Janell Kapoor

[6-MONTH RESIDENTIAL INTERNSHIP] Asheville, NC. 3 positions available >> Live, learn & grow with us at a beautiful Eco-Urban Homestead & Goddess Sanctuary. You will gain experience in the full spectrum of what we do: hands-on gardening, homesteading, site maintenance, seasonal tasks & house care. Camping, garden goodies & classes are provided. Some previous experience is necessary. For details & application, visit www.ashevillage.org/residential-internship

[SUMMER WORKTRADE IN ASHEVILLE] Come live, work & grow with us at a beautiful Eco-Urban Homestead & Goddess Sanctuary. Downtown Asheville neighborhood + border 60 acres of woods & trails + an awesome community of women. HANDS-ON >> Gardening + site maintenance + general tending. Some (free) gardening & herbalism classes are available. TRADE >> 4 hours per day for a place to camp on site. You must be responsible & have some gardening/farming experience.  No smoking, drinking, toking permitted. DETAILS & APPLICATION >> www.ashevillage.org/worktrade

Hello! We at Ashevillage Eco-Urban Homestead & Goddess Sanctuary would like to post our Worktrade opportunities and our 6-month Residential Internship. Would you please suggest the proper forums for this? Thank you!

Location: Asheville, NC
Spring Option: April 4-8, 2016
Schedule: 10am – 5pm each day, with an evening presentation by Charles Eisenstein.
Fee: Includes program tuition and materials. Food and lodging are separate — details below.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:
This comprehensive workshop is an introductory overview of the basic skills you’ll need to create a resilient life. Dig deep into what it takes to build and maintain a vibrant homestead. Learn from Asheville’s top teachers, gardeners, fermenters, healers, and botanists how to create a thriving, regenerative ecosystem, community, and home. In this workshop you will learn about homesteading, gardening, foraging, fermenting, food preservation, and herbal medicine making skills.

FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: http://ashevillage.org/resilient-living-workshop/

Ashevillage Job Position:
Communications & Administration Manager

Ashevillage Institute & Sanctuary is based in Asheville, North Carolina. We are based on a one-acre, eco-urban demonstration site with private residence, guest house, and extensive permaculture-inspired grounds that provide a vibrant living-learning laboratory. Our mission is to catalyze community-based, on-the-ground programs that foster a vibrant, just, and resilient world. To learn more please visit our website at www.ashevillage.org and our partner program, the Permaculture School, at www.ThePermacultureSchool.org.

POSITION OVERVIEW
The Communications & Administration Manager will work with Ashevillage's director and management team to create communication strategies and media content with the goal of telling compelling stories, building our networks, and filling our programs. This position also includes being the main contact for all inquiries, handling registration and sales, and the manager of a wide variety of tasks under the communications and administration umbrellas. This position requires stellar organizational and time management skills, top notch written and verbal communication, excellent attention to detail and initiative, and the ability to be flexible and work as an integral part of a team.

For details and application please visit​:​
http://www.ashevillage.org/communications-administration-manager

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This 5-day workshop is an overview of the basic skills you’ll need to create a ‪#‎resilientlife‬. Dig deep into what it takes to build and maintain a vibrant homestead. Learn from Asheville’s top teachers, gardeners, fermenters, healers, and botanists how to create a thriving, regenerative ecosystem in community or at home - with Kate Hanford, Natalie Bogwalker, Quinn Asteak, Marc N. Williams, Asia Suler & Luke Cannon. In this workshop you will learn about homesteading, gardening, foraging, fermenting, food preservation, and herbal medicine making. If you are an aspiring urban homesteader, naturalist, local food activist, health professional, or hungry student, you will gain life-long wisdom in this week-long immersion. If you care about sustainability, why not go one step further: RESILIENT LIVING.

DATES: October 12-16, 2015 LOCATION: Asheville, NC DETAILS: http://www.ashevillage.org/resilient-living-workshop Limited seats - sign up by August 31st and save 30%!

POSITION AVAILABLE: Ashevillage Hands-On Site & Garden Assistant work trade position available. Starts ASAP. 12 week minimum @ 30 hours per week. Exchange for a place to live, all utilities, garden goodies, program credit, some on-site learning, plus leads for 10 hours/week paid work.

