a self - study online video course which will GUIDE YOU STEP BY STEP on
HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN FULLy OFF-the-WATER-GRID BIO GEOMETRIC ECO-hOME
Living Bio Geo Dome - Master Class
With our 100% self-paced, step-by-step detailed video tutorials you will learn how to:
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Integrate Solar passive design and tree orientation in your home
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Cold Climate construction - Build with MASS and insulation
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Learn how to find the right land and join / build a community
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Design Bio Geometrically to evoke harmonic resonance
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Plan the overhead and cross section view on graph paper
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Plan all of your electrical and plumping on paper and on site
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Test your soil and Air Crete Mix for safe construction
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Learn how to design openings and support them with buttresses
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Install door and windows into the Sand Bag / Air Crete medium
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How to water proof your home and stop the capillary action
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How to build a 3D sky light - Almanac Solar & Lunar Calendar
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Apply plastering and finishing techniques
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Building of an Air Crete & Sandbag dome from ground up
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Practically build a septic tank for under 100 USD
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Build your own self supporting archways for all the openings
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Plumb your own shower and wire a simple 12 V Solar System
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Learn from start to finish how to build a Bio Char Filter
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Learn to build 3 types of water storage containers
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Learn how to convert your pool into an eco pond.
Would you like to experience Debt Free living whilst maximising the Abundance which nature offers?
Bio Veda Eco Academy offers you unique courses created by specialists who are passionate about thriving in harmony with nature.
Our teachings utilise Bio Dynamic and Bio Mimicked replicable methodologies.
Our Eco Shelter Dome Master Class is easy to follow online video training which will teach you through detailed step-by-step video tutorials how to practically build your own home from foundation all the way to skylight .
Our projects are designed for inexperienced user with a "shoe string" budget. You can view our online tutorials for 10 years.
All ages and cultures are welcome !
Harvesting
Module
1. All water harvesting strategies, including hard surface run-offs such as roofs, drive ways and even catchment of water from the road.
2. How to make a first flush system that will keep all the dirt and leaves from going into your water tank.
3. How to easily construct permaculture earthworks using basic garden tools and garden waste
Theory
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Solar passive design and how to orient your home so it traps natural phenomena to heat and cool the space
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How to Bio Geometrically place your home and avoid geopathic stress zones.
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How to design your home according to fiboonacci proportions and harmonious musical waves. We will discuss Bio Geometrical theory that applies to architecture and also cover the basics of Feng Shui. This will allow for your future home to integrate with your surrounding living environment.
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Placement of upper circular windows to welcome the Sunlight beams as well as marking of the equinoxes and solstices. This simple practice will connect the home to celestial bodies and make you aware of lunar and solar cycles.
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How to plan your home's electrical system to avoid a harmful EMR vortex around your room.
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How to do a soil test and create the perfect mix, to fill your bags, using your own earth from under your feet or a bought medium
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We will cover the right dome geometries such as roman and lancet arch. We will discuss catenary shapes and why they are so strong. We will also go into advantages as well as disadvantages of double curvature (domes) as well as single curvature (Vault) structures.
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We will cover the planning of your plumbing for toilet and showers
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You will learn how to work with chains and compasses in order to create lanet and roman arch geometries for your homes. We will discuss placement of the key line in order for your home to have greater height.
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We will show you how to legalise dome structures with our counties and municipalities.
Foundation work
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The foundation itself will be build from long sandbags filled with stabilised earth at a proportions of 1 part cement to 5 - 10 parts earth. This makes this medium up to 30x times cheaper then a conventional brick.
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Sandbags allow for incredible free style curvilinear building style.
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We will dig out the foundations and install the damp course to prevent capillary action of water siphoning upwards in your walls.
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We will create an accurate connection between two mediums gripping Air Crete to the sand bag
Walls & electrical
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The sand bags will continue up until belly button level allowing you to use a wall as a comfortable leaning surface.
