2010 October

Portland Community College, SE Center

Instructor Scott Howard

http://www.earthenhand.com

Earthen Paints at Portland Community College

- Get Dirty! Create Your Own Earthen Paints
9am-12pm, October 23rd

PCC SE center, Portland, Oregon
Create durable, beautiful, inexpensive earthen paints to enhance your home. Earthen paints are non-toxic, easy to apply, easy to maintain, and are planet friendly. This hands-on class includes global examples of earthen building methods. Snacks provided.
Tuition = $40 payable to Earthen Hand, $29 to PCC

Email us at workshops@earthenhand.com. to begin registration.
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Go to www.pcc.edu/schedule for more information and registration.

Warren, VT

Instructor Gaelan Brown

http://www.yestermorrow.org/courses/detail/diy-alternative-hot-water-system?StartDate=2010-08-26&SortColumn=StartDate&SortDir=ASC&CategorySlug=solar-design

The French farmer/inventor Jean Pain became famous for his innovative ideas about the interrelationship between agriculture and energy production. One of his concepts, the Pain Mound, focused on the use of woody biomass as an effective compost material while collecting heat from the composting process. This course will consist of the construction of a Pain Mound hot water system in the same location as a prototype built in 2009, incorporating the existing plumbing and water-lines but using fresh biomass material.

Start / End Date October 2-3, 2010

Quail Springs Permaculture Farm, Cuyama, CA

Instructor Paul Swenson

http://www.quailsprings.org

EARTHEN PLASTER BASICS WORKSHOPS
With Paul Swenson, land steward & natural builder
@ Quail Springs Permaculture Farm
www.quailsprings.org

WHEN: Offered twice this Fall –
October 2-3, 2010, Saturday and Sunday
November 20-21, 2010, Saturday and Sunday

WHERE: Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm in the Upper Cuyama Valley in Southern California ( www.quailsprings.org )

Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is designed for anyone interested in learning the basics of earthen plastering through a hands-on approach. No experience necessary. And, those involved in conventional building & finish work who want to explore natural materials are welcome and encouraged. We’re going to get our hands in the mud!

What will the workshop offer?

Learn by doing with guidance – the basics of identifying appropriate materials sourced from the earth as well as fibers and special additions to achieve various results. We will cover mixing and applying a base-coat earthen plaster. Our experiential learning will involve mixing of materials and the application of a base coat plaster to a straw bale house thus developing body memory & the feeling of natural plastering.

Simple meals will be prepared with love, with many local & homegrown ingredients. Arrive a day early to settle in and enjoy hiking in the beautiful high desert with a spring fed canyon at Quail Springs. Camping out under the Cuyama sky is an extraordinary experience.

We look forward to sharing this experience with you!

Paul Swenson practices land stewardship & natural building as one of the founding team at Quail Springs Permaculture Farm. He discovered the beauty, function, and joy of natural building in 2005 while building the foundation & wall system of a cob house at Quail Springs, with the guidance of Betty Seaman of Spirit Pine Sanctuary. He has intensively studied straw bale construction, earthen ovens, earthen floors, and earthen plasters with Justin Kirmse of Living Craft Project ( www.livingcraftproject.org ) and is currently engaged in the earthen plastering finish work on a straw bale house, as well as building earthen ovens, and teaching the basics of natural building. Paul’s teaching style is empowering and puts people at ease, with an emphasis on self-discovery, enjoyment, and creating beauty.

Cost: $150 for a 2-day workshop, includes hands-on instruction, nourishing meals, and camping nearby. Each workshop limited to 6 participants, early registration is advised. Ask about options for family members to join the weekend.

Contact to register: Kolmi at info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

Quail Springs Permaculture Farm

Instructor Sasha Rabin

http://www.quailsprings.org

This fall Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm will host a long awaited 8-day natural building workshop taught by Sasha Rabin of 7 Generations Natural Builders and Vertical Clay.

WHEN: October 9-16, 2010

WHERE: New Cuyama, CA – Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm in the Upper Cuyama Valley in Southern California

WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR?

This workshop is designed for first-time builders, as well as professional builders and contractors who want to delve into building with natural materials.

WHAT WILL THE WORKSHOP OFFER?

