January 2010

MLK Day of Service Project

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow's Americorps member Jose Galarza organized a volunteer project today for the national Day of Service. We worked at the Vermont Foodbank at Kingsbury Farm right down the road from Warren, helping them renovate the farmhouse, and creating a farm office. Today's project was to demolish a closet and create stairs to access the...

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Dominican Republic class builds children's park for Pueblo of Samana

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
This just in from instructor Kyle Bergman whose Dominican Republic Design/Build class wrapped up last Friday 1/22."Hi all,A quick snapshot of the 2010 Dominican Republic Design Build Class. This was another adventure and a successful project. We designed and build a children’s park for Pueblo of Samana – which is 45,000 people strong. There...

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A little treehouse in the woods

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
A few years ago Harry and Will Reynolds (father and son) took the Treehouse Design course at Yestermorrow led by John Connell. They took their plans back to their home in Lincoln, VT and built it together over three summers. It’s now heated, wired, insulated and finished and rented out as a bed and breakfast spot for folks looking for an...

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Is Adding On Really the Answer?

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
This article was written by Yestermorrow instructor Moneca Kaiser to share with the Yestermorrow community.Your Home-- Is Adding On Really The Answer?When I was apprenticing as a carpenter, I got to work on some really great additions. Often they were new family-friendly kitchens with tons of counter space, a place for the kids to do their...

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Intructor Ben Graham to present at upcoming conferences

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow instructor Ben Graham has a long term vision to bring natural building methods to a wider audience of builders, architects, designers and people in general. This winter he will be taking a clear step in that direction by presenting on natural building at two of the biggest conference/trade shows in the northeast. The first one...

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Day of Service January 18th

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Dear Yestermorrow friends,In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 18th, Yestermorrow Design/Build School is organizing a Day of Service project at the Kingsbury Farm at the Vermont Foodbank in Waitsfield, VT. We’ve partnered with the Foodbank over the past year to help them with a renovation plan for the farmhouse, and work...

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