Naturally Built Tiny House

Course Description

Applying the permaculture principles throughout the building process. This hands-on workshop series will teach you about creating buildings with trees cut from the land, maximizing on-site and local raw materials and framing with rough cut local lumber. Natural, local and bioregional buildings contribute to ecologically sound local economies and create beautiful, healthy homes and villages to live our lives in. Topics: - Passive solar design - Phased and integrated site development and building techniques. - Building structures and sacred sites with good feng shui and natural energy. - Insulating naturally, using rainwater for domestic needs and greywater for gardens. ​​How to use Straw bales: - Earthen Plasters, Light Clay straw - Passive solar hot water systems for domestic heating - Off grid Energy systems - Minimizing household sources of Electro-Magnetic Fields - Using gravity and low energy pumps and systems for indoor/outdoor plumbing systems When you complete this entire series you will know how to create a beautiful natural building from the ground up and set it up to be fully off the grid! Come and learn how to create healthy, natural reasonably sized homes, outbuildings and communities . We will teach you how to analyze building locations and materials to determine how ecologically safe and sound they are. Most of our time will be spent outdoors and there will be plenty of hands-on work. Home cooked and locally sourced meals included! Lodging options include limited indoor common area as well as tent space on our beautiful 14 acres. Meals and Camping included = Bring tents, sleeping pads, sleeping bags.