10% off the workshop 
tuition; Work/Trade: if you can help with tools, 
materials or work beyond the workshop (finishing 
the project in the following days/weeks) we can 
offer some scholarships.
INSTRUCTORS: Jack Stephens, instructor with the 
Cob Cottage Company and co-founder of the Natural 
Building Network, and Carolyn Marie, natural 
builder and principal partner of Wild Earth 
Village Builders.
CONTACT: carolynmarie8 at gmail.com, 
jack at nbnetwork.org or call 805-312-2002. Workshop 
space is limited. RSVP required.

For additional information about natural building 
and this workshop please contact Jack at 
805-850-9751. Natural Building offers real 
solutions to the problems of global climate 
change, fresh water access, natural resource 
depletion, affordable housing and social justice. 
For online information about this workshop visit 
http://nbnetwork.org/2464

-- 
"Knowledge comes from learning, wisdom comes from 
letting go of what you think you know." ~Gerar 
Toye