2020 Year in Review !
All in all, it was … well, a year … and some things didn’t happen….and some things DID happen!
- Cancelled Activities due to Covid considerations.
- Below are the things that DID happen: YAY !
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- Jan Rocket Stove Class
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- Zoom Gatherings
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- Get Covid-Creative
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- Outdoors 6 feet apart
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- Nature Stuff ! Maiake
| 2020 STRAWBALE STUDIO | YEAR in REVIEW | 2020 PHOTO ALBUM | DONORS | SBS VIMEO |
| Type of Activity | Dates | Title | Teacher | Co-teacher |
| WINTERNSHIP – Month-long | Jan 6 – Feb 6, 2020 | WINTERNSHIP | Deanne Bednar | |
| Wintern | Jan 6 – Feb 6, 2020 | Mark Reynolds | Deanne Bednar | |
| Wintern | Jan 6 – Feb 6, 2020 | Nate Fisher | Deanne Bednar | |
| Permaculture Meetup | January 8, 2020 | Permaculture Meetup hosted at Upland Hills School | ||
| Class – Weekend | Jan 11 & 12, 2020 | Thatching Wksp | Deanne Bednar | |
| Class – Weekend | Jan 18 & 19, 2020 | Round Pole Wksp | Deanne Bednar | |
| Class – Weekend | Jan 25 & 26, 2020 | Fire Workshop | Deanne Bednar | Uncle Mud |
| Class – Weekend | Feb 1 & 2, 2020 | Earth Plaster Wkshp | Deanne Bednar | |
| Class – at Lyon Library | February 15, 2020 | Fermenting Grains, Vegies & Drinks | Deanne Bednar | |
| Full Moon Gathering | March 5, 2020 | Full Moon Potluck (Due to Covid, it was the last “on-site” for the year.) | Deanne Bednar | |
| Zoom – Full Moon | April 7, 2020 | April Full Moon “In Spirit”, “In Place” | Deanne Bednar | |
| Zoom – Full Moon | May 7, 2020 | May ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | |
| Zoom Class – Youth | May – 4 sessions | Global Eco-village Project with Upland HIlls Student Online. | Deanne Bednar | Michael Mallon |
| Zoom Class – Youth | May 8. 2020 | Eco-village Design Session 1 | Deanne Bednar | Michael Mallon |
| Zoom Class – Youth | May 15, 2020 | Eco-village Design Session 2 | Deanne Bednar | Michael Mallon |
| Zoom Class | May 17, 2020 | The JOY of FORAGING Wild Plants & Mushrooms | Deanne Bednar | Kelly Thiede |
| Zoom Class – Youth | May 22, 2020 | Eco-village Design Session 3 | Deanne Bednar | Michael Mallon |
| Zoom Class – Youth | May 29, 2020 | Eco-village Design Session 4 | Deanne Bednar | Michael Mallon |
| Zoom – Full Moon | June 5, 2020 | June ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | |
| Zoom – Full Moon | July 5, 2020 | July ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | |
| INTERNSHIP | July 1-31, 2020 | JULY INTERNSHIP Month-long | Deanne Bednar | |
| July Projects | Earth Oven ~ Round Pole extension. | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase – constructs | |
| Intern | July 1-31, 2020 | Jack Chase Intern | ||
| Internship Blog Posts | July Internship Activities Week One | Blog Report | By Deanne Bednar | |
| Internship Blog Posts | Get Horizontal | Blog Post 1 | By Jack Chase | |
| Internship Blog Posts | Foraging is Permaculture | Blog Post 2 | By Jack Chase | |
| Internship Blog Posts | My Fellow Interns | Blog Post 3 | By Jack Chase | |
| Internship Blog Posts | Lessons Within Lessons | Blog Post 4 | By Jack Chase | |
| Internship Blog Posts | July Internship Activites ~ Week Two | Blog Report | By Deanne Bednar | |
| Internship Blog Posts | Fiot 500 – The Retrofidition | Blog Post 5 | By Jack Chase | |