We will join together to build a community bathhouse/sauna* with the teaching and guidance of Sasha Rabin. We will focus on earthen building, offering hands on experience with cob, light straw clay (slip straw), adobe block, and wattle and daub. Students will learn to smoothly integrate a variety of natural building materials to create the best possible building solution for each individual Situation. Sasha will demonstrate how to prospect and test for appropriate building sediment, how to mix cob,
various cob wall building techniques, the installation of windows into cob walls, methods for attachment of
wood (e.g. doors, roofs), and how to sculpt niches, shelves and furniture.
As a complement to the hands-on building portion of the course there will be slide shows and discussion
sessions about the philosophical and theoretical aspects of natural building. These sessions cover building design and siting, passive solar design, foundations and drainage, natural plasters and earthen floors, roofs, and electric and plumbing for earthen buildings. There will also be opportunity to gain some skills in simple wood working for those with minimal or no wood working experience.

*Project Description: Cob bathhouse & sauna with 2 inside showers and Dressing areas, 2 outside showers, interior bath and sauna space, attached greywater system and plantings.

SASHA RABIN has been building and teaching others to build with natural materials since co-founding Seven Generations Natural Builders  in 2002, and is a partner in Vertical Clay. Sasha has a degree in Ecological Design from Evergreen State College and
apprenticed at the Cob Cottage Company. She has taught natural building classes at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School, The Solar Living Institute, and starting this year she will teach at the Institute of Urban Homesteading. She is currently living, learning and working on a suburban permaculture and natural building home and demonstration site in El Sobrante, CA (villasobrante.blogspot.com).

COST: $675 early bird by September 1 / $800 thereafter ($200 deposit holds your space). Includes the intensive, hands-on natural building workshop as well as catered homegrown & locally-grown organic food (our own goatmilk, cheeses, chicken, fresh eggs, and fall harvest vegetables), tent camping, swimming in the pond, nature walks, and after good days of Satisfying work – inspiring presentations, discussions on natural building, and high desert star gazing.

Referral opportunity: Receive $50 off the course fee when a participant registers who was referred by you.
The workshop is limited to 10 students and early registration is advised.

Contact to register: Kolmi at info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239
We look forward to sharing this harvest-time building-adventure with you!

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Quail Springs is a working farm dedicated to demonstrating and teaching holistic ways of designing human environments, and to facilitating deeper understandings of ourselves and one another through immersion experiences in nature. www.quailsprings.org

coeymans hollow ny

Instructor steen moller

Where: Behind the barn, out in the field, at the end of Bucks Ranch Road, Coeymans Hollow, NY, 12046

Accommodations: Tent camping available on site, access to
dry shelter in barn if necessary. Out houses in camping area.
Access to running water, and hot shower at barn. There are
hotels 15 miles away. Email for more info. Transportation
from train or bus station or airport possible.

Food: 3 meals a day for duration of workshop, prepared on
site, served in barn. Organic vegetarian food, both raw and
cooked.

Price: $900 includes 8 days of workshop, 3 meals a day for
8 days, and camping. Possible work/trade available for
partial payment for a few special cases.

Contact person: Joan Mahony, email:
myspottedpony@mac.com, 518-488-7373. Email for
directions.

Enrollment: Limited to 20 people. Discounts for early
enrollment, carpooling and multiple person enrollment.
Email for more details.

Packets with directions and what to bring will be sent
after registration.

Program day by day

1. Foundation, gravel, levelling and set the foundation
slabs, take of bark

2. More bark and cleaning the timber, 1.layer earthen
floor, posts up.

3. Finish and cutting timber, posts finished, 1. beam
up, foundation for the bales.

4. All beams up, ceiling up, door and window frames,
first bale.

5. Ceiling finished, overhang, windpaper, straw-
balewall.

6. Overhang finished, stawbales on the ceiling,
ventilation layer of pallets.

7. Plastering wall outside, inside insulation,
sternboards on overhang, ventilation layer finished.

8. Plastering inside, roof membrane up, protection

membrane, soil on the roof.

Workshop leader Steen Møller

Farmer, folkhighschoolleader,
teacher organic farming, selfbuilder,
constructor, inventor, architect,
initiator to the friland society = free
of mortgages and free of garbage.
www.friland/dr.dk Have worked
with and developed natural building
since 1992. Projected and built more
then 20 natural buildings from 10 to
1200 m2. Experienced workshop leader and
projectmanager

12+ site in and around Asheville

http://www.ashevillage.org

Tuition $1,850

ONLY 6 SEATS AVAILABLE. Inquire soon. Starts in August.

