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The Ashevillage Institute (AVI)
An Eco-Urban Education Center
The Ashevillage Insitute (AVI)
AVI is an emerging eco-urban education center and living laboratory for
sustainable solutions in action. AVI is based in a neighborhood a few blocks from downtown Asheville, North
Carolina.
Educational programs:
Since
2007, AVI's programming has included Permaculture Design Certification;
natural building: cob, adobe, wattle & daub, slipstraw,
plasters & paints, green roofs, bamboo construction; rainwater
& greywater catchment; wild food & fermentation; and
bee-keeping. In the future, programming may include backyard
sustainability, shitake production, sacred geometry & geomancy and
other related subjects.
Click here for AVI's 2009 Calendar of Events.
Living at AVI:
Rooms
in the AVI house and tent platforms in the woods are available now for
the 2009 season. We're seeking positive, mature residents with
experience in the above fields. Rooms range from $425-$500 +
utilities. Tent platforms are $250 + utilities. Both rooms and
woods residents have full access to shared house amenities and receive
a 20% discount on all AVI programs. If interested, please email
or call for more info.
AVI provides:
*An urban demonstration of & support network for residential permaculture
*A hands-on sustainability center for classes, workshops & service learning
*A living community for AVI’s live-in staff & interns
*A center for the future “Eco-Hood” pilot project
Timeline:
2007: Complete house
retrofit including clay plasters/paints; get Certificate of Occupancy; permaculture design begins; shed relocation;
establish greenhouse & tent areas; exterior grading;
complete garottage (adobe out building); design outdoor classroom; kudzu management
2008: Establish gardens, compost &
humanure; host educational programs increase gardens; tree work; greywater & rainwater
systems; construct outdoor courtyard/kitchen/classroom; mosaic bathroom
and fireplace; interior earthen floor
2009:
Create master permaculture design; complete coutryard; establish
front yard gardens; host programs; work on funding and "EcoHood Pilot
Project"
Parent organization:
AVI is a project of Kleiwerks International, a non-profit organization that empowers communities to
be more sustainable by teaching hands-on natural building and
whole-systems solutions. Since 1998, Kleiwerks has built dozens
of community centers using natural and renewable materials. We have trained thousands of
people from over 30 countries and have led hundreds of educational
programs. AVI is the headquarters for Kleiwerks and is based in
Asheville, NC.
Support AVI:
AVI is administered by Kleiwerks International. 100% tax-deductible donations can be made by credit card through paypal at http://www.kleiwerks.org/support_us.php or checks can be sent to: Ashevillage Institute c/o 82 Buchanan Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. Write 'donation' in the memo line.
For more information contact:
Email: janell@ashevillage.org
Call: 828.225.8820
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