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Owner-Builder Schools

The following organizations provide instruction or workshops on how to design, build, remodel, and repair homes made of alternative construction materials. Relevant publications are often available from the individual schools. Please contact the organizations directly for more information. This list was reviewed in April 1999.

Alaska Craftsman Home Program
P.O. Box 241647, Anchorage, AK 99524
Phone: (907) 258-2247; Fax: (907) 258-5352
Email: achp@alaska.net
World Wide Web: www.alaska.net/~achp

Builders for Social Responsibility
756 Buckhill Road West, Hinesburg, VT 05461
Phone: (802) 482-3295

Earthwood Building School
366 Murtagh Hill Road, West Chazy, NY 12992
Phone: (518) 493-7744
World Wide Web: www.cordwoodmasonry.com

The Endless Mountain Retreat Center
(Formerly Bear Mountain Outdoor School)
HC 2, Box 140, Hightown, VA 24465
Phone: (540) 468-2700; Fax: (540) 468-2703
Email: bearmtn@cfw.com
World Wide Web: www.mountain-retreat.com

Environmental Demonstration Center/Owner-Builder Program
Miami Dade Community College
11011 SW 104th Street, Miami, FL 33176
Phone: (305) 237-2600
World Wide Web: www.mdcc.edu

Great Lakes School of Log Building
1350 Snowshoe Trail, Sand Lake, Isabella, MN 55607
Phone: (218) 365-2126
Email: logcabin@northernnet.com
World Wide Web: www.northernnet.com/logcabin

Heartwood Owner-Builder School
Johnson Hill Road, Washington, MA 01223
Phone: (413) 623-6677 Fax: (413 623-0277)
Email: info@heartwoodschool.com
World Wide Web: www.heartwoodschool.com

Natural Spaces
37955 Bridge Road, North Branch, MN 55056
Phone: (651) 674-4292 (800) 733-7107
Fax: (651) 674-5005
World Wide Web: www.naturalspacesdomes.com

Owner-Builder Center
(Formerly Sacramento Owner-Builder Center)
4777 Sunrise Boulevard, Suite A, Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Phone: (916) 961-2453 or (800) 233-4838
Fax: (916) 961-8780
World Wide Web: www.ownerbuildercenter.com

Pat Wolfe Log Building School
RR 3, Ashton, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1B0
Phone: (613) 253-0631; Fax: (613) 253-2604
Email: pwolfe@istar.ca

Rammed Earth Works
101 South Coombs, Suite N, Napa, CA 94559
Phone: (707) 224-2532; Fax: (707) 258-1878
www.riverbendtf.com
World Wide Web: www.rammedearthworks.com

Riverbend Timber Framing
P.O. Box 26, Blissfield, MI 49228-0026
Phone: (517) 486-4355; Fax: (517) 486-2056
Email: info@riverbendtf.com
World Wide Web: www.riverbendtf.com

Shelter Institute
38 Center Street, Bath, ME 04530
Phone: (207) 442-7938; Fax: (207)442-7938
Email: shelterint@aol.com
World Wide Web: www.shelterinstitute.com

Solar Energy International
P.O. Box 715, Carbondale, CO 81623
Phone: (970) 963-8855; Fax: (970) 963-8866
Email: sei@solarenergy.org
World Wide Web: www.solarenergy.org

Southface Energy Institute
241 Pine Street, Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 872-3549; Fax: (404) 872-5009
Email: questions@southface.org
World Wide Web: www.southface.org

Southwest Solar Adobe School
P.O. Box 153, Bosque, NM 87006
Phone: (505)861-1255; Fax: (505) 861-1304
Email: adobebuilder@juno.com
World Wide Web: www.adobebuilder.com

Yestermorrow Design/Build School
RR 1, Box 97-5, Warren, VT 05674
Phone: (802) 496-5540 or (888) 496-5541
Fax: (802) 496-5540
Email: designbuild@yestermorrow.org
World Wide Web: www.madriver.com/ymorrow/index.html


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