Building an Earth Oven

josh.tolkan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:56:16 +0000

I would like to organize a class to build an earth oven. I have done this before but never here in Minneapolis.

We will start with a classroom session talking about the science behind earth plaster construction and thermal mass cooking. Then we will build the oven over a series of approximately 8 sessions.

This class is early in formation. In order to make it work and do it cheaply, we will need to find:

1) somebody who has a whole lot of clay soil that we can remove from their yard
One Possible way to do this is by building a raingarden for someone. In building the rain garden we can extract lots of clay soil.

2) Find someone who owns some land nearby who would like an earth oven. Anyone?

3) Find someone with a truck who can haul clay and sand for us.

Until we find these things we will not set a date for this class. However, if you are excited about this please feel free to contact me. Lets work together to find the resources we need to make this happen. It is possible if it takes a long time figuring these logistics out we will do this class spring semester. In the meantime, lets work together to track down what we need, and maybe build that rain garden.

There is also a possibility that this class will be done in collaboration with the Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota (EJAM). They are starting a grassroots natural building campaign with North Minneapolis residents

Facilitator email(s):

josh.tolkan@gmail.com

Facilitator's experience:

I am a certified Permaculture design and have experience natural building in Israel and at Carleton College.

Facilitator phone number(s):

414-828-0264

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Description: I would like to talk to everyone who signs up so they can help us organize the workshop and make it happen

Art & Design

Building an Earth Oven