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2013 Calendar
Farm School Family Fest May 11
Music, Tours, Food & camping included.
A benefit for The Farm School.
Midwifery Herb Workshop May 16-18
Regenerative Earthworks May 16-19
Midwifery Workshop - Common Sense and Tradition May 19-23
Community & Sustainability Conference May 24-26 Explore the connection between lifestyle and intention.
Ecovillage Apprenticeship, June1-28
Organic Gardening Intensive
June 2-8 or 6-8 A week (or weekend) Hands-on gardening plus garden tours on and off-The Farm to visit Shiitake operations, a bamboo nursery...more
Carbon Farming - Albert Bates, June 21-22
Midwife Assistant Workshop June 16-22  
Adobe Dome Building Workshop July 2013
Carbon Farming with Albert Bates, Norway July 5-7
Ecovillage Apprenticeship, July 9-Aug. 3
Advanced Permaculture Design July 11-14
Buffalo River Canoe Trip July 2013
Swan Trust
Farm Experience Summer Retreat
July 24-28 or 26-28 (weekend only) Fun for the entire family. All of the Farm Experience workshops plus activities for kid,. swimming, hiking...more
Fermaculture, with Sandor Katz July 27
Midwife Assistant Workshop July 28-Aug 3  
Permaculture Design with Albert Bates, Ireland, Aug. 9-18
Advanced Midwife Workshop Aug 25-31
Midwifery Workshop - Neonatal Resuscitation Aug 27 - 28
Biochar Stove Camp Aug. 30-Sept 3
Regenerative Earthworks September
Farm Experience Weekend Sept 20-22
Midwifery Assistant Workshop Sept 22-28
Edible Forest Gardening Sept. 27-29
Ecovillage Apprenticeship, Oct. 1-28
Farm Experience Weekend Oct. 11-13
Our last Farm Experience till next year!
Farm School Holiday Bazaae Dec. 7
Belize Adventure Feb. 2014
Hikes in the jungle. Home stays with Mayan families. Visit Plenty relief projects. Contact for details.
 
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SuperAdobe Dome Building Workshop
July 9-14, 2012
with instructor Biko Casini
$500 per person
includes camping
plus dorm space in the Unity Center
private accommodations also available
Communal meals provided.
Register NOW!

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BE PART OF BUILDING THE FIRST SUPERADOBE DOME IN TENNESSE!
Building Earthen Domes, we create superstrong, inexpensive, natural houses in tune with our environment.
You will Learn
PRINCIPLES OF ARCHES AND SHELL STRUCTURES - BUILDING DESIGN & LAYOUT – FOUNDATIONS –SUPER ADOBE BASICS
NATURAL PLASTERING – WATERPROOFING - BUILDING DOOR AND WINDOW OPENINGS

Guest Instructors: Natural Craftsman Dan Callerman and Master Journeyman Mason Raven Larsen

This week long workshop is great for people who dream of building their own home or starting an alternative community.
Building this beautiful type of earthen structure  is fun, easy,  empowering and accessible to people of all ages.
After completing this workshop you will know everything you need to safely build your own earthen dome.
The Main thrust of the workshop will be to complete a permanent dome .


TO REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP: Contac
t Biko at bikounity@gmail.com or call 404 769 6726
$500 WORKSHOP FEE INCLUDES FREE CAMPING -  Farm fresh food and cooking facility available - shared meals encouraged
Checks Payable to Biko Casini, 218 Schoolhouse Rd., TN 38483

 

BIKO CASINI
Was trained at a young age in masonry by his father Francesco Casini. Together they worked restoring plantation homes and churches in the Southeast.

Biko spent years as a student and employee at the Ecovillage Training Center where he worked with many natural builders and permaculturalists to design and build the ETC campus.  He studied sustainable building and development in South Africa at the Thlolego Development Project (thlolego.org) .

Biko has16 years of natural building experience, working with Stone, Cob, Straw Bale, Adobe, Straw Clay Slip, and Cord Wood in the US,  South Africa, Italy, India, and Ghana.  Biko  recently completed a 4 month internship at the Cal-Earth Institute of Art and Architecture as an apprentice and instructor.

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Biko in Ghana

SUPERADOBE Is a building technology based on double curvature shell structures (domes) made from stabilized earth.                                     
This method was developed by architect Nader Khalili at the CalEarth Institute in California  www.calearth.org                                                                                             

         THE FARM
          Is an intentional spiritual Community located in the green woods of Tennessee. This community has been a pioneering force in appropriate
          technology and community living since 1971.  For more information and to find out about staying at The Farm during the workshop please visit
          www.thefarmcommunity.com/visiting-accomodations.html

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