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In this lesson you will learn the practicalities of barbwire installation in order to create structures which have a balance of tension and compression working hand in hand together. This allows for the construction of super strong structures which mimic Natures Geometrical genius
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From 0.5 m wall height we will contonue with Dome Gaia Air Crete brick technology which allows for large large window designs and has tremendous R value insulation properties.
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You will learn how to make your own eco foam from non toxic soap. We will go into precision of the actual proportions of water to foam & cement ratios
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You will learn how to construct tire walls with a ferro cement / yurt NON DOME ceiling.
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We will also cover the construction of single curvature Vaults which are straight rooms with rounded ceilings.
Openings
& Arches + butresses
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We will construct special forms which we will pour air crete into. These forms are designed to take optimal amount of ready mix.
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We will pour the air crete into the forms and construct a giant knife which can slice Air Crete "cakes" up into smaller bricks.
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We will discuss the importance of butresses when constructing geometrical spherical buildings and how big the buttress needs to be in order to withstand the outwards pressure from the openings.
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You will learn a tried and tested method on how we can insert doors and windows into our structures.
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We will discuss a way to make your own smaller portal windows that can open and close.
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We will build an entire window frame off - site and position into the wall
Ceiling & skylight
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When reaching the upper levels closing up the tighter curvature you will learn how to shape the Air Crete bricks and sandbags so they create a "snug" fit.
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You will learn how to place counter weights in order for the bricks in the upper levels to stay in their position whilst in construction.
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Combination of temperature stable mass in the sandbags and insulative properties of Air Crete will result in stable temperatures through out the year.
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A useful skill in construction is the practical know how on concrete beam creation with a weaved ferro cement dome roof. This is very handy when making an underground water reservoir or building your home two storeys high.
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The skylight is a very special 3D Almanac Calendar which is an original invention of mine . It will be made up from little glass diamond pieces with various glass beads and lazer cut wooden shapes which will allow for shadows and dots of colours to cast light spectra on your walls. This will mark off various solstices and equinoxes as well as when to plant crops. This will be a collaborative communal effort to figure the details of this interstellar planting calendar. ( THIS IS A BONUS FEATURE TO FIRST 100 STUDENTS )
Plumbing, Electrical
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We will install a low cost truck tire septic tank under a toilet.
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You will learn how to build an outdoor shower which will automatically drain to a constructed wetland
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We will connect the electrical as we go along and insert it into the folds of the sandbags and Air Crete bricks.
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I will show you how to wire up a simple 12 volt system with an inverter, charge controller batteries and solar panels
Harvesting
Module
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All water harvesting strategies, including hard surface run-offs such as roofs, drive ways and even catchment of water from the road.
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How to make a first flush system that will keep all the dirt and leaves from going into your water tank.
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How to easily construct permaculture earthworks using basic garden tools and garden waste
Storage
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Theory and practical of how to build successful and safe water storage. The do's and the don'ts.
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Step by step guide on how to create a durable and long lasting 4000 Gallon / 16000 Litre sand bag water tank moulds to any straight wall like a "hand in glove"
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Construction from start to finish of a low cost ferro cement water reservoir. This 12000 Litre water tank will cost you 1/3 of a plastic one and will outlast it by an additional 100 + years.
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Construction of a 10000 Gal / 40000 litre underground water tank. Perfect opportunity to store water under a driveway / garage or even a house.
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BONUS: How to convert a conventional pool into an eco pool so it can be used as back up storage that you can swim in, irrigate from & plumb it into your Bio Char water filter to be pressurised for home use
Up Cycling
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How to construct your own wetland for bath and shower water treatment . This will immediately create an additional bulk of water that can be safely used for irrigation of organic vegetables, flowers and herbs, without clogging the soil with soaps and phosphates.
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How to use grey water that you bathed with yesterday to flush your toilet today.
