The School of Constructive Arts is a field school teaching regenerative design, building, and ecology through direct observation, participation, and experimentation. Their approach integrates ancestral knowledge of natural materials and energy with advancing technology and contemporary building techniques to derive sustainable models of living for our time.
They are building a campus in the Big Bend region of West Texas. The workshops, residences, and land there allow them to support hands-on educational programs, research, and experimentation. Beyond this site-specific laboratory for direct study, they aim to bring these essential ideas, tools, and innovations to people beyond their campus.
They are developing a services branch and partnering with communities to apply their regenerative design and ‘build through teaching’ approach to needed projects in the Big Bend and beyond.
They are beginning to publish media, share research, and compile resources in an open online format. In the ‘Learn’ portion of this website where you will find the first step towards this open visual library.
At the School of Constructive Arts they work from the ground up, empowering individuals and communities to build durable, healthy, efficient homes from the earth; integrate waste and water systems with natural cycles; and restore soil, hydrology, habitat, and biodiversity in the places they live. To do this they combine hands-on education with direct assistance to change both the perceptions and realities of what is possible.