Straw/Stucco Workshop this Weekend

[awerbalo at calpoly.edu]

The Harvest Festival last weekend was truly joyful. Thanks everyone! 
I hope you'll be with us this weekend,
Akiva



Straw/Stucco Building Symposium
THIS WEEKEND
Oct. 17-18 at Cal Poly 

 
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Cal Poly will host the California Straw Building
Symposium and Workshop at the university's Permaculture Center and
organic farm Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18, from 9:30 a.m. to 
3:00 p.m. 
 
Guest instructors and straw-bale building experts Turko Semmes and Greg 
McMillan, The Straw Dogs, will teach about the financial, ecological, 
aesthetic, and practical benefits of building with this annual fiber 
crop.

In addition to the presentations, participants -- with the help of
experienced builders -- will be given hands-on opportunities designing, 
building, stuccoing and plastering.  Special emphasis will be given to 
weatherproofing straw structures.

"Like a community 'barn-raising' event, this is a deeply satisfying way 
to learn-by-doing," said Akiva Werbalowsky, coordinator of Cal Poly 
Permaculture.

Registration is $98 (or $49 for a single day).  All materials are 
provided, and comfortable clothes are recommended. Bring lunch or there 
are many lunch places close by. To register or to receive information 
about the Permaculture series, call Cal Poly Extended Education at (805)

756-2053. Space is limited. 
 
The weekend is part of the Cal Poly Permaculture and Ecological
Design Series coordinated by Werbalowsky; Julian Kayne, designer at the 
Permaculture Center; and Larry Santoyo, one of the nation's premier 
permaculture designers and an instructor at Cal Poly.