[Southern California Permaculture] Building with Bamboo Course - Guatemala April 2014!

[Monika Goforth]

*Join Lake Atitlan's sought-after natural builder, Charlie Rendall, in a
week-long course introducing you to building with Bamboo.*

This course teaches first-time builders how to design and build their own
house from the ground up, using bamboo and predominantly natural materials
in tropical and temperate climates.

For hands-on practice, we'll be building a volunteer dormitory and bamboo
furniture.

There will also be a two-day field trip to several bamboo plantations, a
bamboo treatment unit, a bird sanctuary, a Guatemalan market and views of a
live volcano

Topics covered:
* Site selection
* Barefoot architecture - how to go about designing and planning your own
house
* General introduction to natural building materials
* Foundations 101
* Introduction to bamboo and its many uses
* Bamboo framing and architecture, including engineering for earthquake
resistance
* Wall fill and plastering techniques
* Natural building tour

Come learn the whole process behind building homes with Bamboo in beautiful
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

*Course Date: April 14 - 19, 2014 at San Marcos la Laguna, Lake Atitlan,
Guatemala*

For more information Check out our website:
http://www.<http://www.returntotheforest.org/>
returntotheforest.org <http://www.returntotheforest.org/>
or contact: monikareturntotheforest.org <monika at returntotheforest.org>


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