EAT Honoring the Land Intensive:
Natural Building Course
Septermber 2007, Sierraville, CA, High Sierra Permaculture
NOTE from 4-25: exact dates will be posted here ASAP!

Use local, natural resources to build structures in or around Sierra Hot Springs! Honor the land, the spirits of the hot springs, and the indigenous wisdom of the ones gone before during a 10-day residential intensive with core EAT instructor Starhawk, and experienced natural builder and educator, and High Sierra Permaculture co-founder Ethan Castro. With a foundational focus in natural building, this unprecedented course will weave magical activism, wilderness awareness, and indigenous wildcrafting into a daily curriculum that will unfold amidst the magical high mountain meadows and bubbling mineral springs of rural Sierraville, CA. Filled with personal and group ritual from start to finish, this hands-on course will give you multiple opportunities to design, create, and build with cob, strawbale, and possibly other natural materials including natural plasters and papercrete. Depending on our chosen projects, you might also get a chance to help create a living roof or an earthen floor. Because observation is vital to the success of any natural building project, plan to spend time walking the land, observing patterns, and identifying appropriate building materials. The motto for this natural building intensive: work hard, get dirty, soak long. See you there.

Sliding Scale Pricing (includes food and tent-camping for the 10 days):

$1200, if you have abundance in the form of money

$1000, if you are working and solvent

$900, if you are scraping by

Work Trade: We offer a limited amount of work trade positions per course. Students are required to pay half or more of one of the above sliding scale prices, pay a deposit, and be willing to come early and stay late to the course. Additionally, work traders are required to submit a work trade application and personal letter letting us know what your specific skills are. More information can be found on the work trade page.

Scholarship: Occasionally Earth Activist Training is able to provide full EAT scholarships (100% tuition without exchanging work hours). If you request a full scholarship without work-trade, please mention this in your application letter, and tell us why. More information can be found on the scholarship page.

Deposit:
Deposits are one half of the Sliding Scale Pricing you select. It is due with your registration form, and without both (additional info if you are requesting work trade) we cannot consider you registered. The remaining amount is due no later than 30 days prior to the course starting.

Cancellations:
While EAT cannot offer refunds, deposits and course fees may be applied to a future course in the case of a cancellation up to 30 days before the course start date.

We understand that many of the very people we most want in the course-activists, youth, small farmers, people from poor communities- just don't have a lot of money. So we work hard to make this training accessible to as many people as possible. Please feel free to contact us at info(at)EarthActivistTraining.org so we can help make this course work for you, regardless of your financial situation.