[Highlights] Natural Building + Pigs + Permaculture Design + Bark Baskets

Details: Published on Friday, 17 July 2015 14:15; Written by editor

Offerings, happenings, and know-how of Permaculture School & friends.

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NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOP: Mud Fun

Last week's Natural Building Workshop was a great success with over 40 participants creating two earthen ovens, adobe outdoor kitchen, slipstraw and wattle & daub kiosks with living roofs, and earthen paints, plasters, and lime renders. Most importantly, the week brought all of us closer together in heart, vision, and action. Mud LOVE, y'all!

I am feeling empowered after this week, learning and building things and being a part of the community. I’m really looking forward to and feeling energized by everyone’s enthusiasm and excitement by what’s going to come next to everyone and seeing what’s going to come next for everyone. - Laura, Natural Building Workshop participant

Why do we love natural building? Natural building techniques consist of simple solutions that are replicable, accessible, and appropriate to just about anyone, anywhere. Instead of focusing on profits, inaccessible and costly technologies, and specialized skills, natural building embraces unique creativity by transforming what is already around us. Through natural building, we create a relationship between people and place. Natural building can help us to connect to our individual heart songs, and lead us to the healing of relationships with those around us, as well as with our planet. Want to learn more? Check out our latest blog post with instructions on how to make cob at home.

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MORE PERMACULTURE SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

Pigs at Earthaven Ecovillage

Garden Planning class with Becky Beyer

Peeling tulip poplar bark for basket making at Wild Abundance

Students presenting their permaculture site design project, a geodesic dome greenhouse

Want to learn more about permaculture? Check out the Permaculture School blog.

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COME WORK WITH US

Now hiring work traders: Details & application here. Positions include
site & garden, videography, outreach, hospitality
& more.

Work with a passionate and dedicated team that is creating whole-systems approaches to complex issues. Build a network of movers n’ shakers who are deeply engaged in the issues you care about. Be supported and mentored by experienced staff. Work traders receive a 75% discount to attend a week-long workshop. One live-in position is available for a Site & Garden Assistant. Apply >> www.ashevillage.org/work-trade-positions

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COME LIVE WITH US

Monthlong rentals are available in August neighboring Ashevillage Sanctuary, a few blocks from downtown Asheville, NC. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details.

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WORKSHOPS IN ASHEVILLE

NOURISHED KITCHEN WORKSHOP with Jenny McGruther, Juliet Blankespoor, CoreyPine Shane, Ceara Foley & Todd Elliott >> Save $225 in July!

Learn hands-on, traditional food techniques for a healthy and balanced life through classes, demonstrations, how-to techniques, lectures & field trips. Check out the revised topics! Dates: August 16-22. Details: www.ashevillage.org/nourished-kitchen-workshop Work Trade positions available: Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS

What are your favorite online events? We would love to hear about them! Ashevillage wants to know about and support the kinds of events that you're interested in, whether it's a free online summit with your favorite teachers or an ongoing educational program. Send us an email and let us know who you love to learn with and what you love to learn about online! Contact us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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WE STAND STRONG WITH #BlackLivesMatter #solidarity #wearewithyou

As an organization (of mostly white folk), we stand up, speak out, use our voices, our outreach capacity, and our love. We are sorry for the ways in which people of color continue to suffer in vastly disproportionate amounts than most white folks will ever know. We are sorry that structural racism is still so blatantly practiced in our country. We declare our support, and our desire to learn, and be as present as we can as allies -- as another collective of people who care deeply and want to express in whatever way we can, our love and our heartfelt grief at the countless acts of hatred-driven violence and misunderstanding. May mountains move. May restorative justice come to pass. May empathy grow and deepen. May love win. We believe it is possible, and we encourage all white-run organizations to take a stand as allies. Please consider using your privilege in service to all people. Thank you!

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

You cannot solve a problem through the same consciousness that created it, you must see the world anew. - Albert Einstein

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