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Living & Building in Community

an 8 day Skillshop on the land. August 20 5pm - August 28, 4pm  2010  

Learn to build a ROCKET STOVE heated bench, do finish earth plastering & try your hand at thatching.    

 Attend part or all of this workshop. 

This event is located in a beautiful rural setting of woodlands, meadows & gardens

on the Strawbale Studio land outside Oxford, MI. One hour north of Detroit. 

Learn hands-on natural building & sustainable living skills, while enjoying nature & the company of each other.  Participate in current projects and receive instruction in a variety of skills and educational opportunities each day.  

Main project: ROCKET STOVE Heated Bench construction in the Oxford Kids Cottage, a thatched roof, strawbale structure.  Also included is hands-on experience of finished mixing and applying a finish EARTHEN PLASTER on the Strawbale Sauna & an opportunity to do basic THATCHING on the roof of a small structure.

Schedule**  : 

Friday night:  Gathering & Thatching videos.

Saturday:  Introduction to Rocket Stove Construction & earth mixing. 

Sunday through Saturday:  construction of stove firing chamber, earthen benches, thatching demo and hands-on, fermenting experiments, pizza fired in the earth oven, cooking in the solar oven and other components of sustainable living. 

Special Event: Tuesday, August 24, 6 pm - 10 pm

   FULL MOON Potluck & Bonfire for community & friends.
   This is a great time to invite others to come and see what we are up to! 

More details to come !

Deanne has created this event out of her enjoyment of being in direct relationship with local natural materials, co-creating within a community that supports each other~~ and the great fun of working  together !

You will also experience:

• The Strawbale Studio - a thatched roof strawbale structure featured in books & magazines!
• The Smiling Sun Earth Oven
• A Rocket Stove Heated Bench~ experience the firing of a completed bench on site. 
• A small greenhouse ~ provides food all year round with no added heat
• Some permaculture gardening examples.
• Several Strawbale & Wattle & Daub Structures with thatched roofs. 
• Seasonal foraging on the land
• A wonderful media library on natural building, plants & sustainable living skills. 
• Worm Composting, Solar Cooking, fermenting. 
• Evening events include bonfires, videos on natural building & pizza in the earth oven !

** The schedule is dependent on weather and other factors, but there will be teaching experiences & opportunities to learn each day.

Fee & Registration* : 

*Some scholarships available. Bring-a-friend and Group Discounts.

$600* for the course with registration & $50 non-refundable deposit. 

$450* Early Bird Special ~ if prepaid in full by August

  Includes lodging (some indoor bed & cots plus lots of outdoor camping space)

 and shared meals (bring some food supplies if you can, and sign up to help with some meals & cleanup). 

Pro-rated fee for attending part of the workshop.

Friday evening only                                                                       $25. 

Saturday Natural Building Tour & Class on Rocket Stoves. $80 or $65 prepaid

Friday & Saturday                                                                          $95 or $85 prepaid.

Price per day                                                                                  $80 or $65 prepaid. 

Registration  

Contact: Deanne for questions ~ 248 628 1887  ecoartdb@gmail.com

Instructor:   Deanne Bednar  Bio

Guest instructors are also being invited.