Our Natural Building in Costa Rica class just concluded its fifth year at Rancho Mastatal. This year's project was a timber framed structure built with local wood. You can view many photos from the class on our Snapfish group site: www.yestermorrowdesignbuildschool.snapfish.com.
Yestermorrow instructors Hannah Purdy and Nick Moons are featured in the current series of "Webisodes" on the Dwell Magazine website (www.dwell.com). In this short video series, Dwell follows a New York couple with a passion for building green through the challenges—and triumphs—of renovation, from finding the design-build team to finalizing the...
Today, on the last day of the Home Design/Build class, the class project (a small playhouse for a local preschool) was liberated from the shop. Despite the snowstorm and some very close maneuvering with a skidsteer (thank you Steven!), it made it outside and into the Arches where it will be picked up soon for transport to Fayston.Check it out!
Check out a short 3-minute interview with Yestermorrow Outreach Director Dan Eckstein on Sustainable Route, a project by two recent Bennington College graduates who are travelling the country to explore the 'sustainable' movement. (p.s. you'll need the latest version of QuickTime to view the video).
Last weekend was host to the parent/child woodworking course at Yestermorrow. The interns heads were left slack-jawed by the prowess of the youth and their crafty inventions. Tony and Peter hope to catch up to the skill level of these youngsters by the end of our internship.
