Firemaking at OAEC
“Ancient Technologies Overview”
Permaculture Design Course at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Several times a year, the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center offers a 2 week long Permaculture Design Course which includes a morning segment called “Ancient Technologies Overview” that I thoroughly enjoy teaching.
Participants drill holes in pieces of stone with a bamboo tipped ‘handdrill”, make beads out of pine nuts, twist plant fibers into string & create fire by friction.
Details about the topics covered.
This video shows a snippet of the experience shared by the group each session.
Tamara Wilder demonstrated the ancient art of fire making at OAEC's 2016 Fall Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) course.
The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in West Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity.
OAEC trains and supports “whole communities” — schools, public agencies, Native American tribes, urban social justice organizations, watershed groups and others — to design and cultivate resilience to mounting ecological, social and economic challenges.
