[Greenbuilding] 2007 Natural Building Colloquium Texas

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(apologies for cross posting)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  -  13 November 2006

Contact:
Kindra Welch, Frank Meyer
Austin, Texas
Phone: 512.663.3166
kindra at claysandstraw.com
http://www.naturalbuildingtexas.org

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 at claysandstraw.com
Phone: 512.663.3166
-- 
Bill Christensen
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