Earth & Natural Building Courses
Building with earth.
Cob, adobe, rammed earth, bamboo, clay plasters and straw bale, taught hands-on at a working eco farm one hour from Bangkok.
What you'll learn to build
Six techniques, one working site.
Each material gets as much depth as you want, the history and theory, then hands-on (and feet-on) practice, before you see it standing at Daruma.
- Cob
- Adobe
- Rammed & poured earth
- Bamboo & wattle and daub
- Straw bale
- Clay & lime plasters
Still standing
The classroom is built from what it teaches.
Straw bale, earthen plastering and rammed and poured earth walls have been part of daily life here for years, standing in the accommodation blocks and teaching venues of Mosaic School and Daruma Eco Farm.
The compressed, stabilised earth bricks in Daruma's perimeter wall have been in place for a decade or so.
"The power in our ideas and collective action is capable of influencing the way our society thinks, talks and acts regarding building and resource use."
Michael G. Smith
Choose your course.
Two ways into natural building at Daruma, one current, one from the archive.
Natural Building Course Thailand
Hands-on practice across cob, adobe, rammed earth, bamboo and plasters at Daruma.
Natural Building for Women From the archive
A women's natural building workshop at Permaculture Center Kamimomi, Japan, with instructors Liz Johndrow and Ariel Burns.
See all permaculture courses in Thailand.
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