2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree - Wheaton Labs

About the RMH Jamboree:

Whether you are an experienced builder, or new to wood-powered rocket technology, there is something for you at the Rocket Mass Heater Innovators Event!

Rocket stoves and rocket mass heaters (RMHs) are a low-emission, efficient way to harness the power of sustainable wood for fuel. The term "rocket" comes from the sound that the wood makes as it burns--there are no actual rockets involved!

At the RMH Jamboree, the basics of rocket technology will be taught, while multiple innovations will be made, such as a tiny house rocket mass heaters, a rock kiln, rocket forge, solar food dehydrator with rocket booster, rocket oven, rocket sauna, and a whole lot more!

Our Jamboree Format :

Attendees can wander among all SEVEN of the tracks and participate or observe as much or as little as they like. The instructors will see a project to completion either with or without help.

This is an event where you can follow your passion and interests to learn about the aspects of rocket mass heaters and other efficient wood-powered technology. You can learn the basics, or join in the more advanced rocket innovation.



Seven Tracks of Rocket Technology :

TRACK ONE –  Food and Fire:

Portable Rocket Kitchen/BBQ/Fogon

Rocket Booster for Solar Dehydrator

Solarium rocket

TRACK TWO – Forge and Kiln:

Rocket Forge

Rocket Kiln 2.0

TRACK THREE – Home Heat:

Rocket Mass Heater for Shann-Delier

Rumford or Rocket Heater

Test "Sand Insulation" upgrade on Red shed heater core

Install replacement rocket in Love Shack (or at least improve chimney and thermal mass)

TRACK 4: Testing and improving design

Efficiency/Clean Burn Tests on Existing Appliances

Tipi Rocket Bench Rebuild

Workshop Rocket (heat riser insulation)

Bell vs. pipe bench "burnoff"

Bun Warmer (Making it "pretty")

Puppy Warmer (test 4" exhaust to see if it improves performance)

Library Rocket (rebuild intake, pebble bench)

TRACK 5: Rocket Skills

PEP welding

PEP rocket (basic brick core build)

PEP natural building (cob)

TRACK 6: Homesteading Skills

PEP Gardening (hugel)

PEP cob

PEP food prep (lots of cooking with rocket stuff, solar ovens, etc)

PEP natural medicine

(maybe) PEP Textile

TRACK 7: Bonus Wild Experiments

Rocket Desk/Table/Workbench

Rocket Wood Steamer/bender

Rocket Hot Tub Heater

Rebuild large shop heater against wall so trucks can be worked on in winter

Insulate buildings to improve performance

Spontaneous innovation - other projects that might come up during the event!

Daily Schedule:

7:00am – breakfast
8:00am – summary of the day
8:30am – session 1
10:00am – session 2
noon – lunch
1:00pm – session 3
3:00pm – session 4
5:00pm – cleanup
6:00pm – dinner
7:00pm – evening presentations
9:30pm to 6:30am – quiet time



Instructors

Chris McClellan -- Instructor:
Uncle Mud (aka Chris McClellan) raises free-range, organic children in the wilds of northeast Ohio. Between building things out of mud and junk he writes for Mother Earth News Magazine and teaches simple DIY skills at workshops and fairs.

Kirk Mobert -- Instructor
Kirk is a natural builder who has taught with Cob Cottage Co. and around California for over a decade. Kirk's particular interest in Rocket Stoves and Rocket Mass Heaters is in providing a pathway to super efficient, high technology solutions; with low technology, do it yourself methods. Kirk, also known as Donkey, is the administrator of donkey32.proboards.com, a hotspot for discussion and innovation of all things Rocket Stove.

Christina Keegan -- Instructor
Christina Keegan organizes mutual aid projects with neighbors in Cleveland, Ohio to meet basic needs, advance housing justice, and advocate for greater community control of decision-making.  Her work as a grant writer, project manager, teacher and builder focuses on developing healthy, affordable housing and community self-reliance. Her tools include rocket mass heaters, natural building, Permaculture and other urban land regeneration practices.

Ray Cirino -- Instructor
Ray Cirino is an inventor, happy scientist, permaculturalist, natural builder, cob oven and rocket stove master.  As a skilled woodworker, natural builder, welder and artist, Ray teaches young people proven sustainable skills and methods. A prime mover and shaker in a world that has become less sustainable, he promotes the abundances nature offers.

Sky Huddleston -- Instructor
Sky Huddleston is an experienced entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the renewable energy industry and commercializing obscure technologies. Over a decade of combustion system engineering experience including the engineering of diesel engines, aircraft engines, and biomass combustion systems for residential and commercial applications. Extensive experience in mechanical engineering, drafting, and design. He is currently the CEO of Liberator Rocket Heaters, which has the worlds first and only rocket mass heater that is tested and certified to being compliant with UL-1482, ULC-S627, ATSM-E-1509 safety standards, and fully EPA certified.

Rodney Morgan -- Instructor
Rodney Morgan has a Masters in Sustainability and has been working with energy building energy efficiency and alternate designs for over 15 years. He is a Small Wind installer, CPHC (PHIUS, Passive House), Landfill Manager, Hazcom 40, and Mud Buddie. In short, an overeducated mechanic that enjoys playing in the mud and preserving the planet.

Isaac Workman - Instructor
Isaac became interested in Permaculture in his teenage years. After attending a PDC in 2016 he decided this would be a direction he would pursue for his life. Since 2019 Isaac has been pursuing opportunities and projects that allow for learning and practice in natural building, wood working, farming, and videography. Isaac often spends his other time working on sailboats.

Paul Wheaton -- Host/Instructor
Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture, is an author, producer, and certified advanced master gardener. He has created hundreds of youtube videos, hundreds of podcasts, multiple DVDs, and written dozens of articles and a book. As the lead mad scientist at Wheaton Labs, he's conducted experiments resulting in rocket stoves and ovens, massive earthworks, solar dehydrators and much more.

Amelia Morgan -- Chef
Amelia is a lifelong learner who is excited to explore and expand the social aspect of permaculture through edible hospitality! She attended a PDC at Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Ireland in 2018, and has been utilizing many of the great tips and links from the Wheaton Labs network on her 5 awkward mountain acres in North Idaho. She has appreciated teaching from the Weston Price Foundation, and attended a Foundation for Functional Fermented Food in-person seminar, both of which have had a significant influence on her concept of, and preparation of food which she considers to be a creative work in progress.



Tickets

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