Haja Center Earth Building and Natural Plastering Workshop

September 14-17 helped teach an earth building and natural plastering workshop at the Haja Center in Seoul, South Korea. The workshop was led by Mr. Seongwon Kim, leader of South Korea's renaissance of hand crafts and appropriate technology. Mr. Minsu Kang of TerraKorea lead the construction of an earthen wall using paper egg crates based on ancient Korea's practice of building cob walls incorporating discarded roofing tiles.

Earth Play Room at the Haja Center, Seoul, South Korea

The Haja Center in Seoul, South Korea hosts an earth play room dedicated to connecting urban children to earth.

More information regarding a recent trip to the Haja Center can seen at the following link:
http://holzhueter.blogspot.jp/2015/09/creativity-summit-at-haja-center-seoul.html
http://holzhueter.blogspot.jp/2015/09/urban-farming-and-seed-saving-at-haja.html

Urban Farming and Seed Saving at the Haja Center, Seoul, South Korea

The Haja Center in Seoul, South Korea provides education in urban farming and seed saving to middle school, high school and post high school students.

 Sweet potatoes, taro potatoes and water catchment system outside the Haja Center

 Roof top garden

 Rice cultivation

 Organic cotton

 Rain water catchment and wash basin for washing vegetables and tools

 Cafeteria vermicompost

 organizing seeds

Seed saving activities

More information regarding a recent trip to the Haja Center can seen at the following link:
http://holzhueter.blogspot.jp/2015/09/creativity-summit-at-haja-center-seoul.html

Creativity Summit at the Haja Center, Seoul, South Korea

The Haja Center is an alternative school in Seoul, South Korea providing education in urban farming, appropriate technology, alternative energy and natural building, as well as courses in graphic design, digital media, film, cooking and restaurant management, etc. The Haja Center hosts a middle school, high school, two-year post high school program, young chef program, entrepreneur incubation center, recording studio, carpentry workshop, bicycle repair center, cafes and countless other programs and workshops.

It is truly an inspiration and heart warming to see young students engaged in learning, passionate about life, and actively creating the society and world in which they want to live.

In November 2012 I attended a wood burning stove course at the Haja Center.
http://holzhueter.blogspot.jp/2012/11/pyro-workshop-at-haja-center-seoul.html

I was recently invited to the annual Creativity Summit hosted by the Haja Center, which included three days of friendship, laughter, good food, inspiration and creativity!

Soren from the People's College of Denmark performing John Lennon's Imagine