Advancing Natural Building
and Ecological Design Colloquium
Recordings of the 2022 & 2020 Online Events available now!
Panels . Presentations . Demos
With bonus access to our 2020 event!
A virtual gathering for builders, teachers, professionals, and those passionate about natural building: it is a place to exchange the latest developments in practical applications and technology and share ideas with other people in the field. A look at where the natural building movement stands regarding professional support, permits, and finding qualified builders. Online and on-land tours of the Demonstration Site by architects and engineers.
Main Topics for this year:
*Climate change adaptation design
*Emergency planning for community and building design
*Advancements in codes, and other regulatory processes for innovation
*Indigenous community design & decolonizing the village
*Research and innovation
*Showcasing natural building, art in community and a harmless house
If you have a project you would like to share please contact naturalbuilding@ourecovillage.org.
Updates will continue on this page and OUR social media .
* Access to 2020 session recordings included in your 2022 ANBC Registration! *
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Choose your ticket fairly
$179 – $79 – $29
We are offering multiple pricing tiers to ensure diverse participation.
You can help us ensure the Colloquium continue to remain accessible!
If you’re able to register at a higher tier, this allows others who cannot financially contribute to participate. And, EVERY tier includes access to all talks and replays. We intend to be as accessible as possible, and as such, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
If money is a barrier to your participation, please email us: info@ourecovillage.org
Friday, March 18
The Opening at 1 pm Pacific daylight savings time
Heads(up) and Tales from the Code Development Frontier with Tim Krahn and David Eisenberg from 1:30-2:30
Research and Innovation with Bruce King from 2:30-3:30
BEAM! A Designer’s Tool with Chris Magwood from 3:30-4:00
Saturday, March 19
Welcome address; Territory Acknowledgement, Sponsors and schedule from 9-9:30
Climate Change Adaptation Design with Mark Lakeman, Gracelynn Lau, Elke Cole with Brandy Gallagher from 9:30-10:30
Emergency Planning for community and building design with Gord Baird from 10:30-11:30
Indigenous Community design & De-cololonizing the Village with Larissa Stendie/Roots to Roofs from 1:00-2:00
Re-villaging Community design with
Meror Krayenhoff from 2:00-3:00
Whole system design for scaled community projects: Everything starts with Water! with Michelle Avis and Peter Coombes from 3:00-4:00
Campfire circle: questions, conversations, ideas with Mark Lakeman , Chris Wright, Molly Murphy, Elke Cole and Brandy Gallagher from from 6:00-8:00
Sunday, March 20
Welcome address; Territory Acknowledgement, Sponsors and schedule from 9-9:30
Climate Change Adaptation Design: Examples with Carl Sidl and Herman Thoene from 9:30-10:30
Harmless House with Jack Anderson and Arno Keinonen from 10:30-11:30
Art of Community with Athena Steen, Mudgirls (Molly Murphy) and Elke Cole from 1:00-2:00
Boots on the ground: Natural building with Lydia Doleman, Jenna Fickes and Jamie MacDonald, Sukita Crimmel from 2:00-3:00
Closing approximately 3-3:30 pm PDST
Head on over to Instagram and learn more about this year’s speakers and presenters.
Michelle Avis
Molly Murphy
Chris Magwood
Hermann Thoene
Mark Lakeman
Elke Cole
Brandy Gallagher
Bruce King
Lydia Hwitsum
Leila Darwish
Jack Anderson
Grace Lau
Arno Keinonen
Jamie MacDonald
Larissa Stendie
David Eisenberg
Chris Wright
Jenna Fickes
Dr. Peter Coombes
Carl Sidl
Athena Steen
Gord Baird
Sukita Reay Crimmel
Tim Krahn
New Society Publishers is welcomed as this gatherings new major sponsor! New Society has deep roots in over half a century of working within bio-regional education and front line change making.
Sponsorship is made possible because WE continue to all buy and/or write these important books! Your participation in the ‘Advancing Natural Building & Ecological Design Colloquium’ and New Society Publishers book purchases helps to fund the Colloquium events and create matched funding for research going forward.
