From ashley at svionline.org Mon Aug 4 21:33:35 2008 From: ashley at svionline.org (ashley ironwood) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:33:35 -0500 Subject: [Sviannouncements] the ironwood sail Message-ID: <2CEC6588-D2D8-4434-AB52-CA85058C0854@svionline.org> hello friends and friends of friends! the ironwood family is learning to sail. our vision is to buy an inexpensive boat (28'-35') and take a trip somewhere in the atlantic/ gulf of mexico... we imagine being gone for 6 months to one year. and we have LOTS of research that we need to do... we have limited funds and want to show that it can be done affordably - not an extravagant vacation - a continuation of our lifestyle on the water - an ecological way to travel. having developed such an intimate relationship with our permaculture homestead and the land over many years, we are ready to learn a new life - believing in our ability as do-it-yourself-ers and spreading the knowledge we have gained along the way. we know a lot of people have traveled this way and we would love to correspond with folks who could help us with our questions (and the questions we have yet to generate). do you know anyone who we could communicate with? we'd like to start out by crewing a bit with folks who have experience... preferably on the atlantic or gulf of mexico. anyone have any suggestions for where we can start? thanks for your help. for love and wind, the ironwoods (ashley, patrick, sage and anakeesta) please note my new email address ************************************ ashley ironwood sequatchie valley institute 1233 cartwright loop whitwell, tn 37397 423-949-5922 ashley at svionline.org www.svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ashley at svionline.org Wed Aug 20 16:15:28 2008 From: ashley at svionline.org (ashley ironwood) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:15:28 -0500 Subject: [Sviannouncements] natural building intensive at ulinawi Message-ID: <94338D48-0EE5-4F31-8BD3-E64905547A27@svionline.org> Sequatchie Valley Institute?s Natural Building Intensive September 2008 at Ulinawi Our building intensive will focus primarily on earthbag and timber framing. We?re going to be building every day for the next year, but we?re inviting all comers for internships during the last three weeks of September. September 9-20: Hands-on Work Intensive September 21-27: Work Intensive with Field Trips and Classes Saturdays - 13, 20, 27: Work Party Days cost is very nominal - $5/day, as worktrade is expected. if this is still too expensive, alternate arrangements are possible. cost includes meals and camping. classes will be on natural building principles and materials, plus whatever people want to learn. bradley jones, your workshop facilitator, has experience and training in solar power, natural building principles, earthbag, cob, timber framing, straw bale, sustainable timber harvest, permaculture, and salvage and scrap building. for more information email: quasiperiodic at gmail.com or call: 510.853.0888 ?we? in this case is ULINAWI, a new community in a cluster of communities in the sequatchie valley of tennessee. for pictures and more information about what we?re up to, bradley?s personal blog: craftmonkey.typepad.com/alternatetheory please note my new email address ************************************ ashley ironwood sequatchie valley institute 1233 cartwright loop whitwell, tn 37397 423-949-5922 ashley at svionline.org www.svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: