The Devon Earth Building Association was formed in 1991 to sustain the ancient and traditional practice of building in earth or ‘cob’ in the South-West of England. The Association supports the conservation of existing cob buildings by developing and promoting appropriate techniques for their repair and maintenance, and encourages the use of cob for new building. Seven Generations Natural Builders (SGNB) is dedicated to teaching people how to house themselves. We teach cob, straw bale, and other natural building skills. We advocate building with local natural materials using methods that are ecologically sensitive, environmentally sound, and economically affordable. Elke Cole is based in Victoria and designs, builds and teaches "houses that love you back". With a degree in architecture received in Germany and after independently working on home designs in the Comox Valley since moving to Canada, she became involved with natural building in 1994. Since then she has worked both independently and with the Cob Cottage Company , the Down to Earth Building Bee and Cobworks . Cob in Cornwall are Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce. Both Adam and Katy learnt their craft during apprenticeships with the Cob Cottage Company . Together they wrote Building with Cob. Cob Projects there have never been enough pictures of cob houses and other cob projects on the Web, this site hopes to fix the problem.