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Now through September and 2010. Bulgaria, Eastern Europe.
Cob and Adobe House Construction & Natural Building Internship.
Cob and adobe house construction, walls and gardens, and want some
hands-on experience in natural building with instruction from an alumnae
of Ianto Evans' Cob Cotttage workshops. 'Cob in Bulgaria' is Located
15 kms from old Capital of Bulgaria, Veliko Turnovo. Aim is to develop
sustainable lifestyle skills such as local food production, permaculture
and natural building. The house you will help finish in 2009. Natural Building Internship. Begins April 2010 at
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Northeast Missouri. Planned as part of
final stages in construction of timberframe straw-bale house, focus
is on finishing touches of the home. Areas included: interior cob
and light clay straw walls, finish plasters, earthen floors, cabinetry,
outdoor kitchen, outdoor hot tub, greywater system installation, landscaping,
organic garden design, deck construction, and adding artistic beauty
to the home in a variety of ways. Contact Jennifer <timberhome@gmail.com>
or visit http://naturallybuilt.blogspot.com for more information.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Design-and-Build Artist Village located in Africa seeks volunteer project manager/creative fundraiser for a Design/Build Earth Home Challenge. From 2010-2015, developing a model artist village in Ghana and Uganda for replication in other parts of Africa. For the locals, it will mean resolution to age-old problem for artists, painters, sculptors, dancers, and others who require low-cost and expanse of space in which to work; and for persons in the arts from around the world, it will be a contact point for artist-in-residence for community-based arts projects. Some 50 and 500-1000 acres have been speculated in rural parts of Ghana, as are in Uganda, Cameroon and Botswana. If interested in facilitating the project or wish to suggest a resource person, please sent email to <africoae@gmail.com>. Additional information on the project will be upon request or visit www.focusonthearts.org, http://afropoets.tripod.com/eta Apprenticeship Course. Three-month apprenticeship course offered (regrow, rebuild and rethink our way of living) at Kibbutz-Lotan, Israel. More information available at www.birdingisrael.com or <lotalbuild@lotan.ardom.co.il> Three- to six-month apprenticeships available in natural
building and off-grid living at Spirit Pine Sanctuary, a
beautiful 160 acre off-grid site in the coastal range of CA. Longer
term commitments are possible. Meals and camping are included. Aikido
ueshideshi apprenticeships are also possible. Organic Farm Manager(s), The Sandpoint Institute, Sandpoint
ID. Straw-bale Construction Certification. New distance learning program enables students to start at any time and work at their own pace. Now available through the Geiger Research Institute for Sustainable Building. Director Owen Geiger is a correspondent for TLS. www.grisb.org <strawhouses@yahoo.org> Blue Heron Natural Builders Guild (BHNBG), Madison, WI. Gain natural building work experience in the 2007. Earthen plaster, lime plaster, natural paints, natural remodeling, strawbale, straw-clay, stone, tile, hardscaping, timberframing, additions. To learn more about learning opportunities in the southern Wisconsin, contact Eric Nelson <blueheron@naturalbuildersguild.com> www.naturalbuildersguild.com June through November, Cumberland Valley, Tennessee. Looking for building-focused interns to work on projects from cob-ovens to a ferro-cement living roof retrofit, and building a natural building exhibit and doing presentations at a local festival. Work in July will be focused exclusively on framing in a three-story meeting hall of sustainably home-harvested timber, and milled on a woodmizer sawmill. For more information about site and life Sequatchie Valley Institute (research and education in sustainable living), visit www.svionline.org Contact <quasiperiodic@gmail.com> if you're interested in the internships. Labor Classifieds Bulletin Board at: Apprenticeship. Six-month (May 1 through November 1), two semi-experience people wanting to learn more about natural building (cob, SB, wood, plasters, earthen floors. Construction work and working farm and community responsibilities. White oak farm & Education Center, Box 450, Williams OR 97544 <info@whitoakfarmscsa.org> www.whiteoakfarmcsa.org Apprenticeship. Emerald Earth International Community,
Northern California. All phases of work with local natural materials.
www.emeraldearth.org
<workshops@emeraldearth.org> Kleiwerks Internship. If you want to get more experience
in the organization of a nonprofit, or in
earth building and sustainability, and if you want to get into workshops
for free, contact <West@Kleiwerks.org> Founded in 1998, Kleiwerks International
is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that promotes social transformation and ecological regeneration
by leading natural building and
whole-systems training that results in community-based sustainable
living centers. By invitation only, we collaborate with community-based people,
projects and programs. Through hands-on
educational trainings and building projects we construct activist
centers, permaculture sites, orphanages, schools and villages. Significant
results of our work nclude both the generation of regional activist networks,
and the construction of public demonstration centers that serve community
needs. Kleiwerks International is part of a worldwide movement that is reviving
and refining the art and joy of natural building and living. This listing of internships, apprenticeships, job opportunities is compiled from information sent to The Last Straw Journal by individuals, groups and organizations. Send information about events, conferences, tours, workshops and hands-on training to: The Last Straw, PO Box 22706, Lincoln NE 8542-2706; <thelaststraw@thelaststraw.org> or call 402.483.5135. updated 1/12/2010 |
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