Cob Building Work Exchange Opportunity for Spring 2009
This is Brian, a.k.a. Ziggy. He currently lives at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in northeastern Missouri. He also writes for Green Optins and recently published an article on my passion for pallets. Thanks Ziggy!
This spring he’ll be finishing up a cob tiny house he started last year. He’s looking for one or two people to come work, live, and learn to work with cob. As a temporary resident at Dancing Rabbit you’ll also get the first hand experience of ecovillage life. Sounds like an amazing opportunity. If you want to learn more visit Ziggy’s blog for all the details about building a cob house.


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