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Wetlands of various shapes and sizes made from 3 different low cost, available materials. Two wetland types will be constructed: one with visible water and floating plants and another whereby water travels through the aggregate without any visible water on the surface. No smell or mosquitos
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How to construct a simple trench filled with garden waste so it can take your Kitchen grease trap water
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How to create a sewerage treatment wetland and plant it out with aquatic plants. This wetland will treat all water from your biogas digester / septic tank safely with out any smell. We also include installation of the biogas digester itself and priming it for methane production
"Earth turns to gold in the hands of the Wise" - Rumi
Alosha, founder of the Bio Veda Academy and the head instructor for our Living BioGeo Dome Master Class, acquired his Architectural wisdom over the past decade through extensive experimentation, coupled with hundreds of planning-sketches and multiple international live workshops and builds.
This training program has been tested through numerous live workshops at our permaculture eco school in Johannesburg. Footage from our live workshops coupled with other theory and practical outdoor video tutorials will provide a learning model that is easy to follow and understand.
The comprehensive practical hands-on training you will receive from the Living BioGeo Dome Master Class, is derived from top international experts on Bio tecture and Dome technologies. Alosha has interviewed and worked with these experts at various live workshops since 2007.
Experts include:
Geoff Lawton - Alosha received his permaculture design certificate through his school.
Mike Reynolds - Alosha studied EarthShip Biotecture with Mike in new Mexico. Alosha also att
Hajjar Gibran - Alosha attended a live training in Mexico with Dome Gaia. A 5 m dome Waldorf Classroom was constructed in San Miguel de Allende
Nader Khalili - Alosha learned at Cal-Earth School of Earth Art & Architecture back own 2011 and build 3 dome homes in Knysna
Steve Kornher - Alosha attended a two week flying concrete workshop with Steve back in 2007 and constructed a 60 square metre sea shell roof
Josh Kearns - Alosha learnt Bio-Char filtration in Thailand from Aqueous Solutions.
John Todd - has taught Alosha the basics of ecological design , biomimicry and construction of eco living machines.
Thomas Linders - Alosha studied from Linders. Thomas has been constructing wetlands for over 20 years.
Why Does This Training Deliver Such Incredible Results?
Here Are 6 Reasons why our students see amazing results from Bio - Veda's online training
1. Detailed theory prior to any project
Classroom style theory will be presented, in video format, that is well researched from the top eco literature on the planet . The theory will be condensed to a practical application and important "messages to take home"
2. Practical step by step video instructions all the way
Detailed camera footage with all possible angles will show you exactly how to execute all the parts of every construction. Our online coiursewill make you feel like you are attending every course live.
3. Debrief of mistakes and how to avoid them
Within each module mistakes and hiccups are discussed.
Alosha made mistakes which cost him over $25000. You will receive the perfected working model so you can avoid these unnecessary bumps.
4. Q & A video recordings after each module
For the duration of 6 months we will take all the questions about each particular module / project and answer them in as much details as possible. Future answers to questions posted by other students will also be available to you for the duration of 10 years in the comments section under each module
5. Go at your own pace with no down time
One of the main frustrations in attending live training is that there is a lot of standing around time whereby students can not participate because of instructor's inability to manage a large number of students or the job at hand only requires 2 hands. We have eliminated this completely by presenting you with the theoretical and practical knowledge you need to know in order to execute a task. You will be able to watch the course in your own time and go back to any of the sections whenever you like.
6. Have loads of fun with your family & friends
Due to the weight of the Air Crete bricks and a large coffee, which fills the sandbags, allows an entire family to participate in the build of the dome. Building a dome home is easy enough for woman and their children to complete an entire construction from start to finish. The entire build will strengthen your family bond
About your trainer
Alosha is a visionary leader designer, inventor, master geometer and water wizard. His passions lie with Creation of Heavenly earth in it’s most practical sense: Organic food ecological shelter, living water and transformation of Electro Magnetic Radiation into healing vibrations.
