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Rural Heritage
Location: Online
Description: A bi-monthly magazine and online site offering resources to promote self-sufficiency and back to the land living
Contact: https://www.ruralheritage.com/new_rh_website/index_green.shtml, 319-362-3027
Category: Forestry, Milling, Horse, Animal Husbandry, Trades - Other, Homebuilding
Search Results for: timber framing
Fox Maple School of Traditional Building
Location: 65 Corn Hill Road, P.O. Box 249 Brownfield, Maine 04010
Description: Fox Maple was founded in 1975, at a time when the timber framing revival was just beginning to take root. Our motivation to begin building new timber frames grew from our desire to fully understand the nature of this ancient building system. In 1983 Fox Maple expanded its reach beyond the building of timber frames strictly for discerning clients, to include education through Fox Maple School, and the dissemination of information through Fox Maple Press. To this day these three distinct aspects of Fox Maple remain linked through their dedication to the high goals set back in 1975. This may best be conveyed in what has become known to our many students over the years as our mantra, "perfection & grace puts a smile on your face", and to our guiding belief that quality far surpasses quantity.—Vive Jean Claude!
Contact: http://www.foxmaple.com, 207-935-3720
Category: Timber framing, homebuilding
Shelter Institute
Location: 873 U.S. Route One Woolwich, Maine 04579
Description: Shelter is committed to working with our clients to create effective homes. We offer fine woodworking tools, Design Build services, real estate, and accredited classes in homebuilding. At Shelter, we have been evolving durable, adaptable, energy-conscious building techniques since 1974.
Contact: http://www.shelterinstitute.com/, info@shelterinstitute.com, 207-442-7938
Category: Timber framing, home building,
Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts
Location: Johnson Hill Road Washington, MA 01223
Description: We established Heartwood in 1978 to teach the skills and knowledge it takes to build an energy-efficient house. Since that time, we have expanded our programs to include all aspects of the homebuilding crafts, particularly timber framing.
Contact: http://www.heartwoodschool.com/, request@heartwoodschool.com, 413 623-6677
Category: homebuilding, carpentry, timber frame,
Yestermorrow
Location: 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673
Description: In hands-on classes that explore and engage, we teach the arts of design and building as an integrated process, and provide instruction in fundamental skills. We offer nearly 100 classes in sustainable building and design, construction, natural building, architectural craft, woodworking, working landscapes and ecosystems, energy efficiency, and building science.
Contact: https://yestermorrow.org/, info@yestermorrow.org, 888.496.5541
Category: homebuilding, carpentry, timber framing, permaculture, off the grid, leather, cabinetry, electric, plumbing, basket making,forestry, milling, sustainable agriculture, metal work,composting,
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
Location: 1 Dancing Rabbit Lane Rutledge, MO 63563
Description: At Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage (DR), we understand how difficult it can be to live sustainably and responsibly within modern US culture. We believe that we can work to build a healthy alternative: a social structure that is both non-exploitative and vibrant. As our village grows, we see this ideal take shape more clearly every day: a diverse range of people living ecologically sound lives in a community that truly serves as an example of positive human action within the natural world.
Contact: https://www.dancingrabbit.org/, dancingrabbit@ic.org, 660-883-5511
Category: timber framing, home building, permaculture, sustainable agriculture,
Adirondack Folk School
Location: P. O. Box 2 51 Main Street Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Description: Adirondack Folk School (AFS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, unique for its dedication to teaching the arts, crafts, and cultural heritage of the Adirondack region. Made up of local artisans, crafts people, and volunteers, we offer non-competitive education focusing on the student.
Contact: http://www.adirondackfolkschool.org/, info@adirondackfolkschool.org, 518-696-2400
Category: blacksmithing, basket making, gardening, carpentry, pottery, cooking, kids, fiber crafts, leather, jewelry, timber framing, soap making, essential oils, food preservation, cheese making, trades, masonry,
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