Wide shot from behind a small group of students gathered around a constructed greywater filtration system outdoors, an instructor in worn work clothes pointing at a pipe junction, golden natural daylight, hands visible, tools on the ground nearby
Wide shot from behind a small group of students gathered around a constructed greywater filtration system outdoors, an instructor in worn work clothes pointing at a pipe junction, golden natural daylight, hands visible, tools on the ground nearby
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Natural building
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Cob Wall Construction

Greywater Design & Install

Perennial Food Forest Layout

Three-day hands-on build. Pacific Northwest. Covers clay-soil testing, mix ratios, and load-bearing wall installation on an active site.

Full-day site assessment and zone mapping. Mid-Atlantic. Covers canopy selection, guild planting, and multi-year yield sequencing for community-scale plots.

Two-day design review plus field installation. High desert context. Covers soil percolation, code requirements, and system sizing for shared-household loads.

Mar 14–16 · Olympia, WA · Hands-on installation included

Apr 5–6 · Taos, NM · Design review + site work

Apr 19 · Charlottesville, VA · Site assessment day

Close environmental portrait of a natural builder examining a freshly plastered cob wall section outdoors, hands pressed into the surface checking texture, overcast natural daylight, lumber and straw bales visible in the background
Close environmental portrait of a natural builder examining a freshly plastered cob wall section outdoors, hands pressed into the surface checking texture, overcast natural daylight, lumber and straw bales visible in the background
Wide environmental shot of a water systems specialist crouching beside an exposed greywater filtration trench in arid red-soil terrain, measuring tape extended, afternoon sun casting hard shadows across the excavation
Wide environmental shot of a water systems specialist crouching beside an exposed greywater filtration trench in arid red-soil terrain, measuring tape extended, afternoon sun casting hard shadows across the excavation
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Instructors you can also hire

Marcus Odhiambo — Natural Builder

Fourteen years building cob and straw-bale structures across the Pacific Northwest. Teaches mix ratios and load calculation from active project sites, not demonstration plots.

Disciplines: cob construction, natural plaster, structural earthwork. Available for full-contract site work in OR, WA, and BC.

Reina Castellanos — Water Systems

Designed and installed greywater and rainwater collection systems across arid Southwest climates for over a decade. Teaches to code, on real sites, with real soil data.

Disciplines: greywater, catchment, percolation testing. Available for design review and full install in NM, AZ, and CO.

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