ASSIST WITH: Site maintenance, watering, landscaping, some gardening tasks, food processing and other related jobs at our one-acre permaculture demonstration site next to downtown Asheville. Some experience and physical capability are necessary. Be in touch & share with others who might be interested! Details & application: Work trade positions

Ashevillage is excited to be hosting the Food As Medicine Workshop series in Asheville, NC. We're offering a very special deal for the next 10 people who sign up - get $100 off your registration fee! Plus, bring a friend and you'll get an additional $50 off AND your friend gets $50 off. Please spread the word, and we hope to see you in Asheville!

Nourished Kitchen Workshop with Jenny McGruther, August 16-22, 2015
This comprehensive workshop is led by author and award winning blogger at The Nourished Kitchen, Jenny McGruther. Jenny will guide you in daily hands-on cooking classes, demonstrations, how-to techniques, and lectures on the health-enhancing powers of traditional foods. Along with Jenny, four of Asheville’s top homesteading and natural food experts will take you on field excursions to discover, taste, and learn how to how to create your own nourished kitchen and farm-to-table life. If you are a food connoisseur, aspiring naturalist, chef, health professional, urban homesteader, or hungry student, you will gain life-long wisdom in this week-long immersion. Work trade positions available. For details & registration visit: http://www.ashevillage.org/NKW

Ashevillage is excited to be hosting the Food As Medicine Workshop series in Asheville, NC. We're offering a very special deal for the next 10 people who sign up - get $100 off your registration fee! Plus, bring a friend and you'll get an additional $50 off AND your friend gets $50 off. Please spread the word, and we hope to see you in Asheville!

​Nourished Kitchen Workshop with Jenny McGruther, August 16-22, 2015
This comprehensive workshop is led by author and award winning blogger at The Nourished Kitchen, Jenny McGruther. Jenny will guide you in daily hands-on cooking classes, demonstrations, how-to techniques, and lectures on the health-enhancing powers of traditional foods. Along with Jenny, four of Asheville’s top homesteading and natural food experts will take you on field excursions to discover, taste, and learn how to how to create your own nourished kitchen and farm-to-table life. If you are a food connoisseur, aspiring naturalist, chef, health professional, urban homesteader, or hungry student, you will gain life-long wisdom in this week-long immersion. For details & registration visit: http://www.ashevillage.org/NKW



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Women, Food & Desire Workshop with Alex Jamieson, December 6-12, 2015
This transformational workshop is led by bestselling author, functional nutrition coach, and chef, Alex Jamieson. Alex will guide you in discovering the true meanings of your food cravings, and teach you how understanding these cravings is the key to satisfying your deepest desires. Along with Alex, some of Asheville’s top teachers, natural healers, and conscious cooks will take you on excursions to explore, concoct, and connect with your body and how to meet your desires in a way that serves your well being. In this workshop you will learn about the core of your desires, detoxing your system, feeding your cravings, healing your relationship with food, and embracing your body. If you love pleasure and food, you will gain life-long wisdom in this week-long retreat. For details & registration visit: http://www.ashevillage.org/WFD

WATER RETENTION LANDSCAPE COURSE: June 2 – 6, 2015 in Asheville. With Brock Dolman, Director of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s WATER Institute. LEARN: Basic principles and theory; observations of patterns in nature • Techniques for rainwater harvesting including dams, swales, terraces, and keyline • A water retention landscape tour • Design considerations for differing soil types, vegetation, watersheds, regions, and climates • Overview of aquaculture vs. aquaponics; and more. DETAILS: http://www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/Water-Retention-Landscape-Course



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2015 PERMACULTURE PROGRAMS IN ASHEVILLE

Wild Food & Fermentation Workshop with Sandor Katz
May 24 - 30
http://www.ashevillage.org/wild-food-fermentation-workshop

Permaculture School: Design Ecology & Living Skills
May 23 - August 14
http://www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/PS

Natural Building Workshop
July 6-10
http://www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/Natural-Building-Workshop