[Sdpg] Natural Building Eco-development Workshop near Tijuana Baja Mexico, Oct. 27th–Nov 4th '07

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Oct. 27th–Nov 4th '07

Natural Building Eco-development Workshop near Tijuana Baja Mexico

Imagine a revolutionary oasis built with your 
very own hands as you exercise in natural 
building and whole system design principles. 
Imagine a community of passionate people learning 
what it means to be human beings, immersed in an 
environment of self-expression, of listening, and 
of appreciation, while they build beautifully and sustainably.

Introducing GiraSol (Sunflower), a new 
permaculture settlement breaking ground in 
November 2007. We invite you to be a part of this 
amazing experience by participating in a nine-day 
course designed to bring you competency in 
Permaculture and Earthen Building Methods. 
Imagine yourself as part of that community
Living. Building. Playing.

This nine-day intensive design/build studio will 
combine natural building techniques (cobb, adobe, 
stone, straw/clay, passive/active heating 
systems) with presentations, discussions, 
exercises, and fun local field trips. GiraSol’s 
ground-breaking workshop will provide training in 
regenerative village design, natural construction 
and permaculture theory while establishing the 
GiraSol information center through hands-on work. 
The design will integrate a century-old adobe 
structure into a whimsical new building, 
seemingly sprung from the canvas of a Maxfield Parrish painting.

Led by mOceaN (Mark Lakeman), Lydia Doleman and 
Martin Schulke of Portland’s City Repair Project, 
the Gira-Sol intensive will take place from 
10/27/07 to 11/04/07. We will be camping as a 
group in the beautiful Baja desert, and all meals will be provided.



Reservations & Course Questions

Scott Ankeny
503-853-9376
scottankenypdx at gmail.com

Blog
http://www.girasolnow.typepad.com/


<http://girasolnow.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/gira_sol.html>Gira Sol?

Gira Sol pronounced "heera soul" means sunflower 
in spanish. I also like "sun spinners" as a 
translation. This project comes out of the 
original name given to the ranch "Rancho los Gira 
Soles" back when it changed hands over 30 years 
ago. At that time it was quite the sleepy valley, 
dairies, olive, grape, barley... Tijuana, it's 
largest neighbor has grown tremendously and 
spills towards this inland valley. A more 
counscious presence is being planned for this 
valley as a whole to serve the growing 
populations. Gira Sol has many advantages at this 
time attracting interest from both sides of the 
border towards a more natural foot print in the landscape.
Adobe soil is our most available resource at Gira 
Sol and is the perfect material for sculpting 
whimsical environments. Our experience with all 
forms of natural building helps us to mix 
building methods for optimum structures, thoughtfully strong, and poetic.



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