[Humanpowered] Time is running out

[Dave Olsen]

I almost have celebratory news about our new building: the 2nd floor is almost done.

I thought I'd be writing to say it was done by now, but I can't believe how 
exhausting working with wood is!

I can literally Fast Cob! <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> all day, 
everyday.  I get tired, but never exhausted.

The 2nd floor is made of 2x6 tongue and groove fir in 14' and 16' lengths.  I 
carry two at a time about 100m to the building, and then use an impact driver to 
screw them onto the 9 floor joists.  These joists are round timbers, felled 
nearby and put up by 4 of us last fall.  I used an electric hand planer to level 
them off to each other, with the power supplied by the sun.

Today, I took some floor boards by bike trailer to the Kiddie Kob Kastle beside 
our Arts Centre where our first Market of the year was happening.  It's exciting 
to get the 2nd floor on that structure as well!

But after I returned home and had lunch, despite my intention to finish the 
floor, I just couldn't.  Two days of flooring had whacked my body completely out 
and I just had to rest.  Tomorrow it will be done, but today I will write about 
the difference between building with Fast Cob! compared to wood!

I guess it boils down to what our human bodies are designed to do. My experience 
says we don't do well with long pieces of wood. Actually, any pieces of wood.  I 
use them because I haven't figured out a way to make long indestructible pieces 
of cob yet (for floors and roofs), but my body usually screams at me for defying 
its inherent purpose.

Fast Cobbing, on the other hand, is a process that seems to honour our bodies.  
Inherent in the Fast Cob! <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> process is 
change and difference, so no one part of our bodies gets over worked or 
stressed.  The mix is gentle on our upper bodies, using our legs and feet 
primarily, while flipping the bricks uses a minimum of energy.  All aspects move 
and use an amount of material that is appropriate for each body involved, 
meaning you can scale up or down as your body requires.

I say all this to help you decide how to build your dream.  If you don't have 
any building experience, yet yearn to create your own castle, I strongly suggest 
considering Fast Cob!

Our workshops <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> lead you through the 
process of design and build, giving you hands-on opportunities to build muscle 
memory so that your overloaded brain can relax and enjoy the serenity of the 
forest setting.  After completing 6 full days of workshop opportunities, 
/anyone/ can go off and build on their own, efficiently, effectively, and 
economically.

Our workshops <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> in August (1-8 and 15-22) 
are almost full.  Our July workshop <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> is 
wide-open but only until midnight Monday, June 22, 2015...that's tomorrow!

If you're interested in any of our 3 remaining workshops for the year, contact 
me asap to make sure your spot is available.

For more detailed information about the workshops, and to access our online 
application form, please visit cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html>

I'm truly amazed at how enjoyable and easy it is to build with Fast Cob!  
Imagine, building your dream home without contributing to Climate Change.  
Imagine everyone doing this...forests remain in place and expand, sucking up 
CO2...perhaps there is hope for our species on this planet, if we act sooner 
than later...
-- 


Dave Olsen

web: cob.lasqueti.ca 
<http://cob.lasqueti.ca/join-our-mailing-list-for-free-access-to-our-training-videos.html>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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