permaculture

["keith Johnson" <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

My friend Janell Kapoor has been teaching cob and natural buildiing in 
Thailand. She
can help you get linked to some folks there who are really excited about it 
and Pc.
Here's her contact data.
Keith
http://www.kleiwerks.com/

janell@kleiwerks.com

Jim Connor wrote:

> Greetings Friends
>
> I am wanting to contact folks working on permaculture projects in
> Thailand.  I read some post from March about some one working in Chiang
> Mai  and was wondering if anyone has contact information.
>
> My partner and I are in the early stages of starting a home for orphaned
> and abused in northern Thailand.  As part of our home, The Whispering
> Seed, we are planning the land to be a center for permaculture and
> community development work.  SOme of our first projects on the land will
> be to work with the local villagers and Hilltribe groups to build with
> bamboo and cob.  We are also bringing students from schools in US and
> Australia to work with us in the development of our project.
>
> If anyone has contacts in Thailand we would greatly enjoy hearing about
> them.
>
> WE will be in Thailand starting in November to assist in the building of
> 25 earth based houses for the Assembly of the Poor, an indigenous group
> which was displaced by the building of a large dam.  THis will be 1 month
> project with people attending from all over the world.  We will be
> exploring cob, bamboo, adobe and much more.  THere will be guided
> meditation walks, workshops and lots of networking. This is very exciting
> work in THailand!
>
> We look forward to connecting with people!!
>
> saowanee sangkara and jim connor