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Natural Building Colloquium 2007 Slated for October in Kerrville, Texas
Austin, TX -- Natural building and permaculture are coming to Quiet Valley Ranch, central Texas, home of the long-running, world famous Kerrville Folk Festival. Quiet Valley Ranch will host the Natural Building Colloquium from October 19 - 28, 2007.
Austin's Sustainable Building Coalition and other Texas natural building leaders will work with colloquium participants to improve facilities used by Kerrville Folk Festival artists, staff and visitors. "We're looking forward to offering hands-on natural building seminars in this wide open setting, and hosting talks from leading natural building architects, builders, experts and teachers," says Kindra Welch, co-organizer of this event. "Right now, we're asking everyone to save the date."
"The state of the world now is pretty messed up, and anything we can do to show people a better way to build, any positive changes we can make, we need to do," says Frank Meyer, a straw bale construction veteran and event co-organizer.
Details on registration, costs, speakers, schedules, and other colloquium details are yet to be determined, but will be posted on the 2007 colloquium's web site (http://www.naturalbuildingtexas.org) as soon as is feasible.
Natural building emphasizes construction techniques that are deeply sustainable: materials are generally harvested from the earth, forests and fields near a site. Ms. Welch says, "Natural buildings become pieces of art created with soul and purpose."
Permaculture, or "permanent agriculture" as originated by Bill Mollison, is the practice of designing sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns, integrating ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agroforestry.
Possible topics or projects for this colloquium currently under consideration include straw bale construction, cob construction, earthen and lime plasters, earthen floors, natural building theory and practice, owner-builder project presentations and more. Colloquium planning committees are formed but not full. Anyone interested in supporting this event with time or other resources should contact Ms. Welch.
For information: http://www.naturalbuildingtexas.org
Contact: kindra@claysandstraw.com
Phone: 512.663.3166