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What is Natural Building Natural building is all about reconnecting with our ancestral roots and our natural environment. Building beautiful, durable, healthy and spiritually uplifting buildings as well as building nurturing relationships with people and the planet along the way. What is this Natural Building Internship is about? This internship aims to provide comprehensive knowledge, practical skills and experience for building a house using natural material locally found in the area. You will be involved in lots of hands on work on the Gaia Ashram project during this two weeks program. Our aim is that participants will leave motivated, empowered & with plenty of practical experience. The mainframe content includes; House design and designing for energy efficiency Using natural and ecological building materials which include natural material locally found in the area, reused and recycled materials How to build a house step by step Additional knowledge to Natural building You will be learning about dry composting toilets for the hands on project to build a dry composting toilet Practical work during the internship Apart from having the knowledge about the different techniques of Green Building or Natural Building, this internship includes lots of practical learning or learning by doing. The combination of material and experiential learning will help interns to walk away being empowered with a lot of knowledge and practical skills. design wallup window2 fairy bricks wall wattle&daub What will we be building? Interns will be building a small house for one of Gaia Ashram long term community members. We will use earth as the main building materials, incorporating recycled wood, straw, rice husk, saw dust, glass bottles etc. By working on this building project, interns will gain a hands – on learning experience in: Making Adobe bricks Building walls with Ado

El Curso empieza el día 16 de Abril por la tarde, sin embargo a las personas que no tienen la experiencia “necesaria” y quieren apuntarse para el curso Nivel 2, será OBLIGATORIA un día extra desde el día 15 a medio-día. POR FAVOR LEER LA DESCRIPCIÓN COMPLETO DEL CURSO EN EL DOCUMENTO ADJUNTA ANTES DE DECIDIR SI APUNTARTE A NIVEL 1 O NIVEL 2. Este curso está pensado para gente que ya tienen experiencia en la construcción (especialmente con paja) y para gente que les interesan trabajar de forma profesional en la construcción con paja. Se exije mayor atención a los detalles y cuidado en la ejecucción. Se puede autoconstruir una vivienda digna con la información aprendido en Nivel 1. Pero si alguien te va a pagar para trabajar, van a exigir una casa más “perfecta” en todo sus detalles. Si no has construido nada nunca, este curso NO ES PARA TI. Recomendamos que antes de asistir este curso asistas al Nivel 1, luego construyes algo pequeño para ti mismo o un amigo, y luego vuelves al Nivel 2 con algo de experiencia. Aprovecharás más del curso así. Prácticas Muros/Balas: -curvas -en columnas (1 bala de ancho) -forrar un edificio existente con balas -encajar balas alrededor de un estructura (muescas) -cortar balas en ángulos -Ventanas Revocos y acabados: -muros amaestradas (rectos) -uso de maquinaria para proyectar imprimación -acabados finos -aplicación de revocos con herramientas -mezcla de revocos con Maquinaria -pruebas de revocos de acabado con aditivos -Esgrafiados (tallados) -juntas entre paja/barro/madera -estanterías empodradas -pinturas de arcilla (interior) Charlas Teóricas (recibirás todas las charlas teóricas en PDF en tu DVD de recursos digitales). -Principios de Bioconstucción y alternativas constructivas (técnicas que no son Balas) -Cimentaciones y Banquetas Nivel 2 -Revocos de Tierra Nivel 2 -Estructuras para Casas de Paja -Detalles Constructivas -Humedad en Casas de Paja -Legalizar un Cas

Bioconstrução no Vale do Ceira! // Versão Portuguesa (English version below) A construção natural abre as portas de todo um novo mundo onde tomamos a responsabilidade da nossa existência e aprendemos a trabalhar em conjunto. Vamos aprender a planear, desenhar e construir uma casa utilizando materiais como palha, madeira de castanheiro, barro, areia, cal e xisto; e técnicas como fardos de palha, tabique, cob e rebocos naturais. 8 dias de curso teórico-práctico, onde vamos ter a oportunidade de visitar outras construções ecológicas no Vale do Ceira. Onde: Vale do Ceira, Góis Facilitador: Nuno Mamede Quando: 31 de Agosto a 8 de Setembro Quanto: 400€, que inclui curso, campismo, alimentação durante os 8dias, fichas e materiais para o curso, acesso a ferramentas e materiais para o curso. Temos duas bolsas para voluntários, para pessoas com poucos recursos financeiros. Devem ter alguma experiência em construção. Inscreve-te através do nosso site: www.terracrua.org // English version Natural building opens the doors of a whole new world where we learn to work together and take responsabilities of our existence. We will learn to draw and build a house using materials as straw, chestnut wood, clay, sand, lime and shale (xisto); and techniques as strawbale, bulkhead, cob and natural plasters. A theorical and practical workshop, lasting 8 days, in which we’ll have the oportunity to visit other eco-builded constructions in the Ceira valley Where: Vale do Ceira, Góis Facilitator: Nuno Mamede When: 31 de Agosto a 8 de Setembro Price: 400€, that include tuiton, camping conditions, food, matterials and acess to tools and other resources during the course. Visit us at terracrua.org to join in! nu********@*******ua.org Chegadas dia 30 de agosto 00351 968716329

The Bangladesh Association for Sustainable Development (BASD) is organizing a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) on 5-10 February 2018 and then an Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) program on 1-10 April 2018. The courses will be taught mainly in Bengali but there will be English translators for foreigners who wish to join. Course fee is US$75 per person, per course. For more details, you can read them here or you can send an email to bs*******@***il.com