Re-post W/dates: Clay/Straw wall Raising/work party July 15-17
ION Ecobuilding
Clay/Straw Wall Raising (filling)
CELEBRATING EARTHEN BUILDING, COMMUNITY AND CALLIOPE FARM
At Calliope Farm, in West Oly (near Evergreen)
3-DAY EDUCATIONAL WORK-PARTY
. Building science & Insulation principals
. Raw, local, minimally processed materials
. Form work and wall preparation
. Light Earth (Clay/Straw) production & Wall filling
. Community collaboration
. Good fun and good food
July 15, 16 & 17 From 9:30-5:30
Lunch Provided and camping optional
(with educational discussion)
Limited to 12 participants per day
RSVP Required. For more information about workshop, accommodations, and directions: Email Joseph Becker: Ionecob...@gmail.com
Facilitators: Joseph Becker & Tanner Milliren (ION Ecobuilding) with Aaron & Megan (Homeowners)
About clay/straw building (Light Earth or Leight Lehnm in Geman): These clay/straw walls will be built by combining local clay, loose (not baled) straw and wate together and packing it inside a 2x6” wall. This technique is a traditional “infill” in German timber frame structures (many 500 year old + and still occupied) and is now having a resurgence workldwide. The loose straw is combined with the liquid clay, coating the straw in a protective mineralizing coating, which preserves the fiber. After the walls dry, they are plastered using natural plasters inside and out. We are also creating a “Super Insulated Earth” Hybrid wall by wrapping the clay/straw walls with 3” ofexterior, continuous insulation
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Joseph is a passionate ecological builder, educator and owner of ION Ecobuilding. He spends much of his working with owners, builders and communities in collaborative ecological building projects. Joseph specializes in local, natural, and least toxic materials as well as energy efficiency, and traditional building systems (including earth, straw & lime). Joseph’s ultimate hope is to reinforce a sense of place and enhance the world where we live, by working together and participating in what sustains us.
"As long as there have been communities, humans have been using local natural materials for building shelter and work partied together to help each other with building projects large and small." JB
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Joseph Becker
ION Ecobuilding
"Energy-efficient & earth based building"
Education, contracting and consulting
www.IONecobuilding.org
360 402 2249
15 year active member of the NW Ecobuilding Guild &
Co-originator of the Code Innovations Database Project
www.Codeinnovations.org
