Michael Reardon

First of all, thanks everybody for being so welcoming and giving so much useful advice. This seems to be a really awesome community and will help me a ton. Hopefully one day I can be a help to you all as well. As for working as an apprentice, that doesn't seem to be feasible right now as I am a college student. However, I do have friends and neighbors who are a bit better with their hands than I, and I am reaching out to them so see if I can give any assistance on future projects. I would love to volunteer either at home or when I begin my travels. I live fairly close to you, John White Cloud! And, I used to actually attend the University of Vermont in Burlington. One last question I forgot to ask in my first post is which structure(s) are considered easiest to build, or are best suited for beginners? I was told that a cob hut is on the easier side, but I may have been misinformed.

Hi all,

I've recently decided to purchase land with a friend in Central/South America. He is a bit more well versed in the nuances of permaculture, but I'd love to begin to collect knowledge regarding building structures, specifically eco structures, as we'd like to eventually build our own structures on the property. I know that this is probably a very difficult question to answer, but where exactly should I begin in my research? And what are the first steps I should take to ensure that I will be able to properly build such structures in the future? This is all pretty new to me, and I suppose I'm just looking for some advice as to the first baby steps I can take before taking such a giant leap into building a structure to live in. Any advice/comment would be greatly appreciated. I'm so happy to have stumbled upon such a large community of people interested in permactulture and preserving our beautiful earth

-Mike