He has converted his suburban home into a self sustaining and self regenerative living organisms that is completely off the water and electrical grid without tapping into any ancient borehole water.
He has completed his degree in Creative Brand Communications at Vega and has attended over 11 international workshops on self sustainability in the fields of ecological housing , treatment of rain and UP cycling of waste water as well as growing of organic food. He has applied almost all of the practical wisdom that he has gathered from live trainings at his experimental city garden in Johannesburg as well as on his previous rural experimentation farm.
Spending 3 years on a farm he worked with low cost dome shelters , food growing machines , earthworks, wetland constructions and holistic ecological design.
His ethos is to catch what comes from the sky , treat waste water and garbage as assets and creatively use all these resources to create a self regenerative biospheres induced with beauty , life-force and spacial comfort.
Here's how our BioGeoDome Master Class is structured
What exactly will you learn at our Master Class ?
Site preparation and Foundation digging
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In this lesson you will learn how to mark your home on the ground and then how to dig out the actual foundation.
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You will also learn how to use intuition and other tools to mark out a pond or any weird shape adjacent to your home
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You will learn two simple methods to make sure that your foundation is level
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We will allow space for plumbing and other needed pipes under the actual foundation bags
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In this section we will also discuss how to make another type of foundation using tires as per Earthship methodology
Building of Sandbag walls and electrical integration
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Electrical will be installed into the walls with proper conduit or water pipe.
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Walls will be buttressed at every opening to keep the dome strength and integrity
Air Crete Walls continuation & Windows
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We will do a proper connection between two mediums gluing the Air Crete to the last level of sand bag wall
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We will install the round window frame into the wall
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We will learn how to build Air crete bricks around the archway forms
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We will build archway forms for windows and doors from scratch
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You will learn how to work with Tensile fabric integrating tension and compression into equal self supporting forces
Bio Vault Dome home (Released in 2019)
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You will learn how build an Earthship foundation with tyres
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We will build Super Adobe walls on top of the tyres
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We will create a wooden and glass wall
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We will build geodesic wooden frame & plexiglass green house
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We will build a Super Adobe toilet & an outdoor shower
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You will learn how to build grey water wetland so treated shower water flushes the loo.
Retaining walls and terrace construction
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Here you will learn how to construct a massive 54 metre wall which holds water or can act as an eco machine
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We will also learn how to build terrace planting beds walls which we constructed in our permaculture school
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You will understand how to join sandbags to linear concrete existing walls and how to use this curvilinear medium to create planting beds and wetlands around your dome home
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Intro and class room theory: roof gutters, leaf catcher, first flush, pavement catchment & road catchment
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Mistakes & improvements
Hard Surface
Harvesting water in the ground - Earthworks
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Eight principles of successful water harvesting & 26 earthworks harvesting tips
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Different types of earthworks: berm & basin, swales and terraces
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Vegetation
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Mistakes & improvements
Bio char slow sand filter
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Pre treatment of very dirty water
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Making bio char and making of biochar gassier
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Sifting and cleaning stone, sand & biochar
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Ball valve installation
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Preparation and setting up of the drums
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Plumbing of the entire filter
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Testing the flow & maintenance
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Mistakes and improvements
Delivery of pressurised water to all of your taps
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Municipal bypass valve installation by proffecinal plumber
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Plumbing of Bio char slow sand filter to the pump
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Testing the system
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Mistakes and improvements
Undeground 12000 Gal / 40000 Litre water reservoir
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We will build from start to finish an underground water tank
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We will create a concrete beam and weave a steel reinforcement dome roof into this beam
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You will learn how to create a man hole for maintenance.
