Posted on 31 December 2011.
An action-learning immersion in water security, integrated systems & increased resilience at one of the country’s premiere urban permaculture demonstration sites.
PHOTOS: Appropedia and Ashevillage Institute
DATES
|
LOCATION
|
FEE
|
| July 8 – 14, 2012 |
Ashevillage Institute |
$1,200 total, includes food & lodging |
| 9-5:30 + evening presentations |
Asheville, NC |
Payment plan options below |
—
OVERVIEW
Water is vital for life. Although 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, only 2.5% of that is fresh water, and estimates are that by 2025, more than half the world’s population will lack access to fresh water. Appropriate, affordable, natural, water supply and purification technologies are an essential component of any campus sustainability system. This one-week, hands-on training brings together water experts with teams of campus representatives from around the country to implement actual projects and to support ‘greening the campus’ projects that can provide for integrated water management. This is an experiential exploration of solutions that will add to the health of our planet’s ecosystems.
PARTICIPANT CRITERIA
The goal of this training is to ‘green the campus.’ A total of eight schools total can participate, with teams of two representatives from each (a total of 16 participants). In order to participate, you must have: 1) a follow up project that can be implemented on your school’s campus, and 2) two participating representatives who are committed to working together with their school to help implement their campus project. When filling out your application below, please include these details.
—
| “884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people. That’s nearly 3 times the U.S. population.” UNICEF/WHO, 2008 |
LEARN
This 1-week training offers teams of campus representatives hands-on projects, classes, demonstrations and presentations that will enable them to:
Install an integrated water system that enhances water conservation, protects natural habitat, and bolsters campus food production; addressing water supplies, and rainwater runoff and erosion;
Design integrated, scalable systems for rainwater harvesting, remediation, natural filtration and greywater treatment that can be sized to any small schoolyard to large campus; and
Understand the role of biological, mycological and geological remediation for water, aquaponics and integrated food production.
Participants will also benefit from:
- A take-home, adaptable sustainable design curriculum
- Success stories and lessons learned from campuses around the country
- A peer supported network that will share resources for follow up projects
- YouTube video & online photographic book highlighting your campus project
- Projects will be highlighted on the Appropedia and Ashevillage websites
—
HANDS-ON PROJECTS
Our project will be the installation of a canal system that: 1) catches 6,000 gallons of rainwater runoff, 2) is naturally filtered using (and producing) edible plants, mushrooms and fish that 3) assist in water purification through aquaponics. Participants will engage in hands-on activities, including:
Earthworks and canal refinement
- Convert drainage canal to storm water catchment system
- Install a pond liner
Earthen micro-dam construction
- Create a natural composite system
- Install valves for water diversion
Natural filtration systems installation
- Propagate and stock canal with aquatic filtration plants & fish
- Install gravel & sand filtration system
- Plug and install mushroom logs
—
| “The mystery of language was revealed. I knew then that ‘W-A-T-E-R’ meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free.” – Helen Keller |
MAIN INSTRUCTOR
Lonny Grafman is Founder and President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. Lonny has taught courses at universities in three countries and facilitated interactive workshops in many locations. He has worked, and led teams, on hundreds of domestic and international projects across a broad spectrum of sustainability – from solar power to earthen construction, from micro-hydro power to rainwater catchment. Lonny is also an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the co-founder of a summer abroad, full immersion, Spanish language and appropriate technology program in Mexico and Dominican Republic; the Advisor for the Waterpod and the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology; and the Executive Editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering. Throughout all of these technology implementations, he has found the most vital component to be community.
GUEST INSTRUCTORS
Ash Aymond is the Site Manager and an Instructor at the Ashevillage Institute, a premier one-acre Permaculture demonstration center in North America. Ash’s background in engineering brought forward his love for natural systems design, building and teaching. As a mentor and guide to students and sustainable living enthusiasts, Ash has a particular knack for helping complex ideas make sense. He walks his talk by exploring as many aspects of sustainable living as possible. Ash cherishes implementing practical skills in order to build realistic solutions that support community life and show people how to integrate the natural world into their daily living. Ash has worked and lived at communities that practice and promote ecological living, from Oregon to Asheville, North Carolina, his current home.
Nancy Hodges is a registered Landscape Architect and currently is the Watershed Resources Manager at RiverLink, Inc. Nancy graduated with her B.S. in Ecology Field Biology from UNC-Asheville and received her Masters in Landscape Architecture from Virginia Tech. Nancy possesses a broad range of experience in LEED design, integrated storm water management, stream restoration, park planning, greenway, and community planning and design. She worked for Kimley-Horn and Associates in Raleigh and Atlanta, where she concentrated on stormwater management, parks and stream restoration design projects. She also worked at ECOS Environmental design as a landscape ecologist, overseeing environmental permitting, and specializes in stream restoration and water resources while focusing on park and greenway projects. She has wetlands delineation experience as well as being trained in Rosgen stream restoration methods Level II.
Janell Kapoor is the Founder and Director of Kleiwerks International. She is an avid mud mama and international movement-builder, designer, and teacher of indigenous building. Janell’s work has inspired hundreds of thousands of people from over 50 countries to build their own homes with what they have wherever they are. She led the first earthen building trainings in Thailand, Argentina and Turkey, resulting in the establishment of natural building and permaculture demonstration centers, educational programs, businesses, regional policy, and ways of life that have the potential to reduce our global energy footprint by more than 90%. Janell founded the Ashevillage Institute, a one-acre eco-urban demonstration site in downtown Asheville, NC, where she calls home.
—
| “The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives than any war claims through guns.” U.N. |
ASHEVILLAGE INSTITUTE
The Ashevillage Institute (AVI) is a nonprofit dedicated to sustainable solutions in action. AVI is a one-acre urban permaculture demonstration site with integrated ecological systems that address humanity’s most pressing needs. We grow food and medicinal plants, capture and use rainwater, work with volunteers and interns, offer tours and educational programs. Our goal is to inspire others to do the same on a home and neighborhood scale. The residential site sits between downtown Asheville, NC and 60 acres of woodland trails. Highlights include:
• 18,000 gallon living rainwater catchment system with bio-myco remediation
• Two naturally renovated houses, one for guests and one for residents
• Aquaponic greenhouse with integrated chicken coop and shower
• Five recirculating aquaponic ponds, bogs, and catchment swales
• Beautiful and organic edible, medicinal, and flowered landscape
• Earthworks that maximize rainwater retention and utilization
• Bees, chickens, soldier fly larvae & mushroom production
• Outdoor kitchen with wood-fired cook stove & oven
• Natural buildings, renovations & mud art
• Woods with camping and meeting space
• Recycled urbanite patio
—
FEE
Full package: Includes tuition, materials, beautiful shared accommodations at the Eco-Sweet Retreat (on-site guest house), and three organic meals per day. $1,200 per person.
Payment plans: Can be as low as $133 per month over a six month period (after your deposit has been paid). Contact us for details.
Deposit: A non-refundable deposit of $400 confirms your reservation. Final tuition payment is due on or before June 15th unless payment plan arrangements have been arranged.
—
| “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” W.H. Aude |
REGISTRATION
Registration is first come, first served. To register, please complete the following:
1) Complete and submit the Registration Form below.
2) We will contact you within three business days to confirm availability.
3) After you receive confirmation, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $400 will confirm your reservation. Please send your deposit to: ‘Kleiwerks International’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Memo: AVI-WWMT + <your name>.
4) The remainder of your tuition is due on or before June 15th, unless you have arranged a payment plan.
—
CONTACT
Robin Cape
robincape@gmail.com
www.ashevillage.org
—
