Natural Building Courses (NBC) Certification

Here at Rak Tamachat Permaculture Education & Research Institute Thailand, Asia, we have been focused for many years on studying the simplest practices and elements of Natural Building and crafting better ways to take the earth beneath our feet and turn it into beautiful, lasting and inexpensive buildings. We feel that, for Natural Building to move forward and become the only accepted standard of building, we will have to look to and practice innovative natural building techniques. We currently practice and teach three of the most promising techniques for making the most real-world impact to changing our destructive non-natural building practices. We look at the total energy audit of a building to make our decisions about what is the right material to use in which situation. We understand and teach our students how they can decide what is best for their environment, and we always promote the absolute non-practice of taking out a mortgage to make our habitats. At Rak Tamachat, we teach in our Natural Building Course all the steps you will need to make Natural Building out of Adobe (Mud Brick making), Laying and Plastering CEB’s (Compressed Earth Blocks with Super Adobe PIPSA) and Poured In Place with Super Adobe SAEB (Super Adobe / Earth Bag Dome Building). Please Note: At Rak Tamachat, we are not looking for students to be workers to build out our facilities, we are already a fully built out Education Institute. We teach Natural Building to show the techniques you need to build your house, not to use you as labor! Permaculture practices design techniques which allow for the focused study of the area and environment surrounding a building. We are looking for ways to design a “system” that not only further supports the inhabitants of these beautiful and functional structures, but also cares for the total environment. What could be better than surrounding yourself with beauty while living in a Natural Building? Through Permaculture design we will also discover how we can extract food, fiber, fuel, beauty, and community from the very same elements that create our Natural Buildings; it is by bringing it all together and working with the interconnected systems that we will be able to create the sustainable environment we are all searching for. Permaculture has the answers, and we hope we will be able to share and teach with you. A natural building involves a range of building systems and materials that place major emphasis on sustainability. Ways of achieving sustainability through natural building focus on durability and the use of minimally processed, plentiful or renewable resources, as well as those that, while recycled or salvaged, produce healthy living environments and maintain indoor air quality. Natural building tends to rely on human labor, more than technology. As Michael G. Smith observes, it depends on “local ecology, geology, and climate; on the character of the particular building site, and on the needs and personalities of the builders and users.” The basis of natural building is the need to lessen the environmental impact of buildings and other supporting systems, without sacrificing comfort, health or aesthetics. To be more sustainable, Natural Building uses primarily abundantly available, renewable, reused or recycled materials. The use of rapidly renewable materials is increasingly a focus. In addition to relying on Natural Building materials, the emphasis on the architectural design is heightened. The orientation of a building, the utilization of local climate and site conditions, and the emphasis on natural ventilation through design fundamentally lessen operational costs and positively impact the environment. Building compactly and minimizing the ecological footprint is common in Natural Building, as are the on-site handling of energy acquisition, on-site water capture, alternate sewage treatment, and water reuse. Come learn all about Natural Building with Rak Tamachat by following the link below: Learn More here