The other place I have been volunteering is the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC). One of the ways that I have been doing this is as part of the Conservation Corps, which meets every Thursday at the Irvin Learning Farm. The farm is an 1880′s homestead that is being developed as a model farm to demonstrate traditional and sustainable farming techniques as well as for an after-school and summer environmental education camp for kids. Recent activity at the farm has been related to the construction of a tipi that is to be used as part of the camp. For the past few weeks, we made poles for the tipi from red cedar found on the farm, from which we stripped the bark. Today, we raised the tipi and wrapped it in a canvas cover. The cover is plain right now, but an artist has agreed to paint it. The raising was covered by TLC publicists, so I expect to post pictures in the future.
Tags: conservation, farm, tipi, volunteer
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