[Humanpowered] Carbon-Free Building? Yes! Now and forever...

[Dave Olsen]

Climate Change is more than a reality; it isn't going to stop unless we change 
our civilized ways...and soon!

Today, building is a huge source of carbon emissions, both in the manufacture of 
homes and offices as well as the heating and cooling of them.

Fast Cob! 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html> 
compares to conventional building practices in terms of speed, but there's no 
comparison when it comes to carbon-emissions, toxics creation, after-life 
disposal, heating/cooling, and length of service life.  And we now have 2 ways 
for you to save on our workshops (see below).

Check it out:
Fast Cob! 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html> 
(vs. conventional)

  * Zero emissions: we don't use machines!  (conventional building uses loud,
    dangerous machines that emit carbons and toxics both on-site and off)
  * No plastics or anything else that won't melt back into the earth when the
    building is abandoned (instead of multiple layers of plastic, glued
    chipboard, gyproc, toxic paints, etc.);
  * Fast Cob!
    <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html>
    acts as a thermal mass: it can be passively heated by the sun, and wood
    stoves can be placed _against_ the walls!  When the heat source stops, the
    walls then release heat maintaining a comfortable temperature.  In the
    summer heat, it naturally cools;
  * As long as a roof is maintained, Fast Cob!
    <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html>
    buildings will last centuries (vs. decades at most for particle board
    buildings).

Some form of Cob has been around for as long as humans have existed, but Fast 
Cob! 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html> 
is a brand new way of building that literally builds on these millennia of 
experience by making Natural Building easier and feasible for anyone who is 
physically able.

We have two more opportunities coming up to learn our Fast Cob! 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html> 
technique...which is not only carbon-free, it's faster and easier than any other 
Natural Building technique.

Workshop 1: August 9-16 and
Workshop 2: August 23-30.

For both workshops, you will arrive Saturday and leave the following Saturday.  
The 6 days in between are fully scheduled with 5 intensive training sessions 
each day.

These will be our 14th and 15th workshops, and they are filling up fast!

Workshop 1 still has room for 1 more family to take advantage of our Special 
2-for-1 Offer.

And now for both workshops, you can take 20% off our regular price if you travel 
carbon-free to the workshop on Lasqueti Island.  That could be by bicycle, or 
regularly scheduled bus or train.  If you're travelling less than 100 km 
(Vancouver Island or Vancouver) and are willing to car-pool, you can take 10% 
off our regular workshop price.

We not only teach how to build carbon-free, we'll /pay you/ to travel carbon-free!

If you'd like more information, about Fast Cob! 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/appas-fast-cob---how-to-mix-and-build-yourself-a-beautiful-home.html> 
or our workshops and apprenticeship programmes, please visit cob.lasqueti.ca 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca> or simply email cob at lasqueti.ca <mailto:cob at lasqueti.ca>

Together, we /can/ survive Climate Change...but let's not delay any longer!
-- 


Dave Olsen

web: cob.lasqueti.ca <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/>email: cob at lasqueti.ca 
<mailto:cob at lasqueti.ca>phone: 877.873.1797 or 604.216.6700


Build your dream...easier, faster, and more affordably with Cob!


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