Workshops
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- Earthen floor
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- Solar panel installation
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- Thatching
2013 Workshops
Workshop Date Duration Instructor Cost
Summer workshop series coming soon!
Past Workshops Date Duration Instructor Cost
How to Install a Clivus Multrum Composting Toilet Jan 16 1 day Don Mills $55
Artistic Clay Finishes Jan 20 1 day Anna Wolfson $125
BCIN General Legal Course Feb 2-3 and 9-10 4 days, delivered over two weekends Ian McKinlay $450
Tadelakt for Beginners February 16 1 day Mike Henry $125
Timber Frame Joinery Feb 16-17 2 days Mark Davidson $225
Design Your Own Sustainable Home March 2-3 2 days Chris Magwood $325
Hypar Lightweight Roofs Workshop March 11-15 5 days George Nez $550
Timber Frame Joinery March 16-17 2 days Mark Davidson $225
Fundamentals of Building Science March 18-22 5 days Jacob Deva Racusin $550
BCIN Part 9/House Course March 23-24 and 30-31 4 days, delivered over two weekends Ian McKinlay $450
2012 Workshops
| Workshop | Date | Duration | Instructor | Cost |
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| Design Your Own Sustainable Home | Nov 17-18 | 2 Days | Chris Magwood | $350 |
| Women's Carpentry | Nov 24-25 | 2 days | Jen Feigin & Deirdre McGahern | $210 |
| Knots and Rigging for Construction | Dec 8 | 1 Day | Steve Massey | $95 |
| Build an Earth Oven | TBA | 3 days | TBA | TBA |
| How To Design & Build A Yurt | TBA | 5 days | TBA | TBA |
| Milk Paint: How to use milk paint. Safe, & non toxic! | TBA | 1 day | Jennylyn Pringle | TBA |
| Past Workshops | Date | Duration | Instructor | Cost |
| Timber Framing | Oct 27-28 | 2 days | Mark Davidson | $225 |
| How to Design Your Own Sustainable Home | Oct 13-14 | 2 Days | Chris Magwood | $350 |
| Small Buildings 2006 | March 10-11 & 17-18 | Delivered over two weekends | Ian McKinlay | Closed |
| General Legal/Process for Inspectors/Designers, CBO/RCA - 2006 | Feb 4-5 & Feb 10-11 | Delivered over two weekends | Ian McKinlay | Full |
| Endeavour in Haiti | Feb 8-29, 2012 | 3 weeks | Tina Therrien | $2000 |
| Earth Floors 101 | August 19, 2012 | 1 day | Chris Magwood | $150 |
| Engineering Outside The Box with Bruce King | July 27 | 1 Day | Bruce King, John Straube | $200 |
| Make Your Own Solar Shower | July 29, 2012 | 1 day | Chris Magwood | $200 |
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2011 Workshops
| Workshop Name | Date | Duration | Instructor |
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| Tadelakt and Advanced Lime Plastering | Sept. 15-19, 2011 | 5 Days | Ryan Chivers |
| Make Your Own Solar Shower | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1 Day | Chris Magwood |
| Make Your Own Solar Hot Air Collector | Nov. 5, 2011 | 1 Day | Chris Magwood |
| Making and Applying Your Own Clay Plaster | Nov. 26-27, 2011 | 2 Days | Jen Feigin, Chris Magwood |