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So what IS a rocket stove anyway? And is it differ

So what IS a rocket stove anyway? And is it different than a rocket mass heater? Rocket stoves are a highly efficient wood burning stove. They need far less wood, harvest much more of the heat produced, and emit very little smoke, if any, once they heat up. The inclusion of a combustion chamber inside of an internal insulated chimney allows them to deliver far more heat to the cooking surface while achieving nearly full combustion. Rocket mass heaters use the same principles as rocket stoves, and might include a cooking surface (like the barrels seen in the photos) but store the bulk of the heat produced in a dense thermal mass (like cob) to be slowly released over time, providing heat to the room many hours after the fire burns out.
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Both significantly reduce our emissions here at Quail Springs. We use them as stoves, to heat our houses, heat water for our shower, and even as an incredibly efficient hot tub!
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One of the start to finish projects in our Online Natural Building Course walks you through each step to build your own simple rocket stove (shown in the video and the last slide). Sunday (9/26) is the last day to join the Interactive version, and registration for the Self Guided version ends Thursday (9/30). Follow the link in our bio to learn more and register.
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Patterns + chaos, chaos within patterns, patterns

Patterns + chaos, chaos within patterns, patterns within chaos…. We’ve got it all! Recognize some of these nooks?

Here’s a recipe for a lovely, cleansing & antiba

Here’s a recipe for a lovely, cleansing & antibacterial balm for ya! California White Sage* (Salvia Apiana), San Luis Purple Sage, (Salvia Leucophylla), California Juniper Berries (Juniperus Californica) & Rosemary. All these California traditional Indigenous medicines grow here in our cultivated gardens and wild open land of Quail Springs. We even used our own Quail Springs Beeswax from bees raised here on the property! *Due to over-harvesting, California White Sage continues to be threatened and we encourage you to know your sources and better yet grow your own! To Make: 1. Gather and dry your herbs. Always ask permission from the land, plants & original people from the land of where you are gathering. 2. Make an offering.
Since it is the desert, we like to offer plants a drink of water & a song for strength and perseverance. 3. Make Solar Oil Infusion. Place your dry herbs in a jar w/ 1.5 cups of Olive Oil. Allow to infuse for at least 2 weeks in a warm location allowing sun to warm the oil. Shake at least once/day. 4. Strain herbs using unbleached muslin or cheesecloth to remove plant matter & place in compost. Set the oil aside in a glass measuring cup. 5. Add to a double boiler on low heat & melt down until all the following ingredients are well incorporated: 1 cup of herbal infused oil
4 Tbsp of Beeswax
3 Tsps of Raw Shea Butter 6. Pour oil & wax mixture into glass jars or tins. Place in a cool place to set. This delicious antibacterial balm can be used to topically cleanse, or used as a powerful spiritual cleansing smudge for your skin. The aroma of the sage, juniper & rosemary together is bright and refreshing. Enjoy! #quailspringspermaculture #SustainableLiving #HerbalMedicine #Herbalism #Herbs #Sage #CaliforniaSage #EthicalGathering #GrowYourOwn #TraditionalMedicine #Medicine
#ClimateResilience #OffGrid #Permaculture #QuailSprings #PermacultureDesign #OptOutside #EcoLiving #ClimateResilience #cuyamavalley #ChumashLand Thank you @t.eaglewoman for this recipe!

Quail Springs is hiring for a Facilities and Infra

Quail Springs is hiring for a Facilities and Infrastructure Director. They’ll be responsible for directing the team who manages and maintains the facilities and infrastructure that support our off-grid community and nonprofit. Prospective candidates must embrace simple, remote rural living in a community while working in a nonprofit organization.
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The primary responsibilities of the team they’ll be working with are maintaining our off grid energy and water systems, supporting the infrastructure needs of our Farm team and Programs, keeping records and tracking recurring scheduled maintenance, and maintaining and improving our homes and buildings.
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If you know someone who may be interested in this opportunity, please tag them in the comments, or share with them. You can read the full job description and apply through the link in our bio. Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments below.
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Some of our Quail Springs family had an opportunit

Some of our Quail Springs family had an opportunity to tan sheep hides with the talented @natalia_suzette this past weekend. It was an amazing time learning this ancestral craft of hide tanning. Natalie’s approach to teaching traditional and ancestral skills is accessible and approachable, built on philosophies of reciprocity with community and sharing these essential skills with all people who are eager to learn. Part of Natalie’s teaching philosophy encourages students to accept the unpredictable, imperfect art of hide tanning without expectation of what the outcome should be. Her style of teaching is representative of the regenerative ethos of Quail Springs where she spent many years honing her craft of hide tanning and many other arts and traditional living based skills. Through this experience we rekindled the vibrant maker’s community of Quail Springs after a long, hot dry summer tending the land. We are so grateful for this beautiful shared experience.

