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At last year's International Straw Bale Conference David Eisenberg, of the Arizona-based DCAT (Development...

Dirt Craft Natural Building will be teaching a one-week straw bale comprehensive workshop from Sunday, August 11th to Saturday, August 17th, 2013 out at Woodland West, near...

Though we were in Japan for only a few weeks, it is a country that leaves a deep impression on those who venture there. Japan is not an easy place to characterize and we’re still trying to sort out everything we observed while there, and more importantly, what it all...

In 2012, Heather and I worked with Mike and Amber Jones during various phases of their straw bale home project. I interviewed Mike this spring (March 27, 2013) to see how his project was going and to get his experience, and have...

Recently, the very talented folks of Light & Soul have been working on a progect for Verge Permaculture. Below is that video...

After a long (25 hours) but tidy trip to Bangkok, we settled into guesthouse for anight before heading north to Chiang Mai where we’d be picked up the following morning to begin our 10 day Food Matters course at Pun Pun.

Happy 2013 Everyone! We have a feeling this is going to be one great year. But before we dive into another fruitful building season, we're taking a little break in SE Asia and Japan for a few months.

We put together a short video demonstrating the application of clay plaster using a 'hawk and trowel'. In this video, Ashley also discusses the benefits of using clay in your home.

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