Ecobuilding Retreat

Over a long weekend the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild (NWEBG) held its member retreat, which is also open to non-members. If you have never heard about the NWEBG you are missing out on one the premier green building associations in the Northwest. And, it is not just building, but related areas as well, landscaping, design, manufacturers of green materials and more. According to their website “It is a community of builders, designers, suppliers, homeowners, and partners concerned with ecological building in the Pacific Northwest. The Guild empowers people through education to transform the built environment for long term sustainability.”

have to agree, the variety and quality of presentations was great, from Permaculture, house energy performance measurements, hands on clay plasters, resilient housing, passive house construction to how to produce your own podcast, there were lots of good presentations and workshops.The key note address was from Alex Wilson, editor of the “Environmental Building News

In the various regions in the Northwest, members do all kinds of great projects and events. Best thing is to check out their website at ecobuilding.org.

If this is something you are interested in I can recommend this. For full disclosure purposes, I am a member myself and have been for many years.