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The Affordable Natural House

Natural Home Building learning opportunities:

Straw-clay walls, earthen plastering, earthen flooring -- these are ancient building arts that are being revived to complement modern natural homebuilding. We teach you the art and science, the tools and techniques. In our hands-on workshops you will:

  • learn how to evaluate your raw materials
  • find out how natural ingredients affect the durability of your house
    design mixes to best suit your needs
  • gain the skills to build confidently
  • use a variety of tools & techniques and find out which ones will work best for you

We're in the planning phase for the 2005 Natural Home Building hands-on workshops. If you'd like to be placed on our workshop mailing list, contact Janet, at Janet@DesignCoalition.org


Solar Tour of Buildings October 2005

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) will again present the Solar Tour of Buildings this October. The Affordable Natural House will be on the tour. For dates and more information, see MREA's web page

Past hands-on home building workshops:

Autumn '01 | Spring '02 | Summer '02 | Summer '03 | Autumn '03


Lou teaching Earthen Plastering in November 2002 at

Small Waters in Harvard, Illinois

beginning plastering techniques


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