Quail Springs is hiring for a Facilities and Infra

Quail Springs is hiring for a Facilities and Infrastructure Director. They’ll be responsible for directing the team who manages and maintains the facilities and infrastructure that support our off-grid community and nonprofit. Prospective candidates must embrace simple, remote rural living in a community while working in a nonprofit organization.
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The primary responsibilities of the team they’ll be working with are maintaining our off grid energy and water systems, supporting the infrastructure needs of our Farm team and Programs, keeping records and tracking recurring scheduled maintenance, and maintaining and improving our homes and buildings.
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If you know someone who may be interested in this opportunity, please tag them in the comments, or share with them. You can read the full job description and apply through the link in our bio. Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments below.
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Systems maintenance is a shared role within our community. Pictured here are our Executive Directors, Alexx and Ashwin, working on one of our greywater systems yesterday.
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Our Natural Building instructors, Sasha Rabin and

Our Natural Building instructors, Sasha Rabin and John Orcutt are looking forward to sharing with students in our upcoming Online Natural Building Course.
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We’re offering a Self Directed version and an Interactive version of the course. Both include six months of access to video lectures, foundational how-to videos, start to finish building project videos, our Quail Springs House Tour, and other resources and recommendations. The Interactive version also includes two months of guidance and online support from Sasha and John for your start to finish building project, and live group zoom sessions.
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Learn more or register through the link in our bio. And see more of Sasha and John’s work (and their beautiful earthen home) on their pages, @earthenshelter and @nomadicbuilder .
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Meet Tiśina. Tiśina came to Quail Springs as a w

Meet Tiśina. Tiśina came to Quail Springs as a work trader in July. What brings joy to her world is being immersed in waters of the ocean, rivers and lakes so she can live to be her true mermaid self. She is also spiritually fulfilled by building deep human connection, and intimate land relations. Her life path has been inspired by traditional Indigenous craft based in community building, arts and social justice activism. She has worked extensively in the Bay Area with inter tribal communities and hopes to share teachings of the lived experience of Quail Springs and permaculture with other Native people. You can keep with Tiśina @native___one . She will be dearly missed around here!

Join us this December for our online Land-Based Li

Join us this December for our online Land-Based Living Course. In this course we'll cover how to work with climate & climate characteristics, soil, water, gardening, fermentation, cheese-making, animal husbandry, creating a home herbal apothecary, and much more!
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Learn more and register for the course by clicking the link in our bio!
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Be one of the first 300 to register and receive 20% off ~ coupon code below!
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coupon code: land-based2021
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Happy 83rd birthday Sue! 💐 We are so grateful t

Happy 83rd birthday Sue! 💐 We are so grateful to have elders as part of our community. It’s not always the easiest life to choose, and we are grateful you choose it!

We’re finishing the filming this week for our On

We’re finishing the filming this week for our Online Natural Building Course that starts October 1st. Our last project might also be our most popular, a start to finish cob oven tutorial. It may not look like much yet, but it will by tomorrow!
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Sign up by Sept 12th with promo code adobe-dreams2021 for 20% OFF tuition! Register through the link in our bio or in our stories.
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Grateful for the continued interest and support from @patagonia as well. They’re our here capturing some images and interviews about the work we do.
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As a mostly live/work organization (though a few c

As a mostly live/work organization (though a few crucial staff members live off site) we are continually in balance between relating as co-workers and community. Deep friendships can form here that take shape within and outside of work hours. We have found that at Quail Springs an important element of living together is the sharing of meals. Every week we sign up for cooking and cleaning shifts so that we’re all participating and being of service to one another. We then gather for at least one communal meal a day, which we begin by each sharing what we are grateful for. During meals we refrain from talking about work (for the most part! 😬). Sharing food and taking time to cook, gather, sit and appreciate food is a daily gift.
Today we are honored to have Jeff and Collin from @patagonia joining us for lunch and other exciting happenings on the land.

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