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Phairin Phongsura: Award-Winning Alumna of Kleiwerks International

3-Month Women’s Natural Building Apprenticeship in Hawaii

14 April 2012

TranslationTraining the next generation of women leaders in the ecological design-build movement! Ideal Apprentices are women who want to work in the natural building trades, build their own house and houses of friends, start a business, teach others, move it n’ shake it in the ecological design-build movement, develop a peer-based council of support, immerse [...]

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10-Week Women’s Earthbag Dome Building Apprenticeship in Canada

06 April 2012

TranslationTraining the next generation of women leaders in the ecological design-build movement! Ideal Apprentices are women who want to work in the natural building trades, build their own house and houses of friends, start a business, teach others, move it n’ shake it in the ecological design-build movement, develop a peer-based council of support, immerse [...]

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4-Month Women’s Natural Building Apprenticeship

26 January 2012

Women of the Americas Sustainability Initiative (WASI): This Apprenticeship is part of Kleiwerks International’s WASI Builder Series — programs running in 15 countries across the Americas. WASI is an alliance of women leaders who construct, educate, organize, and advocate for strong and empowered communities through ecological design-build practices, with the aim of creating a socially and ecologically resilient world. 100% of proceeds from this Apprenticeship go to support WASI.

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Timber Framing

1-Week Timber Framing Workshop

24 January 2012

TranslationJoin us to learn timber framing at a beautiful mountain lake retreat center. We will build the timber frame structure of a small women’s sanctuary cottage. Men are welcome! DATES LOCATION FEE June 10 – 16, 2012 Highland Lake Cove…on a lake! $800 total Sunday – Saturday Near Asheville, North Carolina, USA See below for [...]

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Support the Women of the Americas Sustainability Initiative (WASI)

Support the Women of the Americas Sustainability Initiative (WASI)

31 December 2011

TranslationWASI is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the women and organizations who are participating! Women of the Americas Sustainability Initiative (WASI) will ignite a network of global women leaders from 15 countries across South, Central, and North America who will affect lasting change in their communities. The results will be unique and powerful [...]

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First Earth Interview with Janell Kapoor, 2009

First Earth Interview with Janell Kapoor, 2009

10 November 2011

Translation First Earth is a movie about: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture. It features Derrick Jensen, Daniel Quinn, James Howard Kunstler, and Kleiwerks International’s founder, Janell Kapoor. Janell discusses the international natural building movement through her firsthand experience working in Thailand. She describes the simplicity of solutions being put into practice by coalitions of farmer’s organizations, poor [...]

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Founded in 1998, Kleiwerks International is a non-profit organization and a global network of innovative design specialists collaborating with communities to create ecological and social resilience.

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