All Day
Workshop Sunday, April 14th at Midwest
Permaculture, Stelle, IL
Price $95 Includes Workshop and Lunch.
Register Here Limit 24
Standard
wood stoves waste much of the heat and wood
energy when they burn, with much of it going up the chimney as hot smoke. A
rocket stove burns more efficiently converting nearly all of the fuel into
CO2 and
water, including the smoke. It also stores it's thermal energy in a "battery", a bench that stores the heat from the fire and releases it slowly over the course of the day. The stove can burn both logs and scrap wood and the best part is that it can heat the same space as a regular
wood stove with 1/4 of the wood!
You can learn more about
rocket stove mass heaters in our "
Thermal Mass Rocket Stoves on our Mind..." on our blog.
The Malchow's
rocket stove.
Students will get the following opportunities:
An understanding of the principles of a rocket stove and rocket stove mass heaterSee working examples of rocket stovesGet hands on experience in building a rocket stove and making cob
Schedule for the Day
9:30 Registration
10:00 Classroom instruction – theory and examples
11:00 See and fire a finished stove – At the Malchows
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Build dry brick stoves
2:00-4:00 Class builds a stove with mass heater
4:00 Fire up the stove
5:00 End
Here is a little bit about the Instructor
Milton Dixon holds a
PDC and earned his
Permaculture Teaching Certificate from David Jacke, author of the
books, Edible Forest Gardens. Besides being Midwest
Permaculture's tech support he is an avid urban permaculturist and organizes the
Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup. He has always had a fascination for fire and has built countless rocket stoves, some successfully and some not, always learning how to do it better the next time.
Join us and learn how you can make one of these stoves for yourself!
Register Online or Call Becky at 815-256-2215, voice message or text us at 815-782-2216.
