[Humanpowered] Big Announcement and a Special Offer for List Members Only

[Dave Olsen]

Fast Cob just got even Faster!

I didn't know it was possible.  A professional carpenter who attended two of our 
workshops compared the output in a day and he was certain that Fast Cob was as 
fast as wood-frame construction (that uses 1,000s of dollars of tools).

Well, near the end of this past Summer, I tweaked the mixing process to make it 
at least twice as fast and even easier on our bodies. Call it the gift of 
getting older ;)

Which now makes Fast Cob _the_ fastest building technique on the planet!

Big statement.  But we have proof.  Hard proof.  Proof that will last hundreds 
of years!

And with that, I'd like to announcement our 2022 Fast Cob Workshop 
<https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> Dates:

  * Thursday May 19 to Monday May 23 - Focus on Finishing
  * Thursday June 16 to Monday June 20 - All the Basics of Building

Thursdays and Mondays are travel days with a Welcome Dinner and Farewell 
Breakfast included.

With the civilization that engulfs us crumbling before our eyes, our workshop 
costs are going up noticeably.  So we're forced to raise them in the New Year.  
But you are on a special mailing list and that allows me to not only warn you 
about the increase, but give you an opportunity to sign up at pre-insanity prices!

Until the calendar turns (i.e., midnight December 31, 2021 PST), you can reserve 
a spot in our 2022 Fast Cob Natural Building Workshops and lock-in the current 
fee of $747.  All you need to do is fill in our on-line application 
<https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> and after it is approved, send a 
non-refundable deposit of $250 (so give us a few days to get it all done).

After the end of this calendar year, all our workshops will be $980 with a $300 
non-refundable deposit.

Because we will only welcome 6 people to each workshop, space is obviously limited.

Our Focus on Finishing 3 day intensive <https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> 
will do exactly that: we show you "first layer" of plastering (which nobody else 
has done and it makes the building process easier, faster, and less stressful), 
the finish layer with two different aggregates (sand and lime), natural pigment 
paints (with a DIY recipe), and lime-wash.  If the energy level holds up, we'll 
also pour a cob floor!

We've made finishing not only gorgeous, but very easy.  That breakthrough also 
came this summer.  The lime plaster is perfect for areas subjected to water 
spray (like showers and sinks).  The sand plaster is limit-less in its 
applications and in the making.  The natural paints are completely non-toxic at 
every stage and as vibrant as any other paint, ranging from bright white, to 
yellows, oranges, reds, greens, blue, purple and black.  All from our Mother Earth.

Our All the Basics of Building 3 day intensive workshop 
<https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> will focus on our mixing and building 
technique so that you can develop muscle memory that you will never lose.  In 
between hands-on sessions, we'll do talking tours of foundations, roofs, and 
plumbing and electrical installations.

This year we'll be deep in the forest building a bike shed; although our 
workshops are all about learning (these are work_shops_ not work_camps_!), the 
technique makes building so fast and fun that I'll be surprised if we don't get 
to put a rafter or two on at the end of the workshop.

If you've been wanting to break away from the chains of civilized life and build 
your own home that is fire-proof, insect-proof, rodent-proof, and possibly 
earthquake-proof (we'll see how big the next one is):, this is the technique 
that will revolutionize your life, and you won't create an ounce of garbage in 
the process.  But you will create buildings that your descendants will cherish 
and utilize for generations.

For me, the best aspect of living in a cob building is that they act like a 
thermal battery.  When they turn up the heat (via HAARP or in China or from the 
1,000s of satellites), our home is still cool enough to sleep comfortably - 
upstairs!  When the snow falls (as it just did), the floor that is heated from 
the Rocket Mass Heater is bare-foot warm when we get up after a long sleep.

If there was any sense to the civilization that engulfs us, cob buildings would 
be the norm and the forests would be safe again.  I will not comply with their 
plan to denude the planet and its people.  And if you empower yourself through 
our workshops, you'll be amazed at the world you can create, affordably and 
without dependence on anything but yourself.  How's that for a revolution in 
building!
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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 Fast Cob!

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