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Earthbag Dome Building with the Dogon People (Los Angeles)

235 views since posting on Fri, September 25, 2009 - 9:09 PM
Date & Time: Saturday, January 9, 2010 - Monday, January 25, 2010
8:00 AM
'The earth turns to gold in the hands of the wise' -Rumi
Come build an earthen schoolroom for the Dogon people of Tirelli! Learn about earthbag dome design and construction, as well as Dogon mud building, agriculture and society. Topics include: Dogon culture, architecture, agriculture, and archaeology; Dome design, Permaculture Design, Earthbag and Gravel Foundations, Earthbag and Cob Wall systems, Passive Solar, Window placement, Earthen floors, Earthen plasters. It's going to be an awesome trip. (www.earthenhand.com/workshops.html) You can come plant trees with Common Vision in Guinea in later December early january also, if you wanna make a trip out of it. (www.commonvision.org) And don't forget about the world permaculture convergence in MAlawi in November. (www.ipcon.org)
It's a great winter to be in Africa!!

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