EA 20 - Claudine Desiree aka the Cob Queen

Oct 1, 2019

69'

Introduction

~0’-2 what I’ve been up to

Interview

~5’ Claudine and NYC John Lennon story

~8’ growing up in Manhattan, UWS!

~10’ backstory; parents flee Nazi Germany

~13’ Claudine’s workshop

https://cruzincobglobal.org/

~14’ what ‘cob building’ is

http://www.cobtherapy.com/cobbuilding

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-cob-house-177944

~19’ the economics of cob; sourcing materials

~23’ you can do whatever you want with cob, and be an artist

~24’ how Claudine came to cob, and cob came to her

~25’ Occidental Arts Ecology Center:

https://oaec.org/our-work/projects-and-partnerships/permaculture/

~29’ 'The Hand Sculpted House', by Micheal Smith, Ianto Evans, Linda Smiley

https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/the-hand-sculpted-house/

~32’ entrepreneurial dragons

~33’ the cob workshop model

~34’ Claudine sells the cob for an international bike tour

~35’ Chris Panasky podcast:

http://biketouradventures.com/

~37’ Santa Cruz, CA

~39’ Marianne Williamson’s books and healing:

https://marianne.com/

~41’ Claudine’s awakening; Al-Anon

https://al-anon.org

~42’ Esalen workshops; Qi-gong

https://www.esalen.org

https://www.nqa.org/what-is-qigong-

~45’ Claudine finds a workshop partner on:

https://www.workaway.info/

~50’ the personal growth aspect to Claudine’s workshops

~53’ when workshops go off; the Azores story

~58’ summary and what’s next for CruzinCob; Asia, TV shows:

~65’ https://www.diynetwork.com/shows/building-off-the-grid-1

~66’ @cruzincobglobal on IG; youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC97d_mhunfGfCJSKeu4Vnag