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Natural Building Apprentices, The Farm, Summertown TN. April 1 to 25, May 1 to 25, Sep 1 to 25, Oct 1 to 25. Contact Greg Landua, Program Coordinator, Ecovillage Training Center
www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html

Summer 2008. Lopez Island, WA. Internship Opportunity for strawbale and natural plasters. Seeking limited number of interns to lead straw-bale and plaster teams. Our staff will train interns in straw-bale and plaster techniques; interns will lead and train others on site. Experience with natural building methods is not necessary. Requirement: minimum six-week commitment and four days per week on site. $100 per week stipend for food and expenses. Housing and/or tenting available; may require day of labor in exchange. Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) is building eleven affordable homes as part of sustainable building project. For more information, see www.lopezclt.org or contact LCLT, 360.468.3723 <lcltadmin@rockisland.com>

Organic Farm Manager(s), The Sandpoint Institute, Sandpoint ID.
Farm will establish setting for Sandpoint Institute, a new educational institute for organic farming and sustainable living, a
project of the founders of OrganicVolunteers, www.GrowFood.org. Finding interns for this farm will not be a problem.
One or more farmers needed to establish organic farm (360 acres w/70 available to be cultivated and certified organic; rest is forested. Sandy loam soil. 70 acres sown in a timothy, clover, brome mix hay for a small livestock operation or micro-dairy in addition to vegetable production. Abundant water w/two ponds and seasonal creek w/micro-hydro potential; one 60-ft well tapped into aquifer. Buildings include huge 1940s era traditional barn, old milking shed, granary, sheds and farm house (3 BR, 2 bath) and separate cabin. Kubota tractor w/back blade and cultivator implements. For responsibilities, experience desired, compensation information, and application process, contact <ethan@organicvolunteers.com> with the word 3organic2 in the subject to circumvent the junk mail filter.

Timber Framing. Looking for short and long term assistance in custom timber framing shop in Eastern NC. In business 15 years; all types of timber work. Prefer prior experience and tools.
Email resume to <kevin@TimberFab.net> and phone number where you can be reached.
TimberFab, Inc., PO Box 399, 201 West Hope Lodge St., Tarboro, NC 27886, 800.968.8322,
252.641.4142 fax www.TimberFab.net

Sacramento Valley, CA. Natural Building Intern(s) Wanted. Straw-bale house and earthen outbuildings. Timeframe, pay, room & board negotiable. Long-term accommodation possible for the right person(s). Natural and conventional building experience a major plus but not necessary. Ability to deal with 100-degree plus temperatures important (the creek saves us)! Contact Patty and Brien <alvannan@sbcglobal.net>

New college in Santa Rosa, California, has an eco-building program and their students are interested in working on on-going projects. if you have a project in progress or about to start and could use some volunteer help please contact Susan Price, 707.922.5796 or <susanpriceecology@yahoo.com>

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

Spaces available for WOOFERS or Permies (or others who live sustainably) willing to do work exchange on rural permaculture site in Tucson, AZ. Living space available in exchange for finishing up outdoor kitchen, water harvesting systems and gardens, earth plasters, natural paints and garden walls made of straw bales, cob and adobe. Latest project is finishing two water harvesting cisterns with an adobe "cladding" to keep them cool.  Contact J. Joyce, DAWN
SouthWest, Tucson, AZ  email preferred:  <dawnaz@earthlink.net> or leave message with an email to respond to at 520.624.1673. Photos at www.caneloproject.com/dawn

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:
http://www.odiseanet.com/gblc/index.php
Lists strawbale and earth construction job offerings and employment needs, workshops and miscellaneous postings.

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

Job Opportunities. Looking for bale and plaster workers for commercial and residential projects in Colorado.
http://odiseanet.com/about_employment.htm.

Internship available at Black Range Lodge, Kingston, NM. Offering hands-on experience in natural building and permaculture projects. Work-trade for lodging and meals, plus payment, if warranted. Call 505.895.5652, <resources@StrawbaleCentral.com>.

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.

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/LotanTourism/
ecoCenter/ga/ga2005.html or email <lotan-build@lotan.ardom.co.il>.

Apprenticeship Program - Ecovillage, Summertown, TN. Organic food production, natural building and permaculture. Five-week program. Field trips. College credit available. National/international instructors. Howard Switzer and Katey Culver, <ecovillage@thefarm.org>.

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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 68542-2706; <thelaststraw@thelaststraw.org> or call 402.483.5135.

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