EcoNest Newsletters
March 2018
Registrations, new workshops, and a new affiliate! Read our March newsletter now!
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November 2017
What a fulfilling year 2017 was! Enjoy our November newsletter and stay tuned for 2018 announcements in January!
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October 2017 Newsletter
As the temperatures and leaves start to drop, we are nearly finished with our 2017 Workshop season. Read our October 2017 Newsletter here!
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August 2017 Newsletter
We just finished up our summer workshops in Oregon and are getting ready for a busy fall! Read our August 2017 Newsletter here!
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May 2017 Newsletter
Our Spring workshops are underway in Pennsylvania! Read our May 2017 Newsletter here!
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March 2017 Newsletter
We are gearing up for a jet-setting 2017 season with EcoNests from Coast to Coast. Join us this spring in Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania or this summer and fall in Ashland, Oregon. Read our March 2017 newsletter here!
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October 2013
A Beautiful Gazebo now stands at Buckhorn Springs! Click here to view photos of the fall project. Argentina in December: Nahuel and Jade’s Floating Nest It’s summer in Buenos Aires when the winter chill is upon us here! Join Robert and Nahuel as they construct the first-ever floating clay-straw and timber-frame structure in a floating permaculture community. For […]
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September 2013
Sharpen Your Chisels, Sharpen Your Skills Join us for a very special fall event at Buckhorn Springs Retreat Center (http://buckhornsprings.org/) We will be building this beautiful, six-sided timber-frame garden pavilion- guaranteed to be a woodworker’s skill builder! Novices…don’t worry- you will receive gentle step-by-step instruction. There is still room in this special event where we […]
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August 2013
Fall Workshop Special: EcoNest and Buckhorn Springs have joined forces to host the finest EcoNest workshop experience ever. In celebration of this new collaboration we are offering a very special rate for the 16-day intensive. Your registration of $1895 will include lodging and three meals a day. This represents a savings of 55%! Reserve your place […]
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May 2013
News Flash! April 29th was a monumental day for straw clay enthusiasts around the country! A proposed appendix on Light Straw Clay Construction co-authored by Martin Hammer, Paula Baker-Laporte and Richie Duncan was approved by the ICC Committee for inclusion in the International Residential Code, opening the way for nation-wide code acceptance. Final Action Hearings […]
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March 2013
Here in Oregon spring is in the air and with it, excitement for a new workshop season begins to kindle in our hearts. After more than two decades of workshops we already know that we will be inspired and humbled by those who come to join us and that together there will be a synergy as we […]
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August 2012
New for this month: » Upcoming Workshop in Humboldt County » Mandala House rises at OUR EcoVillage » From Building Science to Building Biology Seminar » Caretaker Needed for Salt Spring Island EcoNest Upcoming Workshop in Humboldt County Join us for our fall workshop where we we will build timber-frame, straw/clay walls and roof of Jani and Joseph Cook’s […]
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March 2012
New for this month: » Early Bird Special for May Intensive » New EcoNest Video: Workshop Testimonials » Earth Floor & Plaster Workshops Were a Great Success May Intensive Early Bird Special – Receive a Free Chisel ($125 value) May 7-24 EcoNest Intensive, Ashland, OR Students building a clay/straw wall The EcoNest Intensive is a package of consecutive […]
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December 2011
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 + […]
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November 2011
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 […]
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October 2011
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 […]
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July 2011
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 […]
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June 2011
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 […]
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April 2011
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 […]
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February 2011
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 […]
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January 2011
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 […]
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