Texas Healthy Homes presents our 2022 Fall Seminar Series! Hosted on-site in Wimberley, TX, these sessions are spread across 7 weekends. An in-depth, hands-on learning experience, we will cover:

-What is a balanced mix?

- What are the properties of clay?

-What are the properties of lime?

-Why do we use these materials?

-How do we apply these materials to best utilize their properties?

Each weekend session can be taken separately or as part of the series.

Other classes here:

Adobe Floors 101 September 23rd & 24th

Hempcrete Blockmaking October 14th & 15th

Hempcrete Masonry October 21st & 22nd

Exterior Lime Plasters October 28th & 29th

Clay Plasters November 4th & 5th

Adobe Floors 102 November 11th & 12th

Lime Showers November 18th &19th

Cost

$350- any Friday/Saturday session

$850- Your choice of THREE Friday/Saturday sessions

Register HERE

The 10th International Hemp Building Symposium will be a hybrid event with in-person and online participation. Lacapelle Marival, France 11-12th October 2022.

This location offers us the opportunity to allow delegates to witness hempcrete spraying demonstrations and to see the decortication systems created by Hemp Act in action. There will also be the traditional presentations from the academic and physical sector with subjects including projects of interest and new materials.

This years Symposium media partner are HempToday and this years Symposium host are Hemp Act.

The symposium language will be in English.

The IHBA is offering the possibility of sponsoring this event to highlight support of the technologies we are promoting to an international audience. We use the funds from this support to assist those to attend the event who might otherwise not be able to and also to more widely promote the symposium. Contact Steve Allin at IHBA for more information.

Attention: Early Bird IHBA Member Participants fee for the Symposium is €315

Regular cost: $350
( If you are not a member please join the IHBA below to avail of the member fee, alternatively select the non-member option )

EARLY BIRD offer ends 31st August 2022, the fee will then be 360 for IHBA members and 400 euro for all others.

Please book your accommodation separately at Le Lac Bleu

REGISTER HERE

$125.00 – $200.00

This is a 2 day hempcrete building workshop at The American College of Building Arts, in downtown Charleston, SC, on October 8-9, 2022.  This workshop will serve as Phase 1 to a multi-faceted project approach to a greater vision that marshals the expertise of Root Down Designs, The Hemp District, Clemson University Extension, Ibile Artist Sanctuary, Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund, and the Black Belt Justice Center, as well as other professionals. This team is sharpening its focus to support the growing of industrial hemp to regenerate the Black agricultural land base, support agricultural entrepreneurship and community economic development, and increase low to carbon negative affordable housing in the south. 

The overarching goal is to create a full circle, regenerative, and regional approach to building affordable, carbon negative hempcrete homes in South Carolina and the greater southern regions. This holistic approach will support South Carolina Black Farmers growing industrial hemp; a South Carolina-located hemp block manufacturing facility that prioritizes dignified livelihoods for women, and a system which will provide new, innovative products and livelihoods to underserved communities of South Carolina.

Additionally, we will showcase the estimated reduction in embodied carbon of hempcrete buildings, as well as the human health benefits, as it compares to the baseline equivalent of conventional building materials.as We will highlight the moisture and rot resistant properties of hempcrete which makes it such a desirable material for the south. 

This workshop will be fully documented and will provide decision makers, including policymakers, developers, home designers and builders, as well as future homeowners, with insights on how carbon emissions can most effectively be reduced in future construction, and ultimately, how we can create healthy and attainable housing in SC through a regenerative and regional agricultural/building system.

This workshop will be a combination of hands-on building applications where participants will build with the materials themselves, a series of presentations, panel and open discussion groups, and social networking opportunities.  

All funds generated from this event will be recirculated to support the on-going missions and work stated above. Scholarship applications are available for anyone wishing to attend but cannot meet the financial requirements. Please contact Info@RootDownDesigns.com to learn more about how to apply.

Please read below for all details on the event. More information on the details and the schedule will be administered as the event nears.

Who Should Attend? Builders, Architects, Designers, Farmers, Industrial Hemp production enthusiasts, individuals, anyone interested in learning more!

LEARN MORE: https://rootdowndesigns.com/product/hemp-building-workshop-charleston-sc/