FrontPage Calendar Diary Building Projects Links www.strawbalestudio.org
click on the links below for activities during that time period
January 2012 - May 2012 |
June 2012- September 2012 |
October 2012 - December 2012 |
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Strawbale Studio 2012 Program - organized by Activities:
Classes, potlucks, tours, presentations, intern, projects, visits.
Classes & Workshops | January 9, 2012 | Fermenting & Simple Cheese Making Class | Collaboration with Ruth Hoyt, lead instructor |
January 12, 2012 | Lashing & Round Pole Construction | Ann Arbor Montessori Middle School Tour & Lashing Activity, Coleen Carlson, teacher. | |
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January 14, 2012 | Basics of Thatching & Reed Collecting | with Intern |
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January 21, 2012 | Round Pole Framing Workshop | |
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January 28, 2012 | Earth Plaster & Sculpting Class | Host location: Jim McDonald, White Lake, MI |
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February 7, 2012 | Fermenting & Simple Cheese Making Class | Collaboration with Ruth Hoyt, lead instructor |
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February 20, 2012 | Earth Scupting & Natural Plastering Retrofit at the McClellans outside Cleveland, Ohio | with Christina Ott of Barefoot Builders. |
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February 25, 2012 | Buffalo, NY | attended with Chris McClellan |
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March 10, 2012 | Earth Plaster & Sculpting Class | Host location: Jim McDonald, White Lake, MI |
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April 6, 2012 | The Joy of Foraging Class | |
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April 28, 2012 | Earth Oven Workshop | Host location: Kensington Metropark Farm Center, Milford, MI. Teri VanHall, Illana Greenbaum, Katy O'leary - helpers ! |
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May 12, 2012 | Permaculture, Plants & Plasters Workshop | Collaboration: 3 Instructors: Jared Bogdonov-Hanna, Jim McDonald, Deanne Bednar |
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May 26, 2012 | The Joy of Foraging Plant Workshop | |
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May 27, 2012 | Earth Oven mini-class | Host location: Kensington Metropark Farm Center, Milford, MI. |
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June 16, 2012 | Offsite: Tall Trees Farm Spiral Chamber - Natural Building Workshops June 16 & 17, 2012. | Tall Trees Farm Solstice Gathering, White Lake, MI. Jun 16 Spiral Chamber activity lead by Lance Bowen. June 17 Thatching Activity lead by Deanne Bednar |
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June 30, 2012 | Off-site Plant Walk, co-lead by Deanne at the Spirit Women of the Earth retreat. | Location: Heritage Park, Farmington, MI. Host: Carol Fink. |
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July 5, 2012 | Offsite Thatching Workshop at Kinstone Circle. July 5-7, 2012 Instructor: Deanne Bednar | Kinstone Circle, Fountain City, WI. Host: Kristine Beck |
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July 14, 2012 | Natural Cottage Project 2 week workshop July 14 - 28, 2012 | Collaboration: 4 instructors, 8 worktraders. Arriving early, staying after. |
August 25, 2012 | Pocket Rocket Workshop with Ernie & Erica Wisner. |
Hosted by Strawbale Studio offsite: Spirit Hope Church & Community Garden, Detroit MI. Collaboration with several others. | |
August 26, 2012 | "Dirty Secrets of a Clean Fire" - Rocket Stove Principles with Ernie & Erica Wisner. |
Hosted by Strawbale Studio on site. Collaboration with several others. | |
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September 12, 2012 | Intro to Natural Building & Sustainable Living Class | |
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September 15, 2012 | Earth Plaster Workshop on site. | |
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September 29, 2012 | Round Pole Construction "FIOT" . Tree platform in Fairy Forest. | |
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October 5, 2012 | Volunteer Day - Green Living Roof on Wood Shelter | |
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October 13, 2012 | Rocket Stove Workshop - Outdoor Cookstove | |
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November 10, 2012 | Fermenting & Simple Cheese Making with Ruth Hoyt & interns | Collaboration with Ruth Hoyt, lead instructor and Interns Mariek & Bee |
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November 11, 2012 | Fermenting & Simple Cheese Making with Ruth Hoyt & interns | Collaboration with Ruth Hoyt, lead instructor and Interns Mariek & Bee |
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December 8, 2012 | Holiday Crafts & Bees Wax Candle Making | Mariek & Bee |
2012 | Projects on the Land | Repair & Plant Greenhouse. Harvest Garden | |
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Rumford Fireplace ~ Finish sculpting | ||
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Thatch Ridge of Spiral Chamber | ||
New Retreat Cabin, Phase 1. | |||
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Boat Root Cellar - phase 1 | ||
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Kids Cottage Rocket Stove | ||
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Red Shed Rocket Stove - finish sculpture, heat riser barrel adjustment and oil finish to bench. | ||
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Fruit Tree Planting, Garden & Winter Greenhouse ~ with a Permaculture orientation. |
April 22, 2012 | Exhibit & Demo - Offsite | Strawbale Studio Exhibit & Eart Oven Demo at Huron Valley Earth Day Festival | Milford, MI 4H Grounds. |
June 22, 2012 | Exhibit & Demo - Offsite | June 22- 24, 2012 Green Living Festival - Rochester MI. SBS Exhibit, demonstrations & strawbale climbing pyramid. | Rochester, MI |
October 19, 2912 | Exhibit & Demo - Offsite | October 19 - 21, 2012 Bioneers Detroit Conference - SBS Exhibit & Hands-on Demos. | Marygrove College, Detroit, MI |
September 22, 2012 | Exhibit & Demo & Presentation - Offsite | Presentation on Haybox Cooking & Humanure Composting at the 6th Annual Farmgirl Revival | Location: "Yule Love It" Lavendar Farm. Host: Iris Underwood. |
October 27, 2912 | Fundraiser Concert in SBS | Rennaisance Evening - Fundraiser for the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservency | Lois Robbins, organizer. Music: A Reasonable Facimile. |
June 27, 2012 | Green Map Presentation | for the Southeast Michigan Stewardhip Coalition. Summer institute. EcoJustice Education and Community -Based Learning. | Held at Eastern Michigan University |
August - Nov 15, 2012 | Internship & Worktrade | Fall Internship | |
Jan 8 - Feb 8, 2012 | Internship & Worktrade | Winter Internship | Reed Collecting & Workshops below. |
July 1 - August 5, 2012 | Internship & Worktrade | Natural Cottage Project | |
Internship & Worktrade | Internship included such activities as felting, goat milking, assisting with workshops, attending full moon events, visiting local farms & sustainable sites, candle making, fermenting, natural cooking, worm composting, earth oven and solar oven cooking, rocket stove firing, thatching, earth plastering, presentations on natural building, access to Sustainability Library & video, all the projects & visits in the season and fine conversations. | Internships were held in the Winter, Summer and Fall of 2012. Attending: Also see the Internship link on this report.
