Natural Building Tour
See inside naturally built homes and talk with their residents and builders!
Saturday, August 10
Earthaven Ecovillage
Near Asheville, NC
Earthaven is known for three decades of natural buildings of all kinds. From tiny houses to single family homes, large co-housing units and community spaces, we have a natural, sustainable buildings at every scale.
Our regular Saturday ecovillage tour features our naturally built Council hall, a walking tour of nearby neighborhoods, and our village center off-grid infrastructure.
In the exclusive-access afternoon tour, you can step inside our naturally built homes. Meet the builders and owners, hear about their successes and learning experiences, and ask questions. Glean insights from our three decades of natural building to fulfill your own naturally built dreams!
Program
Saturday, August 10
- 10 am – noon: Optional Earthaven Ecovillage tour
- Noon – 1 pm: Lunch – bring your own
- 1 – 4 pm: Natural building tour, interviews, and discussion
Sliding Scale Tuition
Because some people have more financial means than others, we have created a sliding scale fee system to accommodate a range of economic realities. The high-end of the scale reflects the value we believe the program holds, and the low-end offers a more accessible entry point.
By choosing a higher price point, you are helping make the program more accessible to others for whom the low-end may be cost-prohibitive. Please consider your needs and resources to determine what might be a stretch, but not a strain.
Cost
Earthaven tour and natural building tour: $55 – 85 sliding scale
Natural building tour only: $35 – $55 sliding scale
Optional camping is extra. No food is provided.
Logistics
Instructors
FacultyMollie Curry
Mollie (she/her) moved to Earthaven in 1996, becoming one of the first village residents and getting involved in natural building. She has taught cob, plastering, straw bale, straw-clay, earthen paint, earthbag, and carpentry, as well as permaculture. Being involved in many of the natural building projects at Earthaven, as well as teaching and doing projects in other locations, has informed her building experience.
An inveterate adventurer, Becky (she/her) has grown to see life itself as the adventure. That life is made richer in community at Earthaven where Becky, her daughter Willow, and her co-parent Sanne moved in 2018. She loves bringing lofty, creative visions to life. In her first career as an educator, she taught at an arts-integrated charter school, mentored gap-year students in India and Guatemala, and created a holistic middle school. Since then, she has produced two documentary films, coached individuals and couples toward greater wholeness, and begun holding mediations.Becky Boisvert
Arjuna da Silva
Faculty, Earthaven Co-Founder
Writer, editor, designer, process-oriented educator, Arjuna turned 75 in October 2021 and is celebrating having landed at Earthaven, helping to build a sustainable community and non-profit education center. She designed and helped build an amazing natural house, and is still evolving ideas and programs for The Natural Building School and other regenerative methods and tools.
Greg Clark
Faculty, Board Member
Greg has a diverse background that includes a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco (1993) and a Masters Degree in Accountancy from Western Carolina University (2007). While a member and resident of Earthaven Ecovillage from 1996 through 2004, Greg co-founded Culture’s Edge as well as the Earthaven Forestry and Building Company LLC. In 2021, he returned to Earthaven and is active in village governance, food production, and natural building. He lives at Village Terraces, a building that he helped build.
Registration
Complete the registration form for one or two adult participants. It takes 5-10 minutes, and you will complete your enrollment with a credit card authorization.
After your enrollment is processed, you will receive several confirmations…
- An automatic confirmation of receiving your registration form
- A payment confirmation from our card processor
- Confirmation that your registration has been processed