Join a course in the South Island of New Zealand
Intro to Natural Building for Professionals
Friday 8th November 2024, 9.30am to 4.30pm in Christchurch central city. $160 workshop fee. Includes both theory and practice with a range of presenters. Understand the material ratios, building science, performance and how to get building consent for a range of natural building methods (strawbale, plasters, rammed earth, earth bricks).
CLICK HERE to sign up for the professionals workshop on November 8th
(Annual organisation Membership not required for this workshop)
There are a number of people across New Zealand teaching quality courses in specific types of natural building.
Adobe brick, adobe veneer and earth plasters: https://www.earthbuildingschool.com/
Strawbale, plastering, straw clay, earth floors: http://www.soldesign.co.nz/workshops/straw-bale-design-construction-workshops
Education pilots in Otago
A group of Southland and Otago EBANZ members have been piloting 1 to 3 hour natural building workshops with schools, the public, trades, and tertiary institutions.
Below are PDFs from those workshops. These will be updated periodically.
Public workshop theory:
Primary School Workshop PDF:
If you would like to find someone from the EBANZ Community who can lead the theory and practical workshop, please contact ebanzconference@gmail.com