We’ve been busy here at home. Friends from Israel dropped by for a stay. They have been traveling all over the US. One of the stops they made was at Natural Spaces Domes. They are a Minnesota based Geodesic Dome Home design family business. After talking with the family, my friends decided to make one of the Domes their next home as they just bought some land. They’ll be continuing their journey soon.
Good luck friends…
Third solar eclipse this year, and a good time to set intentions for the coming month. I’ll be signing up for a cob building workshop September 10-18, and finally a PDC in LA! Hope to see you in one (of both) of these.
The stars are aligning. We are learning lots about community living and are making many amazing new friends. So much in the works right now, I can’t even begin. Soon I’ll sit down and let you in on some of the plans.
As I prepare for a few awesome posts I’ve got up my sleve, I’ll leave you with this very inspiring TED video from Michael Pawlyn.
Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture. Biomimicry is the way…
I’ve been around clay since the time I was nine years old. Mostly sculpting up until I Junior College when I touched my first potter’s wheel and never sculpted again. I’ve been wanting to get back on the clay wagon, except now in a more building type of mode. Today I was looking about on Paul Wheaton’s page and came across several youtube videos on the subject of cob ovens. This one really inspired me and makes me want to sign up for a course soon. Know of any good places?
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Solar water heating using a unique master and slave collector design. These guys are so on top of energy conservation and DIY projects! Beware of going into this blog or related page without hours to spare.
I just finished watching the Intro to Permaculture Design DVD from Geoff Lawton and am happy to report, I’ve drank the Kool aid. This DVD is only scratching the surface of the concept but is incredibly inspiring. Seeing the Guilds having taken form and all the food forests… Oh my! If you personally know me, we can arrange for you to borrow it (if you damage it I’ll compost you).
On the same note. Remember the Greening the Dessert video I posted about? It gets better. It looks like PRI is conducting a Greening the Dessert II, except this time around they bought the land. Sasha Rabin is leading a course there on Natural Building! Talk about the perfect storm. Natural Building, PRI, Greening the Dessert II. Oh to dream of time off and money…
I believe that here are no coincidences. So as you might have read, I went to a Transition meeting a little while back. I signed up to their news letter, but being as they are kinda far I asked for more local contacts. Lo and behold they send me the info of a an Urban Farm called Edendale. These people are literally across the lake from me. No more than a ten minute bike ride.
While upholding permaculture practices they harvest water, do bio-intensive farming, composting, aqua culture, raise small farm animals. The list is incredible! I’m planing on going there on Monday to scope it out. They teach classes in all sorts of awesome things. Last I heard they did a cob oven! Oh did I mention they WWOOf? More on that later. Now I’m going on a double date.
Viva la revolucion!
I’ve got to check these guys out. They hold a natural building intensive that looks great! I think they use a mixture of cob and straw bale techniques. Very visually appealing. Now if only I could heal my lower back and get the time off of work…
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