NMCF Partner, Adobe in Action (AiA), has launched a new and improved Web site as well as announced a spring curriculum for those interested in learning about adobe construction or pursuing AiA’s Certificate in Adobe Construction. AiA provides adobe construction education for the benefit of community development and cultural enrichment and preservation. To reach a broad range of students, the courses are offered as a blend of online and live instruction and synchronize with ongoing Adobe in Action building projects. A certificate of completion is offered by Adobe in Action for each class successfully completed. Visit the new site to register for a course, to learn more about current projects and volunteer opportunities and to support the work of Adobe in Action!
This week AiA Executive Director Mike Lopach and Paul Derby, a professor from Vermont’s Castleton State College, will connect with other leaders promoting environmental and cultural sustainability at the Sustainability Conference 2012 in Vancouver, B.C. Lopach and Derby will inform conference goers of AiA’s work through a presentation entitled “Adobe in Action: Students Learning Sustainability through Experiential Education”. The presentation will use firsthand reflections from students from a small, rural state college in Vermont who partnered with AIA to construct a home for a low income family. Through this experiential learning opportunity, students learned that adobe construction provides a holistic education of environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability. The collaboration between AiA and students highlights how the organization works to better communities with engagement and participation from many sources.
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