[Scpg] Calendar of classe and events at MELC! Willits CA june 2006

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

pcproject at earthlink.net

Weekend course:
Nature based waste water filtration!

Date - June 17-18, 9am-5pm

Location - MELC, 4651 Bear Canyon Road, Willits CA. 95490, please
contact us for maps and directions...

Instructors - Cassandra Lasdin, M.A. (Natural Builder and water
specialist), Maximillian Meyers (Certified Permaculture Teacher,
Ecological Designer) and special guests...

Cost - Free (donations accepted). We supply tools, materials,
experience and Organic meals.

Accommodations - Camping! Please bring a tent (we can supply a limited
number of tents if necessary), sleeping and personal hygiene supplies
(sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, soap, etc.)

What to bring - Camping gear, appropriate clothes for work related
activities, gloves (optional), notebooks, cameras, etc.

The Course In this course we will learn how to conserve, clean and
reuse water in ways that reduce or eliminate pollution of our
waterways, aquifers and oceans. Join us for this weekend long course
and gain valuable knowledge and the hands-on experience necessary to
create beautiful gardens, landscapes, ponds and marshes from
residential and industrial waste water. In this course you will learn
how to clean, utilize and/or store common forms of so called 'waste
water'. 'Waste is an unused resource'. - Bill Mollison... Click here
to register!



Weekend course:
Hybrid Adobe Construction!

Dates - June 24-25, 9am - 5pm

Location -MELC, 4651 Bear Canyon Road, Willits CA. 95490, please
contact us for maps and directions...

Instructors -Ryan Meyers (Ecological Landscape Design,
www.tierravivalandscape.org), Cassandra Lasdin, M.A. (Natural Builder
and water specialist), Maximillian Meyers (Certified Permaculture
Teacher, Ecological Designer) and special guests...

Cost - Free (donations accepted). We supply tools, materials,
experience and Organic meals.

What to bring - Camping gear, appropriate clothes, shoes and/or boots
for work related activities, gloves, notebooks, camera, musical
instruments, songs, etc.

Accommodations - Camping! Please bring a tent (we can supply a limited
number of tents if necessary), sleeping and personal hygiene supplies
(sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, soap, etc.)

What is Hybrid Adobe? - Hybrid Adobe is a revolutionary building
material used to create low-cost insulated homes, sculptures, domes,
garden walls, stairs and more. Hybrid Adobe combines recycled paper
with earth, sand, and a binder to create a more sustainable,
inexpensive, very strong, fibered material that can be poured,
sprayed, or sculpted, to form blocks, logs, panels, walls, and an
infinite variety of creative shapes and patterns. Its excellent
strength and insulation values come from the interlocking fibers of
shredder paper contained in the mixtures.

The course -The workshop will be hands-on learning, combined with
discussion and lectures about various Hybrid Adobe formulas, recipes,
techniques and applications. The Hybrid Adobe we make will be used in
the construction of our outdoor restroom and showers facility, now 30%
complete. We will be setting stones, pouring the last of the floors
and creating the walls using a spray application method. Each stage
requires different formulas in order to achieve the various strengths
and insulation values desired for floors, walls, mortars, etc. This
will be an opportunity to learn and discover a relatively new method
of construction and artistic creation that is nontoxic and only
requires the smallest amount of cement or "Roman Cement" (only lime,
clay and sand) can be used as an alternative. Click here to register!



Weekend course:
Cob construction!

Dates - July 22 - 23, 9am - 5pm

Location - MELC, 4651 Bear Canyon Road, Willits CA. 95490, please
contact us for maps and directions...

Instructors - Cassandra Lasdin, M.A. (Natural Builder and water
specialist), Maximillian Meyers (Certified Permaculture Teacher,
Ecological Designer) and special guests

Cost - Free (donations accepted). We supply tools, materials,
experience and Organic meals.

What to bring - Camping gear, appropriate clothes, shoes and/or boots
for work related activities, gloves, notebooks, camera, musical
instruments, songs, etc.

Accommodations - Camping! Please bring a tent (we can supply a limited
number of tents if necessary), sleeping and personal hygiene supplies
(sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, soap, etc.)

What is Cob? - Cob is a mixture of clay, straw, sand and water.
Variations of this recipe have been used for thousand of years in
cultures around the world. Cob uses natural materials and has
exceptional installation, strength and structural qualities. (Please
see example photo).



The course - In this course we will learn the various mixtures and
uses of Cob. The course will be hands-on learning combined with
discussion and lectures about various Cob formulas, recipes,
techniques and applications. Projects will include the construction of
a Cob garden wall, and bench. We will provide participants with tips,
practical advice, methods of sound construction and beautiful
examples.

Contact Maximillian Meyers (Director MELC), "Maximillian Meyers"
<permimax at gmail.com>  www.melc.us

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to
grow." - Anonymous

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