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We will plaster the ferro cement roof and back fill it with soil ready for load bearing floor construction
Sandbag water reservoir
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Construction of sand bags
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Construction of ferro cement supportive wall
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Plastering & water proofing
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Floor slab & sump construction
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Mistakes & improvements
Ferro Cement reservoir
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Foundation preparation
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Wiring the mesh & ply wood tying
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Dome roof construction
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Plumbing
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Plastering & water proofing
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Mistakes & improvements
Creating a mini constructed wetland
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Container, rock entrance
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Cutting the cage & cutting the drum
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Plumbing of the system
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Filling the container with stones, soil, sand
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Aquatic planting, where to source then and how to plant them
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Irrigation with treated grey water
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Installing a mechanism for automatic toilet flushing
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Siphoning pump & other tech for low lying outlets
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Mistakes & improvements
Treating sewerage and making biogas
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Creation of a sewerage treating constructed wetland
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Installation of ready made biogas digester
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How to make a low cost septic tank using tires
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Plumbing of sewerage
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Priming you biogas digester for methane production
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Outlet tank & safely irrigating with treated sewerage
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Mistakes & improvements
Upcycling - Kitchen and Laundry
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Building a simple grease trap
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Plumbing your grease trap out for passive flow into the garden
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Trench & earthworks, filling the trench with correct medium
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Testing of the system & utilisation of treated water
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Maintenance of the grease trap
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Creating a banana circle for grey water treatment.
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Mistakes & improvements
Construction of your own food growing machine
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Sourcing of the drum and container preparation
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Cutting the drum up and extruding planter pockets with a gas torch
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Plumbing of your irrigation system for the food grower
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Creating a worm tower & installing it into the food growing machine
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Setting up a automatic gravity flow earthworm tea extractor
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Planting the plants and the right choices for east, west, north & south
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Creating a micro green & nursery station for the shade side
BONUS MATERIAL
In this 90 minute presentation, from one of our live eco workshops, Thomas Linders presents the basics behind grey and black water wetland ecology. Thomas describes in detail a commercial wetland that he constructed for an upmarket hotel to treat all of their shower, bath and toilet water. This presentation will give you a very good understanding of what can be done with plants for water filtration whilst gently blending the eco filtration into the surrounding landscape. Thomas is one of the leading permaculture teachers and water wizards in Africa with over 25 years of experience in ecological field of water filtration, organic food growing and earthworks implementation. He got his PDC from Geoff Lawton and also went to Geoffs' farm to study earthworks live
In our Eco Design Vault you'll find over 50 various sketches and artworks of conceptual ideas that are designed on nature's inspired geometrical patterns. From biological shelters and vortexing water treatment to designs of schools, kids’ play grounds, entire community blocks and food growing machines. These ideas will surely raise your awareness about curvilinear designs that are aligned with universal geometries. Alosha was inspired by sacred geometry as well as various leaders in ecological field when drawing these concepts and ideas on paper.
Here Alosha will unpack, from start to finish the basics of irrigation. We will plump up a timer, connect pipes and install the sprayers, misters and drip irrigation under mulch.
In this module we will plumb up the submersible pump to automatically irrigate your organic garden with waste water.
In this bonus we included over 3 hours of footage from various paid consults that commissioned Alosha Lynov to bring the self regenerative design to a variety of different properties. Alosha describes a variety of topics, in a suburban as well as a farm plot, such as tree mulching, earthworks, grey water treatment, positioning of wetlands, land angles and organic food growing. He discusses with a client a problem sewerage area with faulty septic and how to resolve such a blockage in an ecological manner. These consults will give you a great perspective on what can be implemented in your garden with a bit of creativity and literally free materials.
Visit our eco garden with organic muffins and herbal tea, where Alosha will take you on a tour of all the Water Self Sufficiency and other eco systems that he created from start to finish. See how all the systems were made and receive an Abundance of tips and tricks.
If you can not attend the live garden tour it will be recorded and posted on our bonus page.
