[Lapg] Last Chance:Build a Schoolhouse in Mali with the Dogon People (Presskit attached)

[scott at earthenhand.com]

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Season's greetings!

I invite you to join us January 9th-25th for an amazing trip to Mali. 
This trip combines cultural experiences with learning about earthen building and appropriate technology. Create meaningful friendships with Dogon villagers while helping them complete a schoolhouse. Please help us make this trip a success by spreading the word to others.

I can forward along my printable flyer and/or press kit at your request.
Please see: www.earthenhand.com. 

Thank you,

Scott Howard |  Earthen Hand Natural Building | +1 503.287.2442

 Description:
- Help the Dogon people of Tirelli build a schoolhouse
- Learn earthbag dome building (a form of rammed earth)
- Experience traditional Dogon ways of life and hike their country
- Visit the mosque at Djenne, the largest mud-birck building in the world

A Cross-Cultural Earthen Building Workshop

January 9th - 25th, 2010  -  Dogon Country, Mali

Let's build a schoolhouse for the Dogon people of Tirelli, Mali.

The Dogon will share their languages, music, cuisine, farming, and building techniques. We will build alongside the Dogon villagers to complete a one room schoolhouse. A 5x 5 meter earthen dome, its construction will be our main activity.  Students will learn dome design methods while gaining the skills to work with stone, rammed earth bags, and cob. We will also learn about traditional Dogon building techniqes by assisting several local builders with their work.  Tour the area by foot and bus to see Dogon Permaculture in action. Experience the daily life of the people of Tirelli, an off-grid traditional village. Visit ruins of old Dogon towns comparable to Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon.  See the famous mosque at Djenne, the largest mud-brick building in the world. 

Cost is $1800 tuition plus about $2000 travel expenses including airfare. 
See details and sign up today at: http://www.earthenhand.com 

Scott Howard started Earthen Hand Natural Building in 2002, with the
goal to build and promote artistic earthen architecture.  He offers workshops about
earthen building techniques locally and abroad.  See earthenhand.com for workshop details:
Mali earth bag dome intensive 1/9/10-1/25/10; Puerto Rico earth bag dome intensive 4/10/10-4/20/10, 
Portland, Oregon, USA earth bag house building Spring/Summer '10
  
Atime Saye will be our head guide in Mali.  He is a native to
the Dogon country and a doctoral student at the University of Bamako.  Atime
and Scott met in Tirelli, Mali two years ago, and have co-organized this event.  Atime
also helps throw the annual Dogon ultramarathon. http://www.ginnadotours.org 

Participants will learn everything that they need to build structurally sound domes using little more than earth from the site. The design is a caternary dome with two windows and a door. Dome building by hand is an ancient art that is still used today in many parts of the world.  It is one of the fastest and simplest ways to enclose a space, and is ideal for environments such as the Dogon country.  The design for the schoolhouse demonstrates wood-less construction in an area where wood is scarce.

Dogon villages lie at a unique place in the desert where the cracks in the land create shelter from the sun's radiation.  There are pathways navigating cliff cracks, and rivers running through the land to supply bountiful crops. In more recent times, the Dogon use adobe brick and stone block to build larger buildings somewhat farther out onto the plain. The dome we plan to build is a newer style of architecture in the Dogon country. 



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