Saturday 26 April 2008
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The Panya Project / The Baan Thai Project
The Panya Project aims to be a thriving example of sustainable living in northern Thailand, while simultaneously providing a vehicle for growth and expansion for all those involved. In the words of one of the founding members, “We hope to continue to learn and grow every step of the way without being attached to where we are, or where we are going. I sincerely hope that this project can be living a culture of joy, appreciation, and expansion, while also allowing us to feel that we are contributing to the global movement toward a more sustainable world.”
The Panya Project is hosting a series of Permacuture Design Courses, as well as offering Internships in Natural Building and Permaculture. We are actively building our ecovillage, and would love to have you join in the experiential learning that is going on here.
Check out what is available!
This is a quick historic documentary of the project, catching you up with how the project came to be.
A secret document. . . meetings in unspecified locations . . . transfers of unknown amounts of money over international borders. . . the convergence of a very interesting group of characters, indeed. . .
and the rest was history!
The Panya Project hosts schools from around the world for anything from one days to two weeks on site. Students get the opportunity to explore some of the issues around sustainability and temporarily join in a community that strives to live in a way that greatly reduces the ecological footprint on the planet. Students can participate in any number of activities currently taking place on site, including organic gardening, natural building, group building activities, swimming at a nearby lake and contributing to the ongoing discussions about global warming, consumption, pollution, globalization and living an inspired life. Most importantly students get to interact with a number of people that live on the farm and gain inspiration and understanding of an alternative way of living life.
Panya works to accomodate schools, both in terms of curriculum and cost, so that all of our objectives can be met at a cost that is reasonable to each school.
We love having visitors who are excited to learn about sustainable living, permaculture, natural building, and/or community living. Stay for a few days or a few weeks or more. While you’re here, get some hands-on experience in some of our on-going projects like planting the food forest, working in the garden, and building natural structures. Cool off in the afternoons with a swim at the nearby resevouir, join in our "house band" at evening jams, and try out some new creations to bake in our cob oven. You will be incorporated as a temporary member of the community, with your share of daily responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning, chopping firewood, and taking care of the animals. Since we are not yet fully self-sufficient, we ask all guests to contribute 150 Baht a day for food and general costs incurred by supporting extra people. It’s best to contact us first, as we may be unable to accommodate additional guests when we’re hosting a workshop. Hope to see you soon!
Now that we are in to our Natural Building Internship (Feb - April, 2008) we have special circumstances at the farm. Also, during the summer months, June through October of this year we are looking for individuals or groups to "farm sit." Most of the community members will be away for these months, so it could be great opportunity for a few people to apply their permaculture knowledge as well as help us out by watcing over the farm. Please read the article "Best dates to visit" to find out if we are open to visitors during the time you would like to come.
Please e-mail or call before visiting: panyaproject@gmail.com
087-181-8821 (in Thailand)
+66-87-181-8821 (international)
Directions to The Panya Project by public transport from Chiang Mai, driving yourself, and coming from Pai.
Its quite a journey to get here, and that is just the beginning!
If you have any questions, concerns, advice, or would like to register for one of our courses, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
Also, we are always very receptive to care packages including home-made fudge, rare seeds, and inspired artwork.
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This is the best way to get in contact with the people at the project. Please allow a few days for a responce.
For course registration, questions about visiting schools programs and general inquiry:
panyaproject@gmail.com
For Thai language inquiries contact:
Kae Sodthamna: pa-kae@hotmail.com
____Phone____
087-181-8821 (in Thailand)
+66-87-181-8821 (international)
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Please send ecstatic poetry, high-quality chocolate, your favorite seeds, or any other correspondence to:
The Panya Project
PO Box 5
Mae Taeng
Chiang Mai, 50150
Thailand
by christian
November 1, 2008 - January 10, 2009
Pun Pun Organic Farm, Seed Center, and Sustainable Living Learning Center Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
This year Pun Pun will be offering a 10-week internship program to individuals interested in getting an in-depth, hands-on experience in particular organic gardening including seed saving, earthen building, and community living.
The first half will focus on organic gardening techniques where interns will learn through their own experiential (…)
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by christian
Acclaimed Thai organic farmer/earthen builder Jon Jandai and Coloradoan Peggy Reents will teach various natural building techniques using local, readily available materials. They have been leaders in the natural building movement in Thailand for years and are now starting a sustainable living learning center and home in Jefferson, Colorado.
Learn through building yourself from basic sustainable design principles, selecting clay, making adobe bricks, building walls from various (…)
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by christian
I attended the trip to the Panya Project of Northern Thailand with my school, International School Bangkok, on February 10 15, 2008 during our Week Without Walls programme. It was not only a great experience but also a very educational trip as well.
My favorite aspect of the Panya Project was that it had "CAN" written all over it. I loved how we were given the opportunity to build a house out of raw material right out of the land, and employ our manpower to transform mud into bricks into walls, and finally into a house. It was very rewarding to stand back and (…)
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by christian
During the summer of 2008, the Panya Project is looking for a few good permaculturists to put your skills to work. From June to October most of the regular residence of the Panya Panya Project will be away, and we are hoping to find individuals, or families that would enjoy living in a tropical eco-village for a few weeks to a few months. This would be a great opportunity and change in climate for working on your permaculture diploma or just getting more diverse experience with various climates.
What is the Panya Project? (…)
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by christian
"What’s the haps on the craps?"
That is to say, what’s going on? It has been a bit of a mixed bag here at Panya in the past few weeks. Some of the interns, well, maybe most of them, have gotten sick with some sort of stomach ailment, from…?, not sure. And maybe half of them have either taken a break, or have gone to an amazing bamboo building site to learn a bit of bamboo in Pai, another town somewhat nearby. They will probably return later. The remaining 6 are awseome and the whole group has tightened nicely. The building has been going (…)
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