In this bonus package Alosha shares a variety of topics that will come in handy through out your journey on an eco path. What is your role in the garden and how to work with hired labour. Governmental regulations and how to work with them. How to extract your own vision and how to follow it through all the way. Safe utilisation of a vast types of waste to create beauty and abundance in your garden. How to create self worth, thrive with your Mission and be of great service to our planet and all it's beings
In this bonus package you will be presented with vital excel and document systems which will assist you with a variety of your eco home needs. A detailed questionnaire is included which will make you ascertain your grey water outlets, water consumption, rain fall, soil types etc. We also included a weekly routine checklist for a gardener or maintenance team to make sure that your gutters are cleaned, leaf catchers are emptied of leaves, grease trap is inspected and cleaned out, irrigation water filters are checked and blasted out if need be and a lot more. We also included a monthly calendar so you can plan the teams and budget for your future eco projects.
My latest invention, an off the water grid mobile trailer including a composting toilet, 1200 Litres of back up water, aquaponic system, food growing machine, grey water wetlands and grease trap all on 6 square metres of space.
Our off-the-water-grid trailer consists of a variety low-tech biological and simple elements. It will process all kitchen water with a grease trap by removing the fats and the bits so the water can be used to passively feed the garden. 2 layered constructed wetlands will clean up all bath and shower water and get it to the level that this water can be used to bath and shower again.
In this video I will share with you the details behind Intentional Russian Villages / Kin Domains.
These communities were Inspired by a set of books written by Vladimir Megre on Anastasia.
She brought down a lot of ancient vedic knowledge on how we can get out of the current mess. I have read the books in Russian several times and have visited Russian eco villages. In this video I will pr provide you with a lot of details on how we can set up successful eco villages in the future.
I have recorded a 2 hour tour with my good friend Natalie, a 70 year old pensioner, who is not scared to get her hands dirty.
She has figured out a really awesome way to grow food and herbs in raised containers with zero water waste all powered by her successful worm farming. She will teach us exactly how this is all created from start to finish. All about worms and container growing with Natalie Rowles
What do our students say about Alosha's training
"The feeling of this course is very inclusive"
Alosha, your authentic energy for the good of all by offering this gift of training and guiding us is the leading reason I am on this program. The personal commentary is so helpful and allows me to make the notes I need in my work book. The practical sections are paced well allowing time for thought and clearly show that 'organic' thinking means we can enhance decisions at every step. The feeling with this Course is very inclusive. I have enjoyed one on one conversation already to fine-tune some details which is awesome and fills me with confidence.
Amana Triggs
"my mind is opening to all the incredible applications"
I have enjoyed every minute of the education presented in these courses. More importantly, my mind is opening to all the incredible applications in and around my home and community. I can’t wait to see my wetlands and gardens flourishing with abundance. I’m so grateful to witness simple solutions I can implement. I see conquest of the challenges we all face as we make a better home for our families.
I also shared your videos with my 9 year old and 4th grade students here in Utah in the United States. I have never seen them so excited. They were researching and talking about permaculture, aquaponics, kombucha, and the incredibly beautiful design work of Gaudi. So much fun and so inspiring. I look forward to be seeing the future they create. Thank you, Alosha, for planting a visionary seed in the minds of our children. I am so excited to try the methods you have shown here.
Derrell Humphries
Ceiling completion and Skylight Installation
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You will learn how to shape air crete bricks and sandbags in order to accommodate for tight upper ceiling curves
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We will install a supporting beam that will hold a skylight
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We will figure out together a 3 Dimensional Astrological calendar Almanac which will read stars , moon and the sun
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We will also construct an easy skylight with 6 - 8 triangles and silicone. We will install it in place above our dome
Transforming a standard pool into a biological storage
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Excavation for wetland
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Liner installation and other water proofing methods
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Plumbing rock entrance
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Planting and sourcing aquatic plants from local eco systems
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Variety of solar and conventional pumps
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Testing & Maintenance
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Mistakes & improvements
a life of debt free, regenerative off - grid living is awaiting for you
Heaven on Earth Image is created by Jessica Perlstein . Pencil background by Paul Richardson - Haven Earth Institute