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Invitation to DAWN SouthWest: (SEE NEWS BELOW)
Since 2000, with the help of many hands, hearts & good people, two small straw bale casitas have been built here along with ramadas and a bread oven, shade structures and water harvesting systems used to grow food, and gardens, which include a southwest native foods garden
The site where the structures are shown is a developing permaculture site. All the elements serve many functions, and each is a part of the design of the “whole site”. As owner and instructor using permaculture strategies here at DAWN SouthWest, Joelee Joyce seeks to teach a way to live on the Earth that takes care of the Earth, and people, and can produce a surplus to share. A conscious effort is made to introduce ways of thinking about the design of an entire site, while building and gardening and conserving water and other resources here in the Sonoran desert. We offer consultations on whole site design, & sustainable living in the desert, which includes building with natural materials, as well as water harvesting, desert gardens, land restoration & more. There are workshops and training in most seasons here, and we provide general information and links to valuable resources, and materials for natural building, as well as printed and video resources. This work, while a labor of love, is also our livelihood!
DAWN Southwest offers regular classes on a variety of sustainable living topics. Special workshops can be organized in advance for groups or upon request (minimum group sizes may apply). The organization accepts work exchange and internships for classes, and also sells natural paints, recycled building materials and other resources for building beautiful, creative, natural, low-cost extensions of the Earth. One of the things we have found is that it is a great way to learn about history and ancient techniques with materials that exist almost anywhere. Since some of these techniques are being lost over generations, it's really rewarding to be able to bring these ideas back to life.
WOOFERs and others interested in living sustainably are welcome to come and stay in the little straw bale casitas, as a quiet retreat space or as part of a work exchange/internship program that is ongoing here in the Sonoran desert. To keep up with on-site as well as other local events, join our email list. Send full name and address & private email. (If you have a spam blocker or a corporate or institutional email, these announcements will likely not come through). Many thanks for your interest and support.
DAWN SouthWest: Designing Alliances with Nature
Sustainable Living for a Better World
See related articles:
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=oid:86680
http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/dailystar/43101.php
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=oid%3A74112
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NEWS!!!!! We are presently searching for very special person(s) to purchase this property & DAWN SouthWest inventory….., (Site is 1.35 acres with straw bale studio and outbuildings, 2 utilitity connections, great site for homesite, and much more)....might include building materials & business for the right permaculture person.
Please contact J. Joyce at dawnaz@earthlink.net or 520 624 1673.
Since 2000, with the help of many hands, hearts & good people, two small straw bale casitas have been built here along with ramadas and a bread oven, shade structures and water harvesting systems used to grow food, and gardens, which include a southwest native foods garden
The site where the structures are shown is a developing permaculture site. All the elements serve many functions, and each is a part of the design of the “whole site”. As owner and instructor using permaculture strategies here at DAWN SouthWest, Joelee Joyce seeks to teach a way to live on the Earth that takes care of the Earth, and people, and can produce a surplus to share. A conscious effort is made to introduce ways of thinking about the design of an entire site, while building and gardening and conserving water and other resources here in the Sonoran desert. We offer consultations on whole site design, & sustainable living in the desert, which includes building with natural materials, as well as water harvesting, desert gardens, land restoration & more. There are workshops and training in most seasons here, and we provide general information and links to valuable resources, and materials for natural building, as well as printed and video resources. This work, while a labor of love, is also our livelihood!
DAWN Southwest offers regular classes on a variety of sustainable living topics. Special workshops can be organized in advance for groups or upon request (minimum group sizes may apply). The organization accepts work exchange and internships for classes, and also sells natural paints, recycled building materials and other resources for building beautiful, creative, natural, low-cost extensions of the Earth. One of the things we have found is that it is a great way to learn about history and ancient techniques with materials that exist almost anywhere. Since some of these techniques are being lost over generations, it's really rewarding to be able to bring these ideas back to life.
WOOFERs and others interested in living sustainably are welcome to come and stay in the little straw bale casitas, as a quiet retreat space or as part of a work exchange/internship program that is ongoing here in the Sonoran desert. To keep up with on-site as well as other local events, join our email list. Send full name and address & private email. (If you have a spam blocker or a corporate or institutional email, these announcements will likely not come through). Many thanks for your interest and support.
DAWN SouthWest: Designing Alliances with Nature
Sustainable Living for a Better World
See related articles:
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=oid:86680
http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/dailystar/43101.php
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=oid%3A74112
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NEWS!!!!! We are presently searching for very special person(s) to purchase this property & DAWN SouthWest inventory….., (Site is 1.35 acres with straw bale studio and outbuildings, 2 utilitity connections, great site for homesite, and much more)....might include building materials & business for the right permaculture person.
Please contact J. Joyce at dawnaz@earthlink.net or 520 624 1673.
For more information click here to see a PDF flyer
Available for pet and housesitting on a longer term basis. See details at http://www.housecarers.com/sitter.cfm/dawnvoyager.htm
This web site is possible through the generosity and talents of Athena Steen and The Canelo Project.
We also thank Bill Christensen, webmaster extraordinaire of www.greenbuilder.com/dawn for maintaining this page on his site.
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