OVER ONE THIRD OF THE WORLDS POPULATION….

APPROXIMATELY 3 BILLION PEOPLE ON SIX CONTINENTS….

LIVES OR WORKS IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OF EARTH.

Eartha

Established in 1994, EARTHA was formed with the aim of fostering the cause of clay building in East Anglia. Within the region, there are thousands of examples of clay built structures, whether that of domestic dwellings or civic buildings.

Due to the unique qualities of clay, along with many other natural building materials, these historic buildings still stand strong, and therefore we find it necessary to promote and conserve these structures the best we can for future reference.

EARTHA is an association of like-minded individuals, businesses and organisations who have interests in contributing to the promotion and conservation of earthen architecture in East Anglia and beyond. For example:

building professionals,
conservationists,
craftsmen and women,
owners of earth buildings
Architects
Surveyors
Energy Assessors

As a pool of knowledge, we provide experience of earth building materials and techniques, through hands-on Workshops, Training sessions and Conferences, in the hope of encouraging the broader use and understanding of earth-based construction materials for use today, while keeping alive the methods used to allow East Anglia’s heritage buildings to survive.

By helping to promote the unique qualities of such historically valuable structures in our region, we aim to promote highly stable, sustainable and environmentally sound materials within the construction world of today.

An example of wattle and daub. Replacing the split hazel (wattle), and using clay render (daub) to patch in. The old daub can be recycled and re-used.

What we do

EARTHA is a platform for individuals and companies to express their interest in all things earth building, and to help to share knowledge and information within the earth-building community.

We are here to help connect people and businesses with earth-based construction and conservation services within East Anglia.

As a Community, EARTHA hopes to continue to keep alive earth building practices akin to East Anglia, and to so many properties that exist within the region.

Demonstrations, hands on workshops, and on-site training sessions are held during the warmer months at various locations throughout the East Anglian region. These cover the two principal forms of clay construction of Wattle and Daub, and Clay Lump.

We also hold Conferences through the year, our most recent, ‘The Future is Earth’, was a full day event, held at The Gamekeeper, Old Buckenham, Norfolk. Guest speakers, Anthony Hudson (Hudson Architects), gave a brilliant and inciteful presentation on the domestic CobBauge House in Fakenham, and Will Stanwix (The Hemp Block Company), discussed with us his personal and professional progression, development and testing of natural, sustainable building materials.

Become an EARTHA Member for just £25 a year, and benefit from exclusive Member’s content. Presentations from ‘The Future is Earth’ Conference are available, including our Guest Speaker Anthony Hudson’s presentation of the CobBauge House, as well as EARTHA Committee Member, Michael Knights’ presentation on the application of tar to buildings.

Scroll down for more Information on this Conference, Our Online Service Directory, and how to become an EARTHA Member.

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Advice On Repair & Conservation

Block Making Demonstrations

Promoting New Earth Building

Training In Earth Building

Wattle and Daub

Cataloguing Existing Earth Buildings

Services Directory

The Service Directory can be used for reference, if you are in need of help regarding a particular earth build service or trade. If you are unable to find the right information, we may be able to connect you with an appropriate service through our network of members.

If you are a business that would like to join our network, please consider a yearly subscription starting from £25, and your company will then be added to our directory of earth-build services.

For more information, please click the link to our Service Directory page, or email eartha.organisation@gmail.com

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Become a Member

As EARTHA celebrates it’s 30th Anniversary, we would welcome you to consider becoming part of our organisation, and be able to take advantage of the many benefits of EARTHA’s Membership such as:

Networking access with individuals and businesses within earth building.
Concessions for workshops and conferences.
Knowledge from specialist committees in Conservation and New Earth Builds.
Become part of the EARTHA mailing list, allowing you to keep up with relevant earth build information and events within the region.
Advertising space for your trade, services or profession.
Have a say at our AGM, and maybe become part of the EARTHA Committee.
Access the Member’s Area, which will be updated regularly and may include: Technical Advice Sheets, Member’s Blog, Frequently asked Questions, Event News and more.

A yearly Membership subscription is just £25 per person, and allows for you to make the most out of the EARTHA network and all of our events.

Please click the Register for Membership button below to create a User Profile. An automated response email will be sent with details on how to complete payment of your membership. You will need to check your spam or junk folder for this email. Your User profile on our website will then be activated. While we aim to be speedy on this process, membership is manually reviewed, so please allow for a few days in response.

If you have any enquiries regarding EARTHA Membership, please feel free to email: eartha.organisation@gmail.com

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Take a Look at our Recent Event – 28/11/2024

We at EARTHA wanted to send a Massive Thank You to everyone who helped to make our 30th Anniversary ‘The Future Is Earth’ Regional Conference so very special. Held at The Gamekeeper, Old Buckenham, a suitably inspiring venue for such an event, from speakers to delegates, it was a delight to have such a diverse range of earth-build skills and practices all in one room.

We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and we hope you made some good connections, and sparked some really interesting conversations along the way!

We must also say thank you to our Guest Speakers, Anthony Hudson and Will Stanwix, for taking the time out of their busy schedules to be with us, followed by EARTHA Committee Members, Michael Knights, Malcolm Carrington and Simon Steele, all who gave us such thought-provoking and insightful talks over the day.

As a 30th Anniversary surprise, we also managed to unearth some early EARTHA workshop footage. Compiled of video footage and stills viewed in the presentation intervals, an early EARTHA film made by the Association of Conservation Officers (prior to the organisation becoming the IHBC) and footage taken of the Traditional Building Skills day at Poringland and the Going Green event at Gressenhall, both of which from the early 90’s.