Cobworks - your guide to building cob and earth houses
Information on Cobworks, cob houses, cobing, and earthhouses All Cob and Natural Building Workshops provide an exciting opportunity to learn: through hands-on practice, presentations, teamwork and the fun of working as a group. Cobworks Instructors Cob workshop and Cob Building Photos What's an Earth house? Links to other sites about Cob Homes and Natural Building.

LINKS

Kate's Cob

Cobhouse being built during summer of 2003

Jan's COB & Natural Building WEB Site

Very nice site with lots of info.

Gypsy Farm

Pat Newberry's very own website

Women Build Houses

A great site with current info
www.smartshelter.com
Name says it all.  Its worth a visit!
Groundworks
Becky Bee's site
Greenbuilder
 
HeatKit
The perfect way to heat an earthhouse
www.kleiwerks.com
Natural building in southeast USA
Computer Pros
 
INTI-Solutions
INTI-Solutions
Internet Design and Web Database Management
Cob Cottage Company
The original cobsite
Kupono Natural Builders
Cob builders in Redding, California
http://www.ourecovillage.org/
O.U.R Ecovillage at Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island: The location of Plan B a summer school for natural building and leadership
http://www.energyalternatives.ca/
Energy Alternatives: Like the name says!
SensibleBuildingCalendar
Sensible Building Calendar:
A listing of Natural Building Events
http://www.cityrepair.org
The City Repair Project:
An awesome organization in Portland Oregon
http://www.newcollege.edu/
New College of California
Education for Social Change:
Offers courses and college credit for natural building
http://www.builderswithoutborders.org
Builders without Borders:
http://www.sgnb.com/
Seven Generations Natural Builders:
Offers workshops and does contract cob jobs
http://www.cobincornwall.com/
Cob in Cornwall:
http://www.housealive.org/
Coenraad is a personal friend and respected cob/strawbale builder.
http://www.earthfuture.com/
Guy Dauncey: Futurist, Author, Publisher of "Eco News" in Victoria, BC
http://www.newsociety.com
New Society Publishers: Great books!
http://www.moderner-lehmbau.com
4th International Conference of Modern Earth Building: October 24-26, 2003 in Berlin. Elke will be presenting!
http://www.home-ecology.net/
Eco marketing consultation, products and services
http://www.ecologyofspirit.com
Ecology of Spirit Design Studio:
clothing the body, housing the soul
http://www.thehealthiesthome.com/
Canada's premier green building supply store, featuring eco-friendly flooring, non-toxic paints, dual flush toilets and more
http://www.stanleyparkcob.ca
A small cob dwelling in the children's zoo. Check out the webpage for ongoing programs this summer
http://www.alternatives.com/cob-building
Down to Earth Building Bee web page.

http://www.earthedworld.co.uk/

Earthedworld.co.uk :: sustainable building environments and sculpture

http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/

Instructions on determining how much water you use, how much you can collect from rain runoff, and clear instructions on setting up your own system.

http://www.chelseagreen.com/

Chelsea Green publishes books of ideas and information for useful, pleasurable, and sustainable living in an Invisible Universe where human activities of production and consumption are in harmony and balance with nature.

http://www.cobtogether.com/

COB Together offers natural building workshops for all ages. We bring people together to teach the empowering skills of natural building.

Earthaven Learning Center

Programs in sustainable living at Earthaven Ecovillage in the mountains of North Carolina.

Ancient Earth School of Natural Building

Ancient Earth School of Natural Building is an organization dedicated to experiential education through building sustainable structures with natural materials.

Building With Awareness

Building With Awareness is a how-to and inspirational DVD video and web site featuring a straw bale hybrid home.

OilPeaks.com

Peak Oil News, Information, Resources, Links And More

Elke Cole Cobworks Instructor, Elke Cole lives in Victoria and designs, builds and teaches "houses that love you back" .
Urban Earth Solutions Learn how to use the earth beneath your feet to transform your environment into a hand sculpted work of art.
Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd.: O.U.R. Eco-village

Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd. is a specialist carpentry company that designs, builds and conserves timber structures.

 

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