CASA | Community Alliance for Sustainable Adobe

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Adobe is a sustainable, biodegradable,
non-toxic, locally available, basically free building material that you can learn to use at CASA.

Based in Taos, New Mexico, our workshops draw from centuries of local tradition and decades of professional experience to deliver adobe building techniques proven in the field by Master Enjarradora Anita Rodriguez and her trusted team.

Image: Daniel Sonis

Learn from the experts

The CASA team is comprised of seasoned, dedicated experts, hand picked by Anita Rodriguez to deliver the highest standards of training and proven techniques.

Learn the authentic tradition

Taos has been an epicenter for Earth building technologies for as long as one thousand years. This prolonged amount of time, and our culturally complex history allowed for the blending of Indigenous and Hispanic building styles to create the unique architecture of Northern New Mexico.

A traditional out foor horno oven in front of a Taos PUeblu home

Taos Pueblo. Estimated built around 1300

Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The inside of the Trampas Church

San José de Gracia, Las Trampas NM, built in 1760

Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A picture of the majestic Ranchs Curuch in Taos New Mexico

Ranchos Church. Built between 1772 and 1816

Archinia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The adobe exterior of the Martinez Hacienda

Martinez Hacienda, Taos. Built in 1804.

Archinia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/

licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Instructional Videos

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Image: Daniel Sonis

Image: Daniel Sonis

Did you know?

37% of global emissions are attributed to the construction industry.

United Nations - "Rapid urbanisation worldwide means every five days, the world adds buildings equivalent to the size of Paris, with the built environment sector already responsible for 37 per cent of global emissions."

The cement industry alone generates 8% of global carbon emissions.

Washington Post - "Not only does the carbon dioxide from the reaction spill into the atmosphere, but cement producers also use huge amounts of coal or natural gas to heat the kiln."

Around 35% of the world’s population (approximately 3 billion people) lives or works in earthen buildings.

World Housing Encyclopedia - "Approximately 50% of population in developing countries, including a majority of the rural population and at least 20% of the urban population, live in earthen dwellings."

Adobe has a supply chain of Zero.

World Economic Forum - Eight supply chains account for more than 50% of global emissions. Food, construction, fashion, fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, automotive, professional services and freight.

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