Hempcrete Build Experience & Festival

845 Garvin Rd,Acton ME 04001

07 June, 2023

Description

Hempcrete Build Experience & Festival 4 days of education, healing arts, & entertainment! Learn to source the materials, mix the recipe & install the hempcrete. Let's celebrate!Do you have a desire to learn more about natural building? Would you like to be involved in co-creating a remarkable, sustainable structure? Are you looking to enter the natural building industry? Join us for a multi-faceted week of education and entertainment centered around building with hempcrete - from sourcing the materials to mixing the recipe and installing it - you’ll apply your newfound learnings, meet people who share a common interest, celebrate the epic structure we’ll create together, and leave with skills to build your own structure or business!  We will be casting hempcrete & installing it onto a wall of a Solviva greenhouse, located on a beautiful 26-acre forested property - home to Diggers Compost Cooperative and the Guzman Family Farm, a 50 min drive from Portland, ME, and 2 hours from Boston, MA. People of all ages over 18 and of all abilities are welcome to attend, including building professionals, natural and green building advocates, and anyone else excited to partake in this special, one of a kind, training and opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and practical skills. Join a movement focused on creating healthier living spaces that can reverse the damaging effects of CO2 emissions! More on what you’ll learn:  Hemp/lime recipes, mixing & applicationThe history of hemp and its many potential uses for our modern society - in materials, science, and technology.How to forage, harvest, and prepare fresh salads with veggies picked from the garden and with edible plants thriving in the forest around where we’ll be building. A unique shuttering / forming system designed by John PattersoRetrofittingPlanning a hempcrete buildFoundations, framing & roofingPermitting structures using natural materialPermitting for tiny housesFitting into the construction scheduleCost of materials and how to source themApplication methods and scaling up tools for larger projectsCurrent opportunities in the natural building industry sectorThe natural building economy!Join us if you’d like to: Start your own hemp construction company or other kind of hemp business that serves a sub-sector or supplier nicheBecome part of global network of hemp builders & entrepreneursLearn to build your own homeLearn about starting a small hemp farmLearn about hemp processing on a small scaleGet ready for the up-and-coming hemp building workforceNote: This workshop is designed for up to 25 attendees.   What you’ll also get: A gift bag with assorted nutrition productsA hempcrete workbookA certificate of completion printed on hempNutritional mealsConnections in the natural building and hemp industry sectorBenefits of a Hemp/Lime Construction: More comfortableCleaner indoor airFire resistantEnergy efficientMoney savingsLess maintenanceNo mold or mildewNo pestsSequesters carbonReduced illnessFeatured Speakers: John Patterson of Tiny Hemp HousesScott Guzman of Diggers Compost Cooperative & PermatoursMore to follow! Stay tuned!~~~~~~~~SCHEDULE~ WEDNESDAY, June 7th ~4 PM - Check in, set up your camp and get ready for fun.  6 PM - Opening Circle, followed by dinner 7 PM - Campfire ~ THURSDAY, June 8th ~12 PM to 5 PM - This will be our first official build day where we’ll focus on getting our build site ready and we’ll install our first few batches of hempcrete. We’ll also learn about safety, the history of hemp building, and the background of the movement to use more hemp. Naturally, we’ll begin to get to know each other, too. 🙂 6 PM - Dinner 7 PM - Campfire ~ FRIDAY June 9th ~9 AM to 12 PM - On day 2 we’ll learn the process of building the forms, preparing the recipes, mixing and installing. 12 PM to 1 PM - Healthy lunch 1 PM to 5 PM - By now, you will have learned about all of the different jobs involved in building with hempcrete.  We will hone our skills as we work on the wall application system. 6 PM - Dinner 7 PM - Campfire ~ SATURDAY, June 10th ~We will study the many ways and places to install our system, including installing floors and ceilings. 12 PM to 1 PM - Healthy lunch 1 PM to 5 PM - Plaster and finishing, Learn how to mix and apply the finish plaster to our wall5 PM  - Closing Circle  6 PM - Festival Opening Circle, followed by dinner & music 9 PM: Music & Song by the Campfire + Fire Spinning ~ SUNDAY, JUNE 11 TH ~11 AM: Opening Circle, followed by Sound Healing & Meditation w/ Cacao to start the day 12:30 PM: Hempcrete 101 & hands-on learning to install, by hemp industry professional & educator, John Patterson 1:30 PM ONWARD: Lunch, LIVE Music, & Vendors, including a Tea Lounge 2 PM ONWARD: A Permaculture Action / gardening project 4:30 PM: A Consent Workshop followed by Authentic Relating Workshop 6 PM: Acro Yoga 6:45 PM: Closing Circle, followed by dinner 8:30 PM: DJ & Ecstatic Dance (Guests are invited to camp out Sunday night and to depart Monday morning). Stay tuned for our lineup of featured artists, practitioners, producers, & services providers!