Kleiwerks Natural Building and The Sequatchie Valley Institute present the: NATURAL BUILDING & DEEP ECOLOGY TRAINING/GATHERING Learn the art of sustainable living & building. July 18-27, 2003 Near Dunlap, Central Tennessee, USA Join us for this 10 day hands-on intensive in the beautiful hills of Tennessee. You will learn how to build your own natural, affordable and long-lasting structures with materials that come directly from the land. WHAT TO EXPECT: Through hands-on practices, demonstrations, classes, slideshows and discussions you will learn numerous start-to-finish techniques. This training is for people who are seriously interested in taking what they learn back home and putting it to use. Our intention is to see our efforts multiply, broadening the sustainable living and natural building movement. We expect a total of about 50 people. This event will fill quickly. Early inquiries are encouraged. 15 TECHNIQUES: -Adobe -Cob -Wattle and daub -Light straw-clay slip, infill systems -Dry stack rock & earth bag foundations -Earthen plaster, aliz & other natural finishes -Basic carpentry -Post & beam timber-framing -Ferro cement -Stained glass -Tile-making -Adzing -Other innovations and use of locally salvaged leftovers from the nearby town that would otherwise be headed for a land-fill. TOPICS: -Characteristics of materials -Selecting & testing materials -Hybrid natural wall systems -Building strong structures -Appropriate passive solar design -Desiging a nest & a pattern language -Foundations, drainage & siting -Roofing -Model-making -Codes, resources & the movement -Building steps & planning -Deep Ecology & permaculture -Natural building around the world -Thailand's first earthen village HOSTS/CO-SPONSORS: We will be hosted at Moonshadow, home of Sequatchie Valley Institute, a non-profit environmental education center and living community on 350 acres near Dunlap, TN. On the land there are numerous examples of beautifully hand-crafted natural structures. Kleiwerks Natural Building is an international grassroots organization, teaching people how to build their own, appropriately designed, hybrid homes and community centers with affordable and indigenous materials. INSTRUCTORS: Janell Kapoor (Kleiwerks), Ashley & Patrick Ironwood (SVI), David Del Vechio (SVI), Johnny Kimmons (SVI), Mollie Curry (Earthaven Ecovillage), Allison Cerulli (SVI), Albert Bates (Ecovillage Training Center, The Farm), Howard Switzer & Katey Culver (Ecoville Architects), and other guests. PARTICIPANTS: We are most interested in working with representatives from organizations, schools, networks and communitites...anyone who is working on a grassroots level. For this reason, we encourage participants to get about half of their funding from people/sources within their community, with plans to share what they've learned upon return home. We encourage slideshow presentations and short hands-on demonstration projects. We are happy for you to play an involved role in your community and will gladly help advise this process. APPLICATION: Please keep your response brief, a few paragraphs is enough. Send us your name; address; how you found out about the training; which organizations, networks, communities you work with and any other relevant information; what you intend to do with what you learn; how you plan to get partial sponsorship from others; and how much you will pay. CONFIRMATION: Applications will be accepted until we are full. Within 2 weeks after receiving confirmation of acceptance you are expected to send in a $200 deposit to reserve your place, half of which is refundable if you cancel before June 1st. After June 1st, there will be no refunds. Closer to the training we will send you more details with directions, what to bring, etc. We look forward to seeing you there... FEE: Training fee includes delicious organic meals, camping, materials, information packet and tuition. $650...with a $900-$400 sliding scale, allowing people with different financial situations to attend. Please give what you can. you are expected to meet the middle $650. If you can give more, it helps our organizations to continue offering similar events in the U.S. and abroad. If you really cannot meet the middle $650, please note this, explaining why in your registration. We will encourage you to make arrangements for partial sponsorship from your community, which will help ensure you bringing it home to them. If this is really not possible, then we may ask for some kind of exchange for the remainder, but prefer to keep worktrades for people in our local community. CONTACT: For more information, or to submit an application, contact Ashley Ironwood at: Phone: 423.949.5922, 423.949.3021 Email: mediarights@bledsoe.net Website: www.kleiwerks.com, www.svionline.org CO-SPONSORED BY KLEIWERKS NATURAL BUILDING & THE SEQUATCHIE VALLEY INSTITUTE