Fwd: PermaJob at Heartwood

[Akiva Werbalowsky]

Check it people! I know somebody could rock with this one. Remember where 
you heard about this opportunity when I come up for my healing guest 
stay/work exchange.

PozItivI-
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>From: rboylan2 at aol.com (Rboylan2)
>Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
>Subject: Permaculture Landscaping Position Available
>Date: 02 Sep 1999 03:00:40 GMT
>
>
>Heartwood Institute, a massage and healing arts school near Garberville,
>California, seeks a landscaper with experience in Permaculture design and
>organic farming to help work the grounds of its 240 acre campus. The
>landscaper
>would work with a crew of two others to perform all aspects of
>groundskeeping
>at the school.
>
>Tasks include:
>- building soil fertility through composting, mulching, and the like
>- planting and tending 16 ornamental gardens (edible  and medicinal
>ornamentals
>are encouraged)
>- caring for approximately 75 fruit trees in two orchards
>- initiating erosion control projects in gullies and on steep hillsides
>-reforesting denuded areas of the campus
>-a good bit of general clean-up and grunt work like scything and/or
>weedwhacking, putting up fences, clearing paths, etc.
>
>Applicants should be in good physical shape, have prior experience in these
>areas, and be willing to work outdoors in extreme weather (lots of rain and
>cold in the winter and long, hot, dry summers). A strong desire to live and
>work in a residential educational community, an easygoing nature, and a
>sense
>of humor are also valuable.
>
>Compensation includes a stipend of $300 per month, room on campus (could be
>dorm room, trailer, yurt, or other), and three absolutely delicious meals
>(mostly vegetarian, fish approximately once a week) per day. Heartwood 
>staff
>are also able to take yoga, tai chi, bodywork and other classes without
>paying
>tuition, and also make use of all Heartwood facilities (sauna, hot tub,
>treatment rooms,  etc.). The Heartwood community is nurturing, wholesome,
>sometimes a little nutty, but overall wonderful.
>
>To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to:
>
>Richard Boylan
>220 Harmony Lane
>Garberville, CA 95542
>
>For more information, e-mail me (rboylan2 at aol.com) or call (707) 923-1411
>(this
>is the maintenance office number, so you'll have to leave a message since
>I'm
>always outside).
>
>Thanks,
>Richard




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