If you are interested register soon.
There is room for 6 interns and we expect to fill.
Kleiwerks
15-Week Natural Building Internship
Learn Natural Building while
constructing an earth & straw home.
June 23- October 6, 2006
At Earthaven Ecovillage
Near Asheville, NC
This internship is a unique opportunity for
people who have a serious interest in making Natural Building part of
their lives. No previous building experience is necessary.
Click
here for more information.
Join us for a Natural
Building immersion
Gain extensive hands-on Natural Building experience while working on
a 2-story straw bale, cob and adobe home and other regional earthen
building projects. Live and work with a small team in the larger context
of the
Earthaven
community- one of North America's most prominent full-scale ecovillages and home to numerous examples of Natural Building, including cob, straw bale, slipstraw, timber-frame, round pole, earthship and adobe. Enjoy the cool town of Asheville, NC and one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet, the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
Topics & techniques
Learn through hands-on experience, demonstrations, workshops, presentations and discussions.
Cob
Adobe
Straw bale
Slipstraw
Wattle & Daub
Earthen plasters & paints
Sculptural relief work
Carpentry
Living roof
Earthen floor
Foundations
Site selection
Passive solar design
Other aspects of sustainability
And more...
Teamwork & community living
Group check-ins & facilitation practice
Involvement in daily meal preparation & clean-up
Saunas, a fresh running creek, woods & long walks
Development of your own Natural Building presentation
Company of great folks who live by their passions & visions for a better world
The Project
The main focus of the 15 weeks is building the home of Arjuna da Silva, one of Earthaven Ecovillage's Founding Members. Her home is a 2-story straw bale, cob and adobe with already completed stone foundation and timber-frame. Natural finishes, sculptural details, bottle work and salvaged materials will all be incorporated. This will be the first full-fledged earth-and-straw home at Earthaven, as well as in the greater Asheville area. Other Earthaven projects and three working field trips will be included, giving interns the opportunity to work on various regional projects, with the benefit of experiencing several sites, facilitators, approaches and aspects of Natural Building that you would not otherwise have.
General schedule
25-30 hours per week of guided hands-on Natural Building
5 Natural Building workshops taught by guest presenters
3 working field trips to regional Natural Building projects
3 special workshops on other topics of 'sustainability'
2-3 days off per week so you can catch your breath
2 5-day breaks over the period of 15 weeks
You have the option to participate in other Earthaven events (for additional costs)
Teaching team
Click for more information: Mark Mazziotti, Steve Brodmerkel, Mollie Curry, Steve Kemble, Meka Bunch, Janell Kapoor, and others.
Living situation
Camping will be next to the site in a wooded neighborhood in the ecovillage.
Meals will be shared, really good, vegetarian and mostly organic.
Bathing and others options include an indoor shower and a fresh water creek.
For more information
Contact janell@kleiwerks.org
Visit www.kleiwerks.org
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