looking for a few more instructors for the 2022 Permaculture Technology Jamboree

Most of our instuctors from last year are locked in, and a few new instructors are locked in.  We are working on overhauling our PTJ page, but ...  each year we seem to see a few new faces we have never worked with before.  And usually these experiences are excellent!  So the time has come to put the word out and see if there might be two or three new people to try out this year.

Usually, when trying out a new instructor, we do a trade:  they lead projects for four days and then get a ticket to the rest of the event.  We get to learn about them and they get to learn about us.  And then the next year we might do a paid thing.  (or a trade or something)

For some people, they are already rock stars in the permaculture technology world, and we will offer them a bit of coin for their first time here.

Here is the official PTJ page with lots of leftovers from 2021 and currently getting updated for 2022:

  https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/


Here is our living, breathing, changing list of project ideas (so far) for 2022:

  https://permies.com/t/172960/PTJ-projects

If you wanna be a project leader for 2022, please fill out this questionnaire:

  https://forms.gle/LLbKVMWeGfW9FPPA9

I'm new to the Jamboree but it sounds like wonderful fun! Do you have instructors for all those categories or are some of them still needing one? I realize I've probably ignored more than a few ads for the Jamboree but I hadn't really considered going - It's quite a ways for me. But tell me where to get more info on it?

Hi Carmen!

We are currently in the middle of finalizing instructors for the event, so filling out the questionnaire to be a project leader in the near future would be ideal:

https://forms.gle/LLbKVMWeGfW9FPPA9

This is the short list of projects, so if there is anything on this list that really grooves with you please let us know!

rocket
 - Cottage rocket (take your own core home)
 - Rocket hot tub
 - High quality 8” rocket engine
       - add forge, and kiln
 - Rocket heater
 - rocket water heater (for large tub)
 - Rocket that generates electricity
 - Rocket oven in outdoor kitchen

earthworks
 - Passive garden heater
 - Holzer root cellar in a day
 - Natural swimming pool

spring terrace
 - Holzer technique to get water from dry land

apothecary
 - a full track to build a robust apothecary
 - infusions, decoctions, tinctures, salves, etc.

roundwood timber
 - pavillion

bodger
 - shaving horse
 - skiddable bodger shed
 - two types of mallet
 - heavy kitchen chairs from log wood
 - three legged sawbuck
 - three log bench
 - seven more projects

textiles
 - window quilts
 - large basket weaving
 - pine needle basket
 - oil cloth
 - a spinning wheel made from a used bicycle wheel
 - Big shade projects

solar/electric
 - Permanent solar to a tiny house
 - Electric tractor hayride tour
 - Heating water with the sun without needing winterizing

natural building
 - Trombe wall
 - Cob sinks and showers
 - Homegrown mushroom mycelium panels
 - Install a yurt, complete with platform
 - Homemade cement from wood ash
 - Natural plasters/paint
 - Sheep wool insulation (suet fermentation, etc)
 - Felted walls for insulating a space

drystack
 - dry stack moon gate
 - dry stack stairs

homesteading
 - humane harvest and preservation of a sheep or goat
 - build and plant a large hugelkultur
 - Storing food for winter without electricity (6 ways)
 - Plant a living fence
 - Lightweight portable chicken coop
 - make lumber on the sawmill
 - Make pottery from on-site harvested clay

wofati
 - freezer wofati
 - work on different phases of different wofatis

tech
 - Pedal powered devices (grain grinder, water pump)
 - install a heliostat
 - Solar glass recycler
 - Moving water up – windmill, solar, hand, etc

beekeeping
 - build a few hives
 - build a swarm trap
 - extract honey
 - Log beehive

This web page will give you the best sense of what a day at the event will look like: https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/

If there is anything I've missed or if you have any other questions I'm happy to help you out!