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["Adriana Magaña" <dreikycaprice@gmail.com>]

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Lactoferments
Saturday, November 3rd 3-5pm $40

This third workshop will walk you through making a variety of
lactoferments including: kim chee, sauerkraut, ginger-carrots and
other root lactoferments. Please bring a few 2 qt. glass mason jars, a
good cutting knife, a cutting board and the rest will be supplied.
Handouts of recipes will be provided. IMPORTANT!!! Please register one
week
in advance so we can insure the correct amount of ingredients. This is
sure to fill up fast!

Handcrafting Home Brews
Friday, November 9th 7-9pm $30


This third workshop will cover: malting whole grains for superlative
home brew beers and will include sources for organic whole grains;
preparing herbal tonics and sacred beers with wild dandelion, yarrow,
rosemary and others; culturing wild yeasts. Kombucha preparation will
also be covered and kombucha "mothers" will be given away to make at
home. Handouts of recipes will be provided.

Handcrafting Herbal Tinctures, Salves and Extracts
Wednesday, November 14th 7-9pm $30


For increased vitality and immuno-boosting potency there is nothing
that compares to fresh harvested and properly prepared homegrown herbs
and handmade herbal remedies.
This fourth and final workshop in this series will show you how to
make salves, extracts and tinctures that promote healing through the
gentle nature of herbs. Excellent for gift giving!

Natural Building

Healthy Buildings = Healthy People
Wednesday, November 7th 7-9pm $30

Natural, local and bioregional building creates
ecologically sound local economies and healthy homes.
In the first workshop in this series come learn and discuss how to
create healthy homes by investigating various criteria for analyzing
building materials to determine how ecologically safe and sound they
are. Some topics that will be covered are: passive solar hot water
systems for domestic heating needs; identifying and eliminating
household sources of EMFs and other indoor air pollutants, and more.

Natural Building vs. Green Building
Saturday, November 17th 2-5pm $50

This second workshop will focus on whole systems design for human
dwellings and settlements. Topics covered will be: total embodied
energy of building materials and the distance (i.e. fossil fuel
consumption) they travel; sustainable onsite harvesting and
cultivation of natural building materials (wood, earthen plaster, cob,
bamboo…); managing a wood lot to increase diversity; natural
windbreaks; passive solar design; off-the-grid energy systems; gravity
fed, passive and low energy inputs for water systems; intentional
wetland wastewater treatment; rainwater catchments and rain gardens;
living roofs. This one will fill up fast so register early!

Straw Bale Construction
Wednesday, December 5th 7-9pm $30

This third and final workshop in the Natural Building series will
cover: building with straw bale and Cob for wet and cold climates;
earthen plaster interiors, exteriors and finish coats; pole barn
framing with on site materials and local, rough cut framing; Cob
benches, cottages and ovens; Cob integrated with straw bale and light
clay straw and many other earth centered building techniques will be
discussed. Please bring your questions and desires about healthy,
natural and sacred structures in your life.

*Bioregion – a region whose limits are defined by topographic and
biological features such as mountain
ranges and ecosystems.

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Classes will be held at Picasso Machinery
45 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
J-M-Z to Marcy Ave. Walk west 5 blocks on Broadway towards the East
river and Manhattan. Picasso Machinery is on the right.

Payment in advance not necessary but you must pre-register. Limited space.

To register for class email andrew@homebiome.com

On 11/1/07, Adriana Magaña <dreikycaprice@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Britt,
> My name is Andrew Faust and and I just wanted to let you know that I
> am offering natural building workshops in Brooklyn this November that
> will encompass both straw bale and cob. I have extensive experience
> with these materials and have been hired as a consultant on a property
> upstate. In addition I also have land prospecting experience and am
> presentlylooking for land upstate as well. i've attached the class
> listings if you are interested. Feel free to call and we can meet to
> discuss your goals with earth homes!
> Sincerely,
> Andrew
>
>
> On 11/1/07, Britt Pastor <spirithouse@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Hey all,
> > I'm new to the list, single mom living in NYC and planning on buying a
> > little land upstate and putting up either a straw bale home or a cob. 
> > Anyone
> > in upstate NY doing this? Would very much like to connect with others... 
> > not
> > only upstate, but also in NYC. We're heading up to Saugerties this weekend
> > to look at places, so if anyone is building or living in earth homes
> > anywhere in NY State, I'd love to hear from you, as we try to figure out
> > where to look for land...limiting it to within 3 hours of NYC for ease of
> > traveling back and forth....
> > Thanks,
> > Britt
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