Here are some of the upcoming events and workshops on strawbale and alternative structures, and sustainable society in 1997. If you know of other events, or if you would like your event placed on this page, please let me know!
The 1997 Midwest Renewable Energy Association Energy Fair will be held in Central Wisconsin June 21-23. Visit the MREA web site for more info by simply clicking HERE!
Here's the tentative 1997 schedule for the Institute for Bioregional Studies, 449 University Avenue, Suite 126, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 8K3:
March Writers' Workshop
April Hale-Bopp Comet and Star Party
May Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking; Organic Gardening
June Retreat: Living the Dream
July Permaculture Design Course (2 week certificate course)
Aug. Solar Aquatic Technologies: Aquaculture and Waste-water Management
Ecotourism (2 week certificate course)
Sept. Star Party; Straw Bale Construction Workshop
Oct. Eco-Cities Design Charrette; Eco-Business Conference
Nov. Ecotourism Conference; Bioregional Convergence
Dec.-April (98) Work-study apprenticeships / tours
For more info contact Phil Ferraro at:
email:pferraro@cycor.ca
Phone:(902) 892-9578 Fax: (902) 687-2322
Web Site: http://www.cycor.ca/IBS/
The following organizations regularly offer workshops on alternative structures and sustainable culture. Contact them direct for their latest listing of upcoming events.
The Community Eco-design Network in Minneapolis sponsors periodic workshops. Click HERE to get their schedule.
Ben Lipman from the Solstice Institute reports that a calendar of community related events may be found at the Fellowship for Intentional Communities website HERE.
Heathcote Community, an intentional community in Northern Maryland, offers periodic permaculture workshops. For more information, please call (410) 343-DIRT or e-mail Linda Felch at:
lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Cross Culture Permaculture Institute (TX) offers strawbale and permaculture workshops. Contact Kirby Fry at: 72530.1353@compuserve.com
or by phone at Cross Timbers Permaculture Inst. 817-897-9402
or take a peek at their web page by clicking HERE
The Farm (TN) offers a whole systems immersion experience of ecovillage living, together with classes of instruction, access to information, tools and resources, and on-site and off-site consulting and outreach experiences. Contact them at:
Tel: 615-964-4324
Fax: 615-964-2200
POB 90
Summertown, TN 38483-0090
Contact David Conklin at David_Conklin@infozone.telluride.co.us for more info on workshops offered by The Natural House Building Center in Santa Fe, NM
or snail mail directly to:
The Natural House Building Center
2300 West Alameda # A5
Santa Fe, NM 87501
phone at 505-471-5314.
