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NATURAL BUILDING APPRENTICESHIPS
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Composting Toilet
and Small Craft Workshop Construction:
Sun 13 Jan – Sun 23 Feb ‘08 (6 weeks)
Skills learned include: earth-building techniques (eg cobb, earth light-earth/clay-straw), laying stone walls, inserting windows & doors, laying wooden floors, laying tiles & mosaic, concreting, wooden framework construction, earth & succulent roof, shingle/shake roof. Possibly some terracing and landscaping.
* This is designed as a residential apprenticeship, although Golden Bay residents could travel in and out. We prefer apprentices to participate for the whole duration.
Maximum Number of People: 6
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Traditional Timber Frame Building:
3 Weeks, in late summer/early Autumn - dates to be determined.
Crafting and erecting a small sleepout, mortise & tenon style, using chisels and pegs - no nails! Example can be seen on Tui land.
* This is run as a workshop, with paid instructor.
Maximum Number of People: 6
Main Tutor (hands-on style!): Huckleberry Leonard
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APPRENTICESHIP in PERMACULTURE DESIGN & COMMUNITY FOOD SELF-RELIANCE
2008 / 2009 Nelson Province,
AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND
A comprehensive educational experience in permaculture (ecological land-use design) and sustainable rural living skills, with an emphasis on local food production. It is for motivated people who wish to exemplify sustainability, using these skills for vocation, self reliance, or community service. It also provides a solid way for Permaculture graduates to take the next step in their professional development.
This apprenticeship course is for people who want to learn how to:
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develop the personal skills required to live in, contribute to and provide leadership in community;
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live a self-reliant land-based lifestyle, including producing surplus food for selling/trading locally;
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design community food systems
conducive to cooperative ways of working, with the goal of an abundance of healthy organic locally grown food;
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apply permaculture skills with ingenuity to transform degraded land into a healthy, productive ecosystem;
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regenerate rural quality of life and culture;
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earn a livelihood through permaculture design consultancy, education or land management;
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lead in ‘tough times’
, utilising resources effectively, efficiently and creatively eg in civil defense emergencies, peak oil and climate change realities.
Location: Tasman Bays area at the top of the South Island (Te Wai Pounamu) of New Zealand (Aotearoa), in 3 different communities simultaneously, each with their own unique learning opportunities, character and location.
Timing: Beginning early spring 2008 and ending late autumn 2009 OR beginning February 09 for 4 months (pilot), with a new 9 month intake in Aug 09
Enquiries to: Inna Alex Email: innadream@arcor.de
Phone: Inna 03 5258399; from overseas: (0064) 3 525 8399 (message only – leave contact details),
Postal Address: ‘ Earthcare Education Aotearoa’, c/o Inna Alex, Tui Community, Wainui Bay, RD1, Takaka, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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EARTH BUILDING INTERNSHIPS at TUI COMMUNITY in NEW ZEALAND
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From 7 Jan 2006, together with a small team of interns, Robina McCurdy and Huckleberry Leonard, international permaculture designer-educators (for background see www.greenworld-earthcare.org), will be continuing the building of their modest earth home, on Tui land in Golden Bay, top of the South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Tui is a 21 year old intentional community, with a strong social culture and a wholistic educational function. The borders of Tui land include the tidal inlet of Wainui Bay and the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. We are 15 minutes walk from a calm-water swimming beach.
From early Feb till mid April 2005, 6 - 8 intern earth builders, learned and worked together as a mini-community within the fully functioning wider community of Tui. This summer, we will continue on from where this team left off. We have taken a break over winter and spring, to replenish finances to purchase some materials for the next stage, and also to wait for sufficient enduring warm weather to dry the earth walls and floor, which we will be doing in the next stage. Techniques used will be Cobb, Wattle & Daub and Adobe, with an earth roof. See below for a sampling of plans and pictures. An aspect of the design will be Roundhouse style, as developed by Tony Wrench from Wales.
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As with last time, we intend this experience to be a fun, growthful and learningful time together. Hands-on teachers include Earth Building expert Richard Walker (NZ earth architect & consulting engineer, co-wrote the NZ Earthbuilding standards), and Huckleberry (USA) an experienced builder, specializing in old-style timber frame construction, and boatbuilding.
There are already two people booked in for next year. and there is a number limit of 6 - 8 people, accepted on first to confirm basis, given they meet the needs of people required for that particular building stage. Financial exchange ranges from direct work exchange - 3 spaces for people with experience in building construction eg making of windows, plumbing systems, to $180 per week payment for ' complete novices'. All exchanges cover food, accommodation, internet access, some work clothes, educational handout notes.
If you are seriously interested, please respond with the following information: name, nationality, age, male/female, fitness level, building experience (if any), community living/community work experience, stage/dates you are wanting to come for, any special needs/limitations.
Please respond to:
info@greenworld-earthcare.org
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