| Internship Blog Posts | July Internship Activities ~ Week 3 | Blog Report | By Deanne Bednar | |
| Internship Blog Posts | What Does A Mask Mean? | Blog Post 6 | By Jack Chase | |
| Internship Blog Posts | July Internship Activities ~ Week 4 | Blog Report | By Deanne Bednar | |
| Zoom – Full Moon | August 3, 2020 | August ZOOM MOON | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase Co-Host |
| Zoom – Full Moon | July 5, 2020 | July ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase Co-Host |
| Class | August 6, 2020 | WORM COMPOSTING Zoom with Clinton-Huron Library | ||
| INTERNSHIP Month | Sept 1-30, 2020 | SEPTEMBER INTERNSHIP | Residence | Instructor |
| Intern – Wwoofer | Sept 1-30, 2020 | Ellie Thieode | Ann Arbor, MI | Deanne Bednar |
| Intern – Wwoofer | Sept 1-27, 2020 | Cy Osgood | Milwaukee, WI | Deanne Bednar |
| Intern – 1/2 Pay Worktrade | Part-time | Haley Conners-Yanti | Detroit, MI | Deanne Bednar |
| Intern – Wwoofer | Sept 1-30, 2020 | Shane Norris | Grand Rapids, MI | Deanne Bednar |
| Intern – Wwoofer | Part-time | Angela H. & Levi M | Royal Oak / Grand Rapids | Deanne Bednar |
| Zoom – Full Moon | September 2, 2020 | September ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase Co-Host |
| Summer Projects | September, 2020 | Progress on Kids Cottage Plasters. | ||
| Summer Projects | September, 2020 | Main House, clear & repaint N. side | ||
| Worktrade – Oct.tober | October 1-31, 2020 | OCTOBER Activities & Worktrade | ||
| Worktrade – Oct.tober | Nov 1-30, 2020 | NOVEMBER Worktrade | ||
| Wwoofer for Oct. & Nov | October 1-31, 2020 | Shane Norris helps plan / do projects | Deanne Bednar | |
| Seasonal Projects | April – Nov. 2020 | Foraging ~ plants, mushroom, fruits, wood for fires & carving, earth, stones. | Deanne & Intern | |
| April – Nov. 2020 | Fermenting & Food Preservation ~ kraut, sour dough, mead, tinctures, drying, canning apple butter. | Deanne & Intern | ||
| Intermittent Projects | Crafting ~ wood carving, spinning, mending, knitting. | Deanne & Intern | ||
| Natural Bullding Skills & Restoration | Oiling Bog Bench, repair & Oil SBS bench, sifting earth, manure, poles harvesting materials, stone, earth. | Deanne & Intern | ||
| Fall Restoration Projects | October & November | SOLAR SYSTEM on Strawbale Studio | Thom Reinke | |
| Thatched Roof of Strawbale Studio. Moss removed. | Deanne Bednar | Levi M | ||
| Cedar Cabin improvements | Gene V, Angela H. | |||
| Hobbitition interior finishing details | Deanne, Shane | Angela H. | ||
| Fall Transformation Projects | October & November | Compost Furnace Desommissoned and soil turned into a garden by the Strawbale Studio | Oxford Plumbing. | Shane Norris & Deanne |
| Fall Gardening Projects | Sept.,Oct., Nov,.2020 | New Garden beds made by sheet mulching. North garden, Meadow Garden. | Interns Shane, Cy, Ellie, + Deanne | |
| Fall Grounds Projects | Clear around Strawbale Studio | |||
| Zoom – Full Moon | October 1, 2020 | October ZOOM Full MOON #1 | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase Co-Host |
| Zoom – Full Moon | October 31, 2020 | October ZOOM Full MOON #2 | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase Co-Host |
| Zoom – Full Moon | November 30, 2020 | November ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | |
| Tours with Social Distancing | Joesph & Maura. Matt & Jen. Marcella, Jorden & Julie. Others – | |||
| Zoom – Full Moon | December 29, 2020 | December ZOOM Full MOON | Deanne Bednar | Jack Chase Co-Host |
| Office, Publicity & Planning | All Year | Lots | Deanne Bednar |