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Bouzov, Czech Republic, Central Europe

Instructor Martina Petru & Max Vittrup Jensen

http://permalot.org/en/internships

Join us for the second  of our 2 summer internships.

Internship II: International Relief Work  8 weeks – 790 Euro

PermaLot is establishing a holistic model for solutions to peak oil, climate change, financial crises, and food/water scarcity. Become part of a new trade of builders ready to meet the challenges and the opportunity of the 21st century, with training and skill development in:

• International Relief Work utilizing the SPHERE certificate model

• Permaculture Principles and Methods, course include permaculture design certification

• Hands-on low tech and mechanized building methods

• Conscientious design applications that relate to the planet, place, and project.

• Healthy building materials such as straw bale, cob, earthen building, living roof systems, and alternative energy.

• You’ll learn -and live- community design & building with weekly sessions on conflict prevention and Non-Violent communication

Bouzov, Czech Republic, Central Europe

Instructor Max Vittrup Jensen & Carrie Campbell

http://permalot.org/en/internships

Join us for one or both of our summer internships.

Internship I: May 1 – July 11, 2010 10 weeks – 980 Euro
co-facilitated by Carrie Campbell & Max Vittrup Jensen

Internship II: International Relief work July 5 – August 28, 2010
8 weeks – 790 Euro
co-facilitated by Martina Petru & Max Vittrup Jensen.

PermaLot is establishing a holistic model for solutions to peak oil, climate change, financial crises, and food/water scarcity. Become part of a new trade of builders ready to meet the challenges and the opportunity of the 21st century, with training and skill development in:

• Permaculture Principles and Methods

• Hands-on low tech and mechanized building methods

• Conscientious design applications that relate to the planet, place, and project.

• Healthy building materials such as straw bale, cob, earthen building, living roof systems, and alternative energy.

• You’ll learn -and live- community design & building with weekly sessions on conflict prevention and Non-Violent communication

Hands on projects will include building a rocket mass oven, finalizing a Finnish mass oven, rainwater catchment systems, greywater filter systems, rough and fine earthen plastering, timber frame joinery, heated wall systems, straw bale, earthen floors, round pole construction, and living roofs.

Haiti Update.

Should any NBN members want to practically support the relief effort in Haiti, then please mail our director of events Max V. Jensen, max@nbnetwork.org. NBN does not directly manage such efforts, but help coordinate skilled people with relief organizations such as Builders Without Borders, Engineers Without Borders , Groundswell International, Permaculture Haiti and the Permaculture Relief Corps.

We currently have a request for someone to compile information about shelter and shelter related energy from the new very active e-list: http://lists.permaculturehaiti.org/mailman/listinfo/pcrelief and beyond.

If you are a skilled natural builder or permaculturalist and would like to donate phone or email consultation time to organizations supporting rebuilding efforts in Haiti or elsewhere please fill out the form below.

If you have a high need project that could use this list please contact us at rebuild@nbnetwork.org.

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The Water Woman Festival, October 1- 4, 2009 in Joshua Tree, California.

The Mission of the Water Woman Festival: To promote new ways of living in
agreement with the principles and patterns of nature through the creation
and physical demonstration of art, design & lifestyle practices at the
cutting-edge of ecological function and consciousness; To offer
opportunities to collectively express our creativity and deep ,inner
connectedness with the Earth; To present ancient & cutting edge concepts and
technologies that embrace the intelligence of natural systems; To inspire
and empower people to bring this knowledge back home where they can live in
ways that are more comfortable, more affordable, more beautiful and more
sustainable than ever before.

The Vision of the Water Woman Festival: Our ongoing goal is to find and
develop permanent and welcoming locations for Water Woman Festivals that
lead to the building of regional educational institutes and eco-villages
combining Permaculture Design and Functional Art. To demonstrate ecological
design and art in ways that are both truly sustainable and radically
beautiful; To hold these spaces as places for ritual gatherings to
acknowledge our collective power to connect with and heal our planet; To
build real Eco-communities where new ideas, technologies and ways of living
come into practice.

Art in Action at the Water Woman Festival

Art inspires us to act; Radical design and creative applications of
technology raise consciousness and demonstrate better ways of living
sustainably. Designers and artists will be given the challenge of creating
highly functional art that can last 200 years or more. Art that provides
more energy than it took to build. Art that has a small carbon foot print.
Art made of re-purposed materials.

May we add you to our growing community of natural builders, educators,
artists, designers, and visionaries endorsing and/or participating with the
Water Woman Project & The Water Woman Festival?  Would you like to have a
Cob Workshop?  Take the Sustainable Art Challenge?

Ojai, California

Learn to build and sculpt with stone, sand, straw and clay as we begin an urban cob garden wall and bench over the course of two days. Hands-on portion will cover Foundations and Drainage; Soil Mixes for Walls, Floors, and Plasters; Use of urbanite and stone in cob wall systems; Building and Sculpting with Earth; Lecture and demo will include Windows, Doorways, Arches & Niches; Roof systems, including living roofs; Passive solar design; permaculture principles, and addressing local issues around natural building. $40 per day or $75 for both days. 10% discount for friends/family coming together. Instructors: Jack Stephens, co-founder of Natural Building Network and instructor with Cob Cottage Company, and Carolyn Marie, principal partner at Wild Earth Village Builders. Call 805-312-2002 for details and directions.

Ithaca, NY

Instructor: Erica Ann

http://dayonedesign.org

Tuition: $75

Amending your soil with Bio-Char is the next big thing in terms of carbon sequestration and increasing crop yields. Using a 55-gal drum, clay, sand and straw, you can learn to build your own Bio-Char Kiln. This hands-on two day workshop will go through the entire process of building the kiln (using cob and adobe techniques) for producing your own charcoal. The following Tuesday there will also be a workshop covering the process of preparing your charcoal for addition to your garden and all the benefits of using Bio-Char. Some experiment with us!

La Plata County, Colorado

Learn to create the world you want to live in. Be a part of history as Culture Brothers offer our first full, residential 72-hour PDC since becoming a 501c3 non-profit organization. For nine days in sunny La Plata County, Colorado, we will create community on the land and immerse ourselves in building soil, plant propagation, water purification and conservation, herbal healing, earthen building, mushroom cultivation, people skills, animal care and much more! From our ten-acre mini-ranch headquarters, we will visit people and places in the region that show nature’s wisdom can create abundance in many forms.
Better your life, land, work and society through:
Proper Design, Energy Accounting, Pattern Recognition and Use, Regenerative Resource Management, Collective Security and Provision of Necessities, Sustainable, Natural and Regional Agriculture, Architecture, Wildcrafting, Landscaping, Healing, Living and CULTURE.
Event Cost: $850 (sliding scale)

Event Contact Phone: 970.903.1764
Event URL or Link:

Cerrillos, New Mexico

Treat yourself to a day of being, playing, and learning on the land. Joel will integrate lecture, movement exercises and site observation to bring a deeper awareness of the land we stand on, and the life it harbors. During this class, we will explore Ampersand’s diverse landscape of sandstone bluffs, volcanic geology, petrified wood and ancient petroglyphs. Joel will draw on his diverse knowledge of geology, native plants, natural history, ecology and tracking techniques as he guides an experience to deepen our understanding of the land and how to care for it.

10:00 to 6:00.

Instructor: Joel Glanzberg.

Ampersand Sustainable Learning Center.

Cost: $80 to $65 sliding scale.

http://www.ampersandproject.org/index.html