Sasha Rabin

Earthen Shelter was founded by Sasha Rabin in 2013, and is now run by Sasha and her husband John Orcutt. We also just added a new tiny human to our family, who will be joining us for our family run workshops. Sasha Rabin fell in love with natural building in 2002, when she began her building career with an apprenticeship at the Cob Cottage Company. Since then she has taught extensively through organizations that she co-founded, Seven Generations Natural Builders and Vertical Clay, and through collaborations with The Yestermorrow Design Build School, The Canelo Project, Cal-Earth, The Solar Living Institute, and Quail Springs Permaculture. Teaching natural building has brought her as far as the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) Jordan and PRI Kenya. Sasha currently sits on the Quail Springs board of directors, as well as the Cob Research Institute. After living at Quail Springs and running the Natural Building program for a decade, she has relocated back to northern CA to be closer to family.