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Hey Crooked Foresters, Have a listen to the newest podcast where I got to interview Leah Olson, the Community Outreach Coordinator for Community Rebuilds in Moab, Utah. Community Rebuilds is a visionary affordable housing program that pairs natural building with a community land trust and finishes 12 to 16 houses a year using volunteers, internsContinue reading “Podcast with Community Rebuilds”

Hey guys! We had planned to spark up the horno to make pizza for today’s meet-up but the intense heat index makes that plan seem insane. We had hoped the rains would start by now. In fact, as it looks, the skies might finally open up TODAY, so this plan is now weather dependent, sinceContinue reading “Monthly Natural Building Meet-Up update”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xfb58-144ea22 Join us for an hour of conversation about the origin story of Crooked Forest Institute, beginning the health saga of getting sick in America, a hero’s journey and then the crystal clarity that the world would be better with one hundred more tiny adobes.

Hey all! Just a reminder to join us tomorrow for the first Monthly Natural Building Meet-up at 5pm at the Commons Center for Food Security and Sustainability, located at 501 E 13th St, Silver City, NM 88061. Weather permitting, we’ll meet outside in the garden. Bring snacks and drinks if you want them. We’re justContinue reading “Monthly Natural Building Meet-up Wednesday at 5pm”

Hi all! Just a quick note to invite you to join us at the Tranquill Buzz in Silver City on Friday June 9th, from 2pm to 4pm. We’ll be hosting an interactive discussion about Affordable Housing and how we think adobe construction can be a good choice if we focus on small-footprint, high-efficiency design. JoinContinue reading “Upcoming Events”

Hi All!We are participating in our local Community Foundation’s annual fundraiser called Give Grandly. We’re excited! We’ll have a table at the live event at the Maker’s Market off Bullard Street in Downtown Silver City. Stop by if you’re local! Saturday May 6th from 9am to 2pm. And Visit our Give Grandly Page to makeContinue reading “Give Grandly 2023”

Hi Crooked Foresters! There’s so much happening, that I need to slow down long enough to write it down. Here’s an update that comes with an open invitation to Get Involved with any of these projects that might interest you. Because we need some help to make all this happen. Lastly, our last post toldContinue reading “Projects for 2023”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xdjup-131efb3 Joe is an author, educator, architect and artist and our newest Board member! He has thirty years of architectural experience with a focus on ecological design, green building and sustainable community design. Join us as we discuss our Neighborhood design.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bejv6-131db3b Join us for the Crooked Forest Podcast I’m your host, Holly Noonan, and we will be discussing affordable housing for sensitive people and all aspects of paradigm-changing trends in natural building and how it relates to your health, like living in neighborhoods designed specifically for the microbiome. We’ll also explore creative solutions for affordableContinue reading “Welcome to the Crooked Forest Podcast!”

Guess what! We were expecting to wait until mid-April 2023 before hearing about approval of our 501(c)3 application and it came in the mail this week. We have no idea why it was fast-tracked, other than that the world is ready for this idea and the wind is at our backs. We have be VERYContinue reading “We’re 501(c)3 Official 🎉”