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New for this month: »   Interview with Sukita Crimmel »   Just a Few Spots Left! February Plaster & Earthen Floors Workshops »   Authentic Food: the new Builder’s Companion Cooking Class »   The EcoNest Cookbook by Paula Baker-Laporte Interview with Sukita Crimmel By Paula Baker-Laporte Sukita is a leading expert earthen floor builder. Her line of earth floor products [...]

New for this month: »   February Plaster & Earthen Floors Workshops »   Clay/Straw & Conventional Wall Comparison »   Happy New Year from Paula & Robert Learn the Art of Natural Plasters, Earthen Floors or Both! Feb. 4-5, Plaster Workshop with Charlie Carruthers Charlie is one of North America’s leading natural plasterers. He will bring his 30 years + [...]

2012 Workshop Schedule Our 2012 Workshop series is now available and we are currently taking registrations. We will have three Workshop series, two in Ashland, Oregon and one in Salt Spring Island, BC. Head to the website now and view the latest dates. View the 2012 Workshop Schedule Introducing the EcoNest Boot Camp This six [...]

Watch the New Video! Ever wondered what it would be like to take part in an EcoNest workshop, or been on one and wanted to relive your experience for a few minutes? Our new video, filmed on location during the Intensive last Spring in Ashland, Oregon, is an amazingly accurate representation of what it’s like [...]

Featured EcoNest Instructor: Charlie Carruthers Charlie Carruthers is the man responsible for applying natural plasters to more EcoNests than anyone else. He is an early pioneer in the natural plaster revival and we are excited to have him teach in two EcoNest workshops this season: On Salt Spring Island Aug. 5-6 and in Ashland Oregon [...]

Just a Few Spots Left in Pecos… June 20th – 24th, 2011 we will be returning to our roots in the New Mexico area to teach a Clay Fiber Walls workshop in Pecos, New Mexico (a community of Santa Fe).This is a very special workshop opportunity in that it will include a tour of three [...]

Additional Plaster Workshop Announced, The Permit Process and Featured EcoNest Affiliate Will Prull Workshops this Spring and Summer are filling fast. There are only 3 spots left in our Ashland EcoNest Intensive and Timber Framing has been waitlisted.  There’s still room in our Salt Spring Island, BC workshop series later this summer. We’re also happy [...]

More Workshops, Building Biology Certificationand Graduate Michael Morningstar We are excited to announce more workshop opportunities for this Spring and Summer! After an extraordinarily successful Fall workshop last year in Salt Spring, we have decided to team up again with Dale Brotherton for Japanese Timber Framing, this time in Ashland, Oregon, May 30-June 4th. Our [...]

Announcing the 2011 EcoNest Workshop Schedule! Happy New Year friends and fellow EcoNest enthusiasts! We have set our workshop dates for the year and have other exciting news to share. We plan on sending out a monthly newsletter, such as this, as a way to keep you informed about what’s new. If you prefer not [...]