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FIRE Workshop ~ Rocket Stove & Earth Oven! YAY!
• Create useful heat efficiently from the local natural materials !
Take as a 2-day workshop, or come to just one day.
SATURDAY Jan 24, 2026: ROCKET STOVE WORKSHOP 9:30a – 5p
SUNDAY Jan 25, 2026: EARTH OVEN WORKSHOP 9:30a – 5p
• SATURDAY: Rocket Stove: Tour enchanting buildings & fire up a variety of fire-devices stoves on site. Learn the principles of design & construction. Hands-on construction of an instructional model of a Rocket Stove combustion unit + some experience in mixing cob and finish plaster.
• SUNDAY: Hands-on 1/2 scale Earth Oven construction in teams… PLUS!! We will make a PIZZA Lunch fired FIRED UP RIGHT IN THE EARTH OVEN. The afternoon will be continuing hands-on construction of our models!
• $65 – $150. See Discounts/Scholarships. You will be emailed a link to E-HANDOUTS upon registration.
Some options for overnight stay if needed.
REGISTRATION LINK. More details here, and Register to Save your Place 😉 Small class size.
Early-Bird Discounts available through Dec 24, 2-25 . Bring-a-Friend Discounts. 7 openings.
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I entered the world of natural building by participating in a “Start-to-Finish” course with the Cob Cottage Company in 1996 after retiring from teaching art & sustainability at the middle school level. Returning to Michigan, I became a collaborator in the Strawbale Studio Project. I now educate (and learn) as much as I can about natural building & sustainable living through workshops, internships, presentations, exhibits & outreach at Strawbale Studio (strawbalestudio.org) I had the privilege of illustrating the Hand-Sculpted House Book, The Natural Plaster Book, and The Cobber’s Companion, and being a start-to-finish collaborator on the Kensington Kids Cottage, located within the Kensington Metropark, at the Farm Center. Especially life-changing were my adventures during 1979 & 1980 when I received a Masters Degree in Social Ecology from Goddard College in Vermont. I have been exploring Sustainability, Appropriate Technology & Design with Nature over the years, in my work with Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center, Oxford, Michigan, and through my activities in natural building & other natural living skills. Now is a time of networking, sharing, coming together to envision & create. I am so thankful for this journey.