2012 Interns included: Oliver Hoadley from New hampshire, Mariek Rouse from France, Laura Lutrell, from nowhere, Be Durham from Florida & Glacier Park. Peyton Ginakes from Three Roods Farm, MI. Ilana Greenbaum from Michigan, Jacquie Medina, and 6 year old son, Canyon. from California. Vanessa Wight, from California, Zachary Heaton from MI and Christina Keegan, from Illinois.. Chris Sender and Annie from Connecticut.
Interns & Worktraders for the Natural Cottage Project were: Randall Gabriel from Indiana, Michellle Thomas from Canada, Eva Wimmer, studying world-wide, Miwa from Massachusetts, Joe Orso from Wisconsin, Jacob Glen from Ann Arbor, and Australia, Michelle Thomas from Ontario, Canada, Laura Luttrell from West Virginia Jacob Breczinski from Flint, MI. |
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April 3, 2012 | Interview | Interviewed for a Report on Natural Building.for a Flint U of M Sustainability Course Paper. | by Allan Harris |
January 9, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
February 7, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
March 8, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
April 6, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
May 5, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
June 4, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
July 3, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
August 1, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
August 31, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
September 29, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
October 29, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
November 28, 2012 | Potluck | Full Moon Potluck | Free Community Event |
December 28, 2012 | Potluck - 4 pm Tour | Full Moon Potluck cancelled due to illness. | Free Community Event |
February 13, 2012 | Reed Collect - teach | Reed Collect with a group. | |
March 26, 2012 | Reed Collect - teach | Reed Collect with Jen and Andrew. | |
April 1, 2012 | Reed Collect - teach | Reed Collecting with Ilana. | |
December 22, 2012 | Regional Event | Birth 2012 Celebration | Upland Hills School |
August 8-11, 2012 | SBS Hosts a group on the Land | Super Hero Bike Tour ! | 25 people on bikes camped 4 days & helped out with projects at the SBS ! Organizers: Emily Brezinski, Michael Mallon |
March 28, 2012 | Tour | Tour for Stephanie and Aaron Hainnah | |
January 18, 2012 | Tour | Tour for Shannon and Serina Wudkewvych | |
May 12, 2012 | Tour - educational group | Fay Hanson - Student Organic Farm students | date? |
May 17, 2012 | Tour - educational group | Tour & Host the Michigan Science Leadership Association | Contact: Eileen Byrnes, Ronna Fisher |
December 2, 2012 | Tour - educational group | Oakland Community College, Renewable Energy Class, Tour | Dr. Debra Rowe, instructor |
May 10, 2012 | Tour - group | Tour for group of organized by Helen Slomovits | Earth Mixing & Sculpting. She gave me lots of presents. Oils, music, books. |
May 11, 2012 | Tour - group | Iris Underwood, Advisory Board | date? |
May 17, 2012 | Tour & Activity | Visit from Noah & Emily. Reed Collect, Garden & Cook.May 17 -19, | |
August 28, 2012 | Tour - Group | Dolmans Russian Group Tour of SBS | Dolores Rubio and family |
February 14, 2012 | Tour & Activitiy | Tour and Plaster Workshop for Kelly Vallelunga | Seeking to do strawbale in Kalamazoo |
August 28, 2012 | Tour & Activity | Rennaisance Festival Folks Tour & Earth Plaster Retreat Cabin | Jon Weyhravch organizer. |
October 4, 2012 | Tour & Activity | Counsulation on Thatching for Tara & Tyler. | They are planning to build and thatch. I will do a workshop in the summer or fall in VT. Date? |
Visit | 3 Roods Farm, Columbiaville, MI | Interns help with Gardens | |
Visit | Pine Meadow CSA Farm, Oxford, MI | Interns help with Gardens | |
Visit | Flower Goat Farm, Leonard, MI | Interns attend | |
Visit | Green Garage, Detroit, MI | Interns attend | |
Visit | Dave and Dorindas Farm, Oxford, MI | Interns attend | |
Visit | Amy's Farm - local from Potluck. Almont, MI | Interns attend | |
Visit | Jared Bogdonov-Hannas Permaculture Garden, Troy, MI. | Interns attend | |
Visit | Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center, Oxford, MI | ||
Visits | Visits | Permaculture Oakland Co. Meetup Monthly, Clarkston, MI | Interns attend |