Ecological Leadership & Intergenerational
        Natural Building Summer Camp
Community Boat Project, Port Townsend, WA
    Mon. July 22nd - Fri. July 26th, 2013

Want to learn about Natural Building and how to be an Ecological Leader in your community? Sign up for this exciting and innovative summer camp brought to you by the Peace On Earthbench Movement and the Community Boat Project!

At the completion of the week we will have built an Earthbench using trash, earth and our hands; there are two ways to enjoy and engage with this exciting natural building camp:

1. Ecological Leadership for Teens -
This option is for teenaged youth who are motivated to create positive change in their community environment. Staff will work with teens to build leadership skills while utilizing peer feedback to instill learning:

-Participate in the entire natural building camp
-Develop dynamic leadership and facilitation skills with professional environmental/outdoor educator staff
-Engage with other teens from the Kitsap Peninsula, creating a strong network for future ecological projects
-Take on new responsibilities, challenge yourself and have fun in the mud!

Age range: 12-18
Price: $150/individual (sliding scale)


2. Intergenerational Skill Building -
Hoping to spend some quality time as a family this summer? Interested in learning how to bring natural building into your home? This option is perfect for intergenerational groups wanting to connect in the relaxed company of others and for those who are looking for an introduction into the wonderful world of natural building:

-Participate in the entire natural building camp
-Have some serious fun in the mud with your parents, kids, cousins, aunts, uncles, god parents and who ever else you'd like to bring along!
-Build an Earthbench alongside other intergenerational groups from your community
-Go home with the knowledge and experience required to do your own small-scale natural building project at home!

Age: Kids 8-12, Adults/Guardians over 18
Price: $250/pair (sliding scale)
$100 for each extra individual per group, all prices sliding scale

Both options will participate in all aspects of building the Earthbench and will have plenty of opportunities to get their hands covered in mud! Price includes all materials, sailing to beaches for clean-up excursion, and snacks. All participants should provide work clothes (you will get dirty!) and a lunch.

Space limited to 20 individuals, sign up to reserve a spot!
No hand that wants to get dirty turned away for lack of funds

Contact: Wayne Chimenti
Community Boat Project
360-379-9220
[email protected]
http://communityboats.wordpress.com/

Come join our summer camp and help build Washington's 1st Earthbench! We hope to see you out there!

DanDan Schoen & Brennan Blazer Bird
Ecological Educators & Camp Directors 
Peace On Earthbench Movement (POEM)
Read more about Our Team here!

Captain Wayne Chimenti
Community Boat Project

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Students working on the Portland State University Earthbench

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Help build Washington's 1st Peace on Earthbench!

(click to enlarge)

An Earthbench is made out of trash & earth. 

The Trash = Bottle Bricks  plastic bottles stuffed with plastic bags, wrappers and other soft landfill trash until they become
compressed like bricks.

The Earth = Cob is a mixture of clay, sand, straw, and water. We use it as a natural cement together with the bottle bricks to create an artistic bench that - when protected with a roof or durable plaster - will stand the test of time.

For earthbench related questions, contact:
[email protected]

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