Laura is a regular instructor of sustainable and natural building with University of Colorado's Sustainable Practices Series and Solar Energy International. Having helped create the Straw Bale SAFE Homes Initiative (Sustainable, AFfordable and Efficient Homes) with the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy to address critical housing needs with climate neutral and community based technologies on tribal lands, she developed and teaches a straw bale construction train the trainers certificate program at Sinte Gleska Univesity at the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota.

Presentations for national and international conferences as well as for architectural firms, schools and the public, including speaking at the first U.S. Congressional Briefing on straw bale construction, have helped to introduce high performance natural building in a larger context. Collaborative efforts such as with Builders Without Borders to construct a Straw Bale Ecohouse for the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC have brought increased awareness to the general public.