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Ontario Natural Building Conference & AGM 2025

  • 12 Apr 2025
  • 8:00 AM
  • 13 Apr 2025
  • 4:00 PM
  • Camp Kawartha, 1010 Birchview Rd, Lakefield ON

Registration

  • 2 nights accommodation and meals
  • 1 night accommodation and meals
  • includes lunch and dinner
  • includes lunch and dinner
  • 2 nights accommodation and meals
  • 1 night accommodation and meals
  • includes lunch and dinner
  • includes lunch and dinner
  • Includes accommodation on Saturday night, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday.
  • Includes --Logo on website and promo at conference, conference entries and many other benefits. Contact us for details.
  • Includes --Logo on website and promo at conference, conference entries and many other benefits. Contact us for details.
  • INCLUDES
    -Logo on website and promo at conference, conference entries and many other benefits. Contact us for details.
Registration is closed

To register, click on the blue REGISTER button, located below the fees listing. If you are a member, use the email associated with your membership to sign-in and receive membership pricing. If you wish to become a member, go to the Membership page of our website.

Ontario Natural Building Conference & AGM  April 12 and 13, 2025

We invite you to join us for two days of Natural Building presentations and learning on April 12 and 13, 2025, at our annual Natural Building Conference. Like previous years, there will be a variety of workshops, round table discussions, and presentations on a topics of interest to builders and potential owner-builders.

This conference is a great opportunity to connect with others in the natural building community who we don't often get the chance to meet up with. Tasty libations and a music jam on Saturday evening will give everyone time to mix and mingle both personally and professionally!

The Ontario Natural Building Coalition's Annual General Meeting of members will take place at 1:30pm on Saturday April 12th, followed by further educational and social events. 

Accommodation is available from Friday night (Friday night check-ins from 5 - 9pm) through to Sunday, and super delicious and healthy meals are included. (Note: No dinner on Friday night.) (Most food allergies can be accommodated)

Accommodation is rustic "Indoor Camping Style" in cabins of 6 or more people. Bedding and towels are not provided. Washroom and shower facilities are available, in a central washroom building. You must bring your own sleeping bag, pillow and/or bedding, towels etc. 

To register, click on the REGISTER button, located below the fees listing on the left side of this page.
PLEASE NOTE: Registering early helps the kitchen staff plan our delicious meals!

For Ride Shares, go to our Facebook Ride Share Page and coordinate a ride with others.

Location
Camp Kawartha  / Outdoor Education Centre
1010 Birchview Road
Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Directions and map


 Schedule - Saturday

8:00 - 9:00 am  Registration (please arrive early, so you can check-in, find your cabin etc., and not miss any of the conference!
9:30 am   Welcome and Housekeeping - Tim Krahn, ONBC Professional Member

9:45 am - 11:00 - JACOB DEVA RACUSIN AND ACE MACARLETON, NEW FRAMEWORKS, WITH GARRETT JOHNSON, HUNDRED YEAR MATERIALS, AND SAM KONDRATSKI, SAVICK - BIO-BASED PANEL SYSTEMS

11:00-11:15 am - Coffee break 

11:15-12:15 am - PANEL DISCUSSION MODERATED BY BREANNE BELITSKI, BUILDERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION - CODE COMPLIANT BIO-BASED MATERIALS

12:30-1:30 pm - Dining Hall - Lunch  - Raffle tickets on sale

1:30 - 2:30 pm - presentation - Rotary Hall

2:30-2:45 pm - Coffee Break - buy your raffle tickets!

2:45-4:00 pm - PROFESSOR STEVEN BEITES, LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY MCEWEN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE - HOUSING FUTURES: AN EXPLORATION INTO BIO-BASED MATERIAL ASSEMBLIES

4:15 - ONBC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - ROTARY HALL

Raffle tickets on sale

4:00 -11:00 pm   BaleHeart Bar opens with wines, cider and craft beers.

6:00 pm  Dinner - Raffle tickets on sale.

7:30 pm   Slide Show of Recent Natural Buildings

"5x5" Slide Show- photos and stories from over a dozen contributors (send your five photos to ckeetch@webhart.net before April 3)

8:30 pm   Socializing and musical mayhem. Bring your instrument and join the Jam Session!

11:00 pm Last call at the bar.

              Sunday

              8:00 - 9:00am - Breakfast

              9:15 - 10:45 am -melanie scott, evolve builders group inc. - freeing the creative spirit through design

              10:45- 11:00 am - Coffee Break

              11:00 AM -12:15 PM - STEPHEN COLLETTE, FAITH AND THE COMMON GOOD - YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY TOMATO

              12:15-1:15 PM LUNCH - LAST CHANCE FOR RAFFLE TICKETS!

              1:15-2:15 - NADIA KRIPALNI, ARCHITECTURE49 - REINTEGRATING RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION: REGULATORY AND MATERIAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION IN ONTARIO

              2:15-3:00 pm - Fun-Raising Raffle Draw - ONBC Board Members

              3:00 pm - Closing Remarks and Safe Travels

              PLEASE NOTE: Registering early helps the kitchen staff plan our delicious meals!


              To register, click on the REGISTER button, located below the fees listing, on the left side of this page.

              Members will receive member pricing by logging in with your email address and password using the two boxes at the top of every page of this website. 

              Non-members can obtain member pricing, by becoming a new member before registering.

              Members 5x5 Slide Show:

              If you have a current straw bale or natural building you would like to show in our slide show, please send 5 photos to Kristi Corlett by April 4.

              Please contact us if you would like to become a sponsor of this year's conference.

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