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Description of Tours, Presentations, Exhibits, Workshops & Programs, Full Moon Events, Internships.
January 2010 - March 2010
April 2010 - December 2010
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Full Moon Bonfire and Potluck plus tour of natural buildings & gardens.
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Ongoing activities: Intern & volunteer projects, office work & maintenance. |
Date 2009 Activities
| 1/1-2/09 |
Chicago Group Visit. Intern Bethany Cook brings 4 young people to stay at the Strawbale Studio, tour & volunteer.
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| 1/3-4/09 |
Reed Collection . Previous interns who thatched the Kensington Kid's Cottage in 2006 return to collect reed.
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| 1/22/09 |
Presentation to Solar Design Class at Lawrence Technological University (LTU), Southfield, MI. Instructor: Janice Means.
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| 2/14-15/09 |
Earth Sculpture Workshop ~ co-creating a Strawbale Bench & interior wall (E. Wing)
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| 3/09/09 |
Presentation to the Solar Club (an outdoor recreation organization) Westland, MI. Theme: Simple Living.
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| 3/14/09 |
Tour for the Neuman Family.
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| 3/19/09 | Presentation at the St. Clair Public Library on Alternative Building. |
| 3/26/09 |
Tour for LTU Solar Design Class, Lawrence Technological University Architecture Program. Instructor: Dr. Janice Means.
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| 4/11/09 | Plaster & Sculpting Workshop in the main house.
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| 4/18-19/09 |
Exhibit for the 2009 Earthday Expo, Rochester, MI . Exhibit included an Ecovillage Model-making for children plus Earth Oven, Solar Oven & Water Light demonstrations! Teens & Interns helped. 50,000 conference attendees.
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| 4/24/09 |
Consultation for the Green Garage, a Zero Energy Sustainability Center being created in Detroit. Consultation was given regarding the potential use of natural building materials to renovate the interior & exterior of this inspiring building.
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| 4/25/09 |
Presentation for the Wild Lapeer, Earth Day Event: PowerPoint Presentation on regional natural buildings.
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| 4/25/09 |
Oxford Earth Day Event: Earthen Mixing Earth Oven & Solar Oven demonstrations. Lead by interns Sam Runner & Amity Yore.
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| 5/10/09 |
Open Source Green Map introduction to the Oakland Co. Planning Dept.at the Oakland Transition Town meeting.
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| 5/15-24/09 | 10 day “Complete Cob” Workshop for the Cob Cottage Company, Coquille, Oregon. Co-teachers: Kirk Mobert & Deanne Bednar. Assisted by Linda Smiley & Ianto Evans. |
| 5/30/31/09 |
Thatching Workshop. Learn basics on practice frame & Kids’ Cottage. Organized for John Van Eck.
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| 6/01/09 |
Earth Plaster Workshop at herbalist Jim McDonalds'. Adhesion & infill coats on walls.
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| 6/4-5/09 |
Earth Oven Workshop. Cole family. Tour, SB video, testing earth, make an earth oven model, kids & mom make individual sculptures. Design consultation on their house plans.
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| 6/09 | Wild Women in the Woods, Natural Building Series of 2 classes at 3 Roods Farm in Columbiaville, MI for Robin Mallor. Deanne lead awareness excercises & collaborative building of a lean-to out of natural materials gathered from the woods at the farm. |
| 6/07/09 |
Introduction to Strawbale & Cob. Hands-on Workshop for Ann Arbor Group, organized by Kris Kaul.
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| 6/09/09 |
Powerpoint Presentation on the Open-Source Greenmap to Oakland Schools & the Oakland County Planning Department.
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| 6/18/09 |
Oxford Community Television Presentation for local cable station. Subject: Solar & Strawbale House Design & Solar Cooking. Ellen Waara interviewed Deanne Bednar.
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| 6/26-28/09 |
Great Lakes Renewable Energy Fair, Manistique, MI: Natural Building Exhibit table, Earth Oven demonstration. Lead by intern Sam Runner.
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| 7/07/09 |
Earth Works Urban Farm “Youth Program” from Detroit tours the Strawbale Studio and helps mix and apply earthen mix to the Sun Face Earth Oven.
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| 6-11/09 | Completion of Oxford Kid's Cottage Thatched Roof: Finishing application of Phragmite, cattail collection, drying & application to the ridge, and decorative cross-hatch detailing. Special thanks to Evan Dayringer & Emilie Breczinski. |
| 5-11/09 | Permaculture Gardens, Greenhouse & Grounds. Interns helped with reshaping of beds, planting, Herb Spiral construction, Greenhouse construction & planting, wood harvesting & cutting. Special thanks to Sam Runner & all others! |
| 6-7/09 | Thatched Lean-to Woodshed outside the Strawbale Studio. Initiated by intern Sam Runner & assisted by interns including those from the 3 Roods Farm. |
| 7/11/09 |
Strawbale Workshop for Al-Fraih from Kuwait, who will be taking the information back with him, and Alexis Bogdanov-Hanna, manager of the Upland Hills CSA. 10 second Clay Stomping video by Abdul Al-Fraih.
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| 7/17-19/09 |
Women’s Creative Weekend Retreat. Koren Farmer & friends beautify the Strawbale Studio with earth plaster, reed loft ceiling & tree sculpture addition.
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| 7/26/09 - 8/01/0-9 |
Natural Building Colloquium East, a 5 day conference in Bath NY: Thatching Exhibit & Presentation, Leader of training session to complete the base and finish plasters on the Retreat Cabin at Peaceweavers Conference Center. Assisted by interns Stacy Armbruster & Sam Runner.
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| 8/10/09 |
Midwest Permaculture Class Tour & Hands-on . The 30 students receiving certification from Midwest Permaculture toured, helped & had supper at the Strawbale Studio. Five men were being trained in PC by Armed Forces to help in Afghanistan.
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| 8/22/-23/09 |
2-day Earth Oven Workshop: "Fire & Earth". Co-lead by Intern Sam Runner.
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| 10/04/09 |
Felting Workshop with fabric artist Kylie Baker from Chicago. Make felt for retrofitting the Strawbale Studio stem walls.
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| 10/16-18/09 |
Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit at Marygrove College: Natural Building Exhibit table, Earth Oven & Solar Oven demonstration & Youth Workshop, below.
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| 10/16/09 |
Creating a Model Ecovillage: Youth Workshop at Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit,: Teens collaboratively design an earthen model of a sustainable community.
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| 10/16/09 |
Detroit Green Map meeting at the Bioneers Detroit conference with Founding Director, Wendy Brawer from NYC.
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| 9 - 11/09 | Oxford Kid's Cottage Thatching. Cattail collection & drying. Phragmite roof thatching, cattail ridge application & decorative design on the Oxford Kids Cottage. Completed by Deanne and numerous interns & volunteers, especially Evan Dayringer. |
| 11/15/09 |
Tour & Volunteer Day for 10 folks.
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| 11/16/09 |
Tour for Fran Lee's Wine Group. Fran is the original owner of the Strawbale Studio !
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| 12/02/09 |
Holiday Gift-making Workshop: Candle-making & earthen Candlestick holders.
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| 2009 |
Other 2009 Projects: Creation of a stone Kiva artist Tom Hoyt.
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| Monthly |
Full Moon Bonfire and Potluck plus tour of natural buildings & gardens.
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| Weekly |
Teen Build Program meets on Wednesdays intermittently throughout the year.
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| Daily | Ongoing activities: Intern & volunteer projects, office work & maintenance. |