spent the weekend building mass heating cob rocket stoves down in oregon... really a great expereince. the cob cottage company is a great place with great people teaching there. very cool ecovillage there as well. saw how to build a rocket stove mass heating cob hot water tank and just a lot of neat stuff...
rocket stoves are really interesting because they use so little wood to burn, mostly like kindling almost and there is no smoke just water vapor and carbon dioxide which would be there any way.
I saw some greatcob houses out there, new ones since the last time i was there. very inspired...
while i was there i could not help but feel ten times more grounded and one with the soil, much more guided buy the land... the land felt alive and joyful and happy to have humans living well within her...