Join us to tour 2 straw bale houses in the process of being built at Terra Corazon Farm in Valley Center as part of the SD-GBC's Annual Green Homes Tour.
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Simple Construct is now a Benefit Corporation
We are proud to announce that we have restructured our business to reflect and embed our values: we have become a Benefit Corporation. This means that, although we are a for-profit company, maximizing profits is not our only consideration. We have written into our articles of incorporation that: “The specific public benefit of this corporation …
Plaster Party & Booktalk 10/5/19
Join us at Terra Corazon Farm in Valley Center for a fun, free day of learning! Learn how to mix and apply natural clay plaster to a straw bale wall by getting your hands in the mud and on the wall Learn how to make adobe blocks from site soil using dirt, straw, water, and …
Dinner & Straw Bale Home Tour 9/14/19
Please join us for a fun and elegant dinner, mezcal tasting, and guided tour of the two straw bale homes we are building at Terra Corazon Farm. This event is a fundraiser for the farm which is in the process of becoming a model for sustainable, regenerative living, building, and farming. More info and tickets …
Visit us at the Net Zero Conference in Los Angeles 10/3/19
Hope to see you there: https://netzeroconference.com/
Save the date: the Green Homes Tour 10/20/19
Tour the 2 straw bale homes we are building at Terra Corazon as part of the annual Green Homes Tour 10/20/19. We will post more info soon, also check the SD-GBC site here: https://www.sdgreenhomestour.org/terra-corazon
Applications for our Natural Building Training + Certificate Program are due May 18
Interested in part-time on-the-job training and focused classwork centered on natural, high-performance building? Check out our new Training + Certificate Program! We are pleased to offer this unique opportunity in partnership with the San Diego Sustainable Living Institute. Only four places will be offered per 3 month semester, applications are due May 18, 2019. Here’s …
The long-awaited “Straw Bale Building Details” book is available!
After more than ten years of work by many, many people, the book actually really exists! I’m proud to be one of about 40 contributors to this great book that covers many options and variations for building with straw bales and is full of good illustrations. This is the book I wish I had had …
Testimony about one of our strawbale homes in the snow
Attached are some photos taken this AM of the house - 3-4" of snow which is pretty good for Campo. Low 20's outside at night. Interior drops to 72 when the woodstove is cold or overnight, and the whole house heats quite uniformly. We haven't used the mini-split heater. I know I harp on this, but such performance is remarkable. This house is just so damn easy to live in
Straw-clay workshop 2/16/19
Learn about building with straw-clay at this hands-on workshop. Straw-clay is a method of filling in a wall with a mixture of straw and clay that, once dry, is good insulation and creates a surface you can plaster right over. It is a non-toxic, versatile, and user-friendly way to add natural insulation to any space.