Natural Building Internship Program

  We are co-creating with the natural world and learning to come together in community ... joyfully becoming more skillful in living & building in deeper harmony with the greater whole.   The Internship is an immersion into Natural Building and Community Living open to students 18 and over with all experience levels.  A one or two month stay will give Interns a variety of hands-on learning and building opportunities with the goal that graduates leave with skills and passion to help build a more restorative future.  References from past participants.   Skill Development:  Interns will participate in all aspects of building projects scheduled for the month.  Activities will vary by season. Fall 2011- Rocket Stove, Rumford fireplace, living roof, natural sauna with hybrid wall stem: cordwood, wattle and daub, earth plasters and thatching. Winter 2012- Thatching and reed harvesting, composting systems, fruit tree pruning, interior earthen plasters, food fermentation, round -pole framing and wood splitting.  Spring 2012 - "Education & Community Outreach" includes Earthday festival, Green events and community projects, re-localization, earth oven, plasters, thatching and permaculture. Summer 2012 - Start to finish building skills: foundation framing, natural walls systems, plasters, thatching, permaculture, foraging.   Workshops:  One day or two day workshops are offered to the public throughout the internship.  Workshops range from Earthen Plasters, Strawbale Constructions, Permaculture, Earth oven, Rocket Stoves, Thatching, Round Pole Framing, Living Roof Systems and more.  Interns will help with preparations and will participate in all workshops during their stay.