The Christian
Homesteaders Association
presents Homesteader
Training
Building Your Solar Ark
A home for the 21st Century
What
you'll learn:
·
what
the Bible says about our environment
·
solar
power for your home, from passive solar design to
photovoltaics
·
rainwater
harvesting, water purification and recycling
·
composting
toilets and sanitation
·
food
production at home: better food, less expense
All
training is hands-on. Classes are tailored to meet your needs.
Training
takes place on a working homestead in Rush, Colorado,
fifty
miles east of Colorado Springs.
Training
Dates for 2010:
June 21-25
July
12-16
August
9-13
September
20-24
Cost:
$500 per person
Includes food, housing, and training
materials.
Call or write today
for more information:
jack@christianhomesteaders.org
719-360-3075
Jack
Dody
P.O.
Box 26
Rush,
CO 80833
Information about your
teachers:
Jack and Marilou Dody
are associates of Equip International
(www.equipinternational.com). They live in an
“off-the-grid” home
in
Rush, Colorado, making their own electricity, recycling water and
waste,
and growing food.
Jack
has used his strategies to help missionaries, and the people
they
serve, to live safely and comfortably in the most difficult places
on
earth.
What
people are saying about Solar Ark Training
"Through wide-ranging research
via the Internet, review of literature on sustainable living, and
consultation with various missionary training organizations, I had the good
fortune of discovering Jack Dody. Jack has distilled over three decades of
expertise in sustainable building practices, organic gardening, and
renewable energy production in an accessible manual that he has
generously made available free of charge. Jack’s manual is a comprehensive
resource for appropriate technology, a unique compendium full of
clear explanations, helpful diagrams, and practical advice.
“But
even more valuable is the hands-on seminar that Jack offers on his homestead, where
he walks the student through all of the various aspects of appropriate technology
treated in his manual. In step-by-step sequence, Jack offers personal instruction
in all aspects of appropriate technology, pointing out its application on his ingeniously
equipped homestead and on near-by construction projects that he directs.
“I
benefited enormously from Jack's tutelage, and recommend him highly to
any serious student of appropriate technology."
Allen Callahan, Boston
“The
Solar Ark Training is full of hands-on, straightforward, and understandable information
that does not waste effort with fluff. Jack Dody is a capable teacher and
communicator who lives with and uses each feature of the Solar Ark: energy, water
collection and conservation, food production, and waste recycling
and disposal. The training material and support after the training
is excellent. If you might live or help others in difficult living conditions—don't
miss this training.”
J.
(Asia)
“Words cannot express the benefit my wife and
I received from traveling out to Rush, Colorado,
and getting to see first-hand Jack and Marilou's home and how it works.Being
on-site helped us see how self-sustainable living can work in real life.
Jack'steaching,
training and knowledge have proved to be invaluable, especially now that we
are on the field in Africa. Jack doesn't just practice what he teaches; he andMarilou
live it every day. It was such a blessing to see how everything worked together.
Jack is very honest about what mistakes he made, how he has learned to do
things better, and what he would do differently. Having no previous experience or
exposure to self-reliant living, I walked away feeling prepared to meet the
needs of
living in our house in Africa where we have no power much of the time, catch
our rain water, grow our own food, and learn how to use renewable natural
resources all
around us.”
Doug Taylor, Uganda
“Julie and I were finishing our
training at Missionary Training International in Palmer Lake,
Colorado when we met Jack Dody. He came and spoke to our group about making
preparations for the field. Some of us will be living in places where there will
be no municipal water, sewage or electricity, and limited resources from which
to build a shelter or house. Jack gave us an opportunity to attend a
training course on appropriate technology using The Noah Project
training manual.
“The
Noah Project is a very useful and practical guide for those who are going tothe
mission field or for anyone who wants to be a better steward of the resources God
has given us. Since Jack and Marilou live off the grid on the plains of
Colorado, they
really use the concepts that are in The Noah Project.
“I
would encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.”
Steve and Julie Henderson
Mozambique