ANBC 2020 is a gathering for natural building enthusiasts!
The Advancing Natural Building & Ecological Design Colloquium is built by and for builders, teachers, professionals, and those who are passionate about natural building. It is a place to exchange the latest developments in practical applications and technology and share ideas with other people in the field. We will look at where the natural building movement stands in regards to professional support, permits, and finding qualified builders.
Whether you are a green builder, regulatory official, designer, or homeowner/builder, this colloquium will open the doors for whole new ways of understanding ecological design and building.
This year's confirmed speakers include:
Mark Lakeman, Ben Garratt, Tim Krahn, David Eisenberg, Mark Fleischhaker, Elke Cole, Chris Magwood, and more!
Our schedule is being finalized right now - check back for more details on the daily!
Featured talks
Not sure what to watch? Here are some talks you won't want to miss.
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Elke Cole, David Eisenberg & Brandy Gallagher
Welcome / Intro / Territory Acknowledgement
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Mark Fleischhaker, Brandy Gallagher & Chris Wright
Pathways Towards Code Compliance with Innovation
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Jack Anderson, Brandy Gallagher, Tim Krahn & Graeme Verhulst
Design is in the Details: Energy Performance
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Afternoon Break - 15
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Erik Bowden, Brandy Gallagher & Chris Wright
Design is in the Details: Building Envelope and Systems
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Marketplace
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Gord Baird & Brandy Gallagher
How to Collaborate with the Regulatory People and Systems
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Dinner Break
3 days
35 speakers
4 categories
Until the conference starts
Say hello to our speakers
We couldn't be more excited about our lineup. Which talks will you be checking out?
Three Pricing Tiers
$179 - $79 - $29
We are offering multiple pricing tiers to ensure a diversity of participation. You can help us make this happen! If you’re able to register at a higher tier then this allows others who cannot financially contribute to participate. And, EVERY tier includes access to all talks and replays.
It is our intention to be as accessible as possible, and as such, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
If money is a barrier to your participation please email us: events@ourecovillage.org
Apply to be a Speaker!
If you are interested in presenting at this year's Colloquium virtually we would like to hear from you! Please fill out this form and we will be in touch with you.
Submit a Presentation Idea!
Join our ANBC 2020 Marketplace!
One of our featured offerings will be the ANBC Virtual Marketplace, where participants get a 60 second slot to pitch their business/idea and offer a ‘shout-out’ to another idea/event/book/person/business (in the interest of community building and sharing).
Would you like to participate in the ANBC Marketplace?
SUBMIT YOUR PITCH
Want to share a project or opportunity with the community?
The 20/20 Spotlight is your opportunity! Modelled after the amazing Pecha Kucha, the format is that you’ll have 20 slides/images, and 20 seconds of commentary/storytelling per slide (LIVE or PRE-RECORDED). Simple, elegant, engaging - and we’ll broadcast it to the natural building world! We have room for about 21 Spotlights over the weekend, and hope you are among them!LEARN MORE
Ready to connect with fellow natural builders? Join us for the campfire!
Just because we can't be together in person doesn't mean we can't connect and have some fun. Join us Saturday night for our virtual campfire social...an opportunity to find each other, tell some stories, hear some music...and connect outside of the more structured elements of our 3-day program.
Care to share at the Campfire?
We need storytellers & musicians!
email us!: naturalbuilding@ourecovillage.org
Here's what others are saying
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Joel
Artist
The topic of Natural Building is so relevant in this day and age! Thanks for bringing together so much talent, passion and knowledge!!
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Jason
Entrepreneur
The Colloquium is such a rich tapestry of all things natural building... and I can't wait to learn more more more this year!
Joel
Jason