28 August 2010
“Proyecto San Isidro: Permanent Education Center.” Is located in Tlaxco, about three hours from Mexico City. Proyecto San Isidro is currently underway with a 22 hectare permaculture project of topsoil restoration and erosion control. They have several natural buildings, many benches and different structures, gardens, solar power, rocket stoves and beautiful composting toilets. As an [...]
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25 August 2010
Founded in 2006, Ashevillage Institute -an affiliated project that also serves as the headquarters for Kleiwerks International- is busy with educational programs and the completion of its demonstration site. Sign up on the blog for the latest: http://ashevillageinstitute.blogspot.com/ Ashevillage Institute asks: What can we do in our own backyards? What does it mean to be [...]
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13 August 2010
Created by our friends at QuakeSafe Adobe, these manuals exist to help all groups and individuals build with more safely with earth.
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15 March 2010
Kleiwerks International work in Argentina began in 2003 with the hosting of a 10-day Natural Building Training. This first program centered around the building of a kindergarten for a cooperatively run, community-based school. A significant portion of the kindergarten was built during the workshop and was lovingly finished by participants who stayed on and families [...]
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15 March 2010
In 2003, a serendipitous meeting with Janell Kapoor, Kevin Rowell, and Kleiwerks in the mountains of central Thailand opened my eyes to ecologically, socially and economically viable means of shaping our built environment. While rebuilding a village, I learned localized, hands-on building techniques side-by-side with a global network of amazing individuals. This experience with Natural [...]
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15 March 2010
After several weeks of site visits, assessment and meetings with stakeholders, here is where we stand: holding the questions, not the answers. Click here to view video made by Kevin Rowell, Kleiwerks’ international program director. Click here to support Kleiwerks’ ongoing efforts in Haiti. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via [...]
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04 March 2010
Kleiwerks in Haiti Our goal in Haiti is to connect our global network of innovative development experts with ground-level resources and needs. Through assessment, design, training and technical support to the international aid community, local government, and the Haitian people, we will help to develop locally sustainable construction systems and build reconstruction capacity. Mission To develop [...]
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Proyecto San Isidro , Tlaxco, Mexico
What’s happening at the Ashevillage Institute: Blog
Phoudindaeng Village, Laos PDR
Mun Yuen Village
Quakesafe Adobe – Publications
Three collaborative entries accepted by GOH
Haiti Situation Report- June 2010
Earthen village building with Kleiwerks International inspired my architectural practice
Kleiwerks International is Digg proof thanks to caching by WP Super Cache
