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Cob Project Campus

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Commenced:	01/04/2009
Submitted:	04/04/2014
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Bend, Oregon, US
Climate zone:	Cold Desert

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Cob Project Campus

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Rural, Residential, Intentional Communities, Community, School Projects, Philanthropic aid, Demonstration, Educational

Project Summary

CPC is an intentional experimental community model mini eco-village not for profit learning campus. Our intention is to teach sustainable living to skilled and unskilled students as well as preparing teachers for many levels of permaculture proficiency in sustainable living. Our goal is to educate each new student and help them to learn to live in harmony with nature. This intentional community model campus is a lifestyle movement that will teach true green living to individuals that want to teach or learn about sustainable living practices. We will be teaching brown living while eliminating (as much as possible) the dependencies on current day fossil fuels. We believe that if education is shared for little or no cost to the student, it benefits more than the recipient in the long run. What is shared willingly and from the heart gets paid forward with little effort. Sharing builds futures, hope, peace and real involvement in many directions. All seeds (in the physical, and metaphysical sense) planted are an investment in the well-being of our own future and that of many generations to come.

Project Description

Cob Project Campus Direction and Goals

• Earth Based Building – in a permaculture environment.

• Alternative Energy: including wind, solar, water, geothermal, and experimental.

• Terra-forming: soil amendments – earth based insulation – adaptive environments.

• Sustainability

• Natural Healing / Health: yoga, herbal medicine, spiritual healing, etc.

• Education

• Philanthropy

• Spiritual connection to ALL life through Music, Art, & Culture.

• Sustainable farming: farm, agriculture, and animals.

• Aquaponics: creating a mini ecosystem.

• Ecological Farming: focus on low water use, and simulating the natural (thriving) cycle of life.

We feel the current education model does not provide education at all – but merely the passing on of previous “information” (as determined by others).

TRUE education teaches one to think, to question that around you. To seek the correct answers for yourself. This is the basis for our teaching and society we are developing.

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