THIS PERMACULTURE APPRENTICESHIP offers a group of six participants the 72-hour Permaculture Design Certification 1 day per week, ENHANCED by field work 2 days per week at a variety of nurseries, edible parks, community gardens, and urban homesteads in the Asheville area.

DATES: August 10 – October 28, 2010, Tuesdays thru Thursdays; 10am-6pm.
LOCATION: 12+ sites in Asheville, NC
SPONSOR: The Ashevillage Institute

LEARN
• Become a Certified Permaculture Designer.
• Connect with veteran Permaculture practitioners.
• Get a broad sampling of local Permaculture hot spots.
• Explore your internal landscapes through Nature Connection, Yoga, and Meditation.
• Gain relevant field experience in: organic food production, soil building, nursery production, backyard chickens, aquaculture, fermentation, wild-crafting, edible forest gardening, rainwater catchment, grafting, primitive skills, natural building, and more.

SCHEDULE
• Tuesdays: Permaculture Design Certification class
• Wednesdays: Hands-on projects at the Ashevillage Institute
• Thursdays: Field work at 12 sites within the Asheville area
• Plus: 4-8 hours per week of extracurricular & homework

SPONSOR
The Ashevillage Institute is an eco-urban education center that promotes sustainable solutions in action. Ashevillage sponsors educational programs and is developing a demonstration site on a one-acre site. In the works are two naturally retrofitted houses; a 30,000 gallon, four-pond recirculating aquaculture system with seven kinds of fish and aquaponic greenhouse; integrated chicken coop; earthworks and hard-scaping for maximum water retention; chickens, bees, vermiculture and mushroom production; edible and medicinal landscape; and outdoor and indoor meeting space. The site is situated next to downtown Asheville, NC.

FACILITATORS
Brandy Hall is the main facilitator for the Permaculture Apprenticeship. She is the Site & Program Manager for the Ashevillage Institute. Brandy holds an MA in Contemplative Education and brings forth a love of nature and design to her work with Shades of Green, Inc, a small design/education firm. The apprenticeship will be enhanced by more than 12 guest teachers and site hosts including the bioregion’s premiere Permaculture practitioners who have a collective of over 200 years of experience!

FEE*
12-day Permaculture Design Certification: $1,200
24 days of site visits, field work & materials: $650
Food and lodging not included
TOTAL: $1,850
*10% of fee supports Kleiwerks International.

ACCOMMODATIONS
Housing is not included, although three spots are available for women at the Ashevillage Institute site for $250/month. Inquire within.

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT
• To register for the Permaculture Apprenticeship, send a $650 non-refundable deposit to: Ashevillage Institute, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Please include your full name, phone, email, and address.
• The remainder of your payment ($1,200) is due by July 28th.
• All payments are NON-REFUNDABLE.

PAYMENT PLANS & WORK TRADES
Payment plans and minimal work trades are available; inquire within.

INFORMATION
For more details contact Brandy Hall at brandy@ashevillage.org or call 434.284.3057.

Puerto Rico

Instructor Scott Howard and Omar Collazo

http://www.earthenhand.com

Taught by Scott Howard and Omar Collazo. Learn all phases of Earthbag and Cob construction including: design, foundations, walls, windows & doors, loft, and eco-roof. Take both workshops to get all the information. This 20 ft. tall earthbag dome house will be the primary residence for Omar and his family of seven. Amazing field trips to Puerto Rico’s most beautiful relaxation spots!

Tuition = $1400 includes all meals, camping, indoor showers and bathroom.

Preregistration is required. To Register, Email: workshops@earthenhand.com. And send $200 non-refundable deposit to Earthen Hand Natural Building 3333 NE 15th Ave, Portland, OR, 97212

Puerto Rico

Instructor Scott Howard

http://www.earthenhand.com

Taught by Scott Howard. Learn How to build an oven from mostly earthen materials in under two days! Learn the basics of cooking in this type of oven as well. And there will be unforgettable excursions to swim in pristine waterfalls!

Tuition = $260 includes all meals, camping, indoor showers and bathroom.

Preregistration is required. To Register, Email: workshops@earthenhand.com. And send $50 non-refundable deposit to Earthen Hand Natural Building 3333 NE 15th Ave, Portland, OR, 97212