~~~~~~~~ OR YOU CAN OPT TO JOIN US JUST FOR THE WEEKEND FESTIVITIES - GET YOUR TICKETS HERE ~~~~~~~~ SPONSORSHIPS & WORK TRADE OPPORTUNITIES:Apply here for a Scholarship. Apply here for work trade opportunities.~~~~~~~~ Learn more about our workshop guide & educator, John Patterson:Industrial Hemp: The Future of Green Building Hempcrete Fire Test This Guy Makes Houses From Hemp Colorado builder envisions hemp in commercial buildings John Patterson’s Bio: John is an internationally recognized thought leader and speaker who educates on living more holistically and building healthier homes with natural materials, including agricultural hemp.  He is a product developer for building materials using more natural materials. John creates experiences centered around building with hemp for better health, comfort and efficiency. “We not only build houses using hemp, we connect people.” John Patterson John is also the founder of Tiny Hemp Homes, whose mission is to encourage healthier, more comfortable and efficient homes, work and play places through cultivating a more natural built environment. “Through mindfully crafted multiple day experiences we aim to connect people from around the globe to initiate significant global transformation for the better of the people and the planet. We encourage people to have a deeper relationship with mother earth and fellow inhabitants leading a more vibrant and sustainable life.” A carpenter and furniture designer by trade he has been researching sustainable living methods since the 70's. In 1997 John designed and built his own off-the-grid home complete with its own solar-based electricity plant. John is currently helping several groups plan and design holistic, self-reliant and affordable living communities. John speaks about improved building systems, getting permission to build, land use restrictions, holistic income opportunities, community gardens, problem solving, preparedness and more affordable living. He also teaches about the benefits of cannabidiol, hemp foods and nutrition, and the many other uses and applications of bio-based materials and how industrial hemp is bringing back family farms around the globe. Further accomplishments, experiences, and speaking gigs include: Steve Allin’s Hemp Building Course June 2012Ignite Fort Collins Hemp - Little Johnny Hemp SeedTestifying on behalf of industrial hemp at the Colorado State CapitolHood Lab Hands on Hemp hempcrete demonstrationSpeaker at the Fort Collins Library Hemp Rope not DopeSpeaker at the Fort Collins Sertoma Club explaining hemp for buildingSpeaker at Hemp Seed Revival FestivalJared Polis Hemp Symposium educational vendorArise Festival Loveland Colorado 1 and 2 Hempcrete seminarHosted Steve Allin author of “Building With Hemp” in my homeTiny House Project Build for Steve Allin’s 3 day course in ColoradoTaught 2 day Hempcrete workshopNOCO Hemp Expo 1 and 2 educational demonstrationDoug Fine's Sante-fe New Mexico Carbon Economy SeriesColorado Hemp Awards FestivalTaught 2 day hempcrete workshop with 25 attendees.Opening Day Speaker at the US Cannabis ExpoEast Coast Hemp History Week Tour and Washington Lobbying for HempIndustrial Hemp Field Tour with NE legislatorsHemp Building Workshop with National Hemp Association, Denver, COHemp building workshops in Pennsylvania, Grand Rapids Michigan, & Lincoln, NebraskaHemp Building in Poland: Featured speaker November 2015National Hemp Association Speaker January 2016NOCO Expo 3 Keynote Workshop PresenterUniversity of North Texas Engineering Department- February 2016NOCO Hemp Expo 42 day hemp building Experience- Left Hand Hemp2 day Hemp Building Experience- Left Hand Hemp3 day Hemp Building Experience-Living Simple- Tiny Houses festivalConsulting a school bus to tiny house conversionConsulting for quonset hut hemp retrofitConsulting in Wishart, Saskatchewan Canada2 day hemp building experience- Hemp Today West Office2-day Hemp building experience- Nipton, CaliforniaSustainable Living Fair SpeakerEarth Day Fort Collins SpeakerNOCO Hemp Expo 5SLV Hemp Symposium PanelistEarth X- Dallas Earth day celebrationEDTX TalkSelf-reliance Expo- Dallas TexasConsultant at the Quonset Hut Hemp FarmLeader for Tour de hemp~~~~~~~~ About the event organizer, Permatours:Permatours produces transformational, community-driven events focused on permaculture action and natural building to foster food sovereignty and housing justice. Permatours empowers people to forage, grow, & otherwise sustainably source their own food through educational workshops & connection to hyperlocal networks that exist outside of corporatized food systems. Another major component of Permatours is the network it is building of land owners & non-land owners aligned around principles of sustainable living, natural construction, & community, thereby empowering people to navigate housing opportunities for themselves through peer-to-peer support. Learn more here.