Green Collar Jobs Training Program Update (7/13/09)

Today the Green Collar Jobs Training Program offline trainees did another change up and headed back down to Nanawale to work on Mark Hansen's earthship again. Construction progress is going really well with most of the wall foundation up and the windows in. Mark is already starting to fill in the crevices with the mix of cinder, dirt, and cement.

Mark Hansen filling the crevices of the wall with a mix of cement, dirt, and cinder.

Meanwhile, workers continued to pack the white bags with the cement mix and stack them upon the previous laid bags laced with barbed wire for added support.

Trainees working on the earthship walls.

Just to re-emphasize earthship are affordable, sustainable home options. They are made of locally found materials, and are strong enough to withstand hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and pesky termites. Although they may not look the most esthetically pleasing they save a lot of energy, and in most cases can designed to meet the owners want and needs. They will also outlast the life a normal home, making it appealing to those who want to keep their homes for generations to come. Again the site to look up more information about earthships is www.earthship.org.

The online workers continued to work on blogging, and are waiting to be updated on the status of client work. Trainees are also working on compiling the accomplishments of the program into a format that will be easily understood and attractive to individuals and business that might want to support this training program in the future.