2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree
About the Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree:
Whether you are an experienced builder, or new to wood-powered rocket technology, there is something for you at the Rocket Mass Heater Innovators Event!
Rocket stoves and rocket mass heaters (RMHs) are a low-emission, efficient way to harness the power of sustainable wood for fuel. The term "rocket" comes from the sound that the wood makes as it burns--there are no actual rockets involved!
At the RMH Jamboree, the basics of rocket technology will be taught, while multiple innovations will be made, such as a tiny house rocket mass heaters, a rock kiln, rocket forge, solar food dehydrator with rocket booster, rocket oven, rocket sauna, and a whole lot more!
Our Jamboree Format:
Attendees can wander among all SEVEN of the tracks and participate or observe as much or as little as they like. The instructors will see a project to completion either with or without help.
This is an event where you can follow your passion and interests to learn about the aspects of rocket mass heaters and other efficient wood-powered technology. You can learn the basics, or join in the more advanced rocket innovations.
Seven Tracks of Rocket Technology
TRACK ONE – Cooking with Fire:
- Portable Rocket Kitchen/BBQ/Fogon
- Rocket Booster for Solar Dehydrator
- Solarium rocket
TRACK TWO – Forge and Kiln:
- Rocket Forge
- Rocket Kiln 2.0
TRACK THREE – Home Heat:
- Rocket Mass Heater for Shann-Delier
- Rumford or Rocket Heater
TRACK FOUR – Toasty Tooshes:
- Bun Warmer
- Puppy Warmer
- Library Rocket
TRACK FIVE – Testing and Improving Design:
- Efficiency/Clean Burn Tests on Existing Appliances
- Tipi
- Cottage rocket improvements
TRACK SIX – Rocket Mass Heater Basics
Part of our formal SKIP/PEP1 Program
- welding
- metalworking
- build a J-tube style rocket mass heater
- build a dakota stove
- operate various rocket mass heaters and rocket stoves
- metalworking basics
- make cob
TRACK SEVEN – SKIP: Skills to Inherit Property
Part of our formal SKIP/PEP1 Program
- make a bird house, insect hotel, snake and toad habitat
- make a hugelkultur garden (everyone who wants to can drive the excavator!)
- hot water bath canning
- fermenting
- pickling
- foraging
- harvest and eat wild edibles
- harvest and preserve natural medicine: comfrey poultice, dried mullein leaves, and more!
- make public art and branding a location
- textiles: sewing, darning, crochet, basket weaving, making twine
- using rocket stoves, rocket ovens, and rocket water heaters
Daily Schedule
7:00am – breakfast
8:00am – summary of the day
8:30am – session 1
10:00am – session 2
noon – lunch
1:00pm – session 3
3:00pm – session 4
5:00pm – cleanup
6:00pm – dinner
7:00pm – evening presentations
9:30pm to 6:30am – quiet time
Instructors
Chris McClellan
Instructor
Uncle Mud (aka Chris McClellan) raises free-range, organic children in the wilds of northeast Ohio. Between building things out of mud and junk he writes for Mother Earth News Magazine and teaches simple DIY skills at workshops and fairs.
Paul Wheaton
Host/Instructor
Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture, is an author, producer, and certified advanced master gardener. He has created hundreds of youtube videos, hundreds of podcasts, multiple DVDs, and written dozens of articles and a book. As the lead mad scientist at Wheaton Labs, he's conducted experiments resulting in rocket stoves and ovens, massive earthworks, solar dehydrators and much more.
Lara Bigotti
Event Coordinator
Lara became interested in Permaculture while living and teaching English in Japan. She worked on an organic vegetable farm in her hometown for two years after returning to the U.S., and then fulfilled her longtime dream of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. After participating in Wheaton Labs Bootcamp in September 2020, she returned to Missoula in February 2021 to take on the role of Event Coordinator and Rental Manager for Wheaton Labs. She is excited to learn more about gardening, natural medicine, photography & videography, and building.
James S Juczac
Instructor
James is an author and lecturer on topics such as self-reliance, true sustainability, building off-grid energy systems and mortgage-free housing. He has been dubbed "The King of Scrounge." Jim lives with his wife, Krista, in their round, cordwood and papercrete home on the property where they have established an off-grid intentional community. He is an EMT and an adjunct professor at SUNY Jefferson where he teaches the NABCEP Solar Installers course.
Zhivko Stefanov
Instructor
Zhivko Stefanov spent around 10 years in the IT sector. After some books and walks in the mountains he quit his job and went to look for a sustainable lifestyle experimenting and volunteering in permaculture, geodesic domes, cob building, food forest, reforestation, and ram pump projects.
He has been developing rocket heaters full time since 2013.
Stoyno "Tony" Kalvachev
Instructor
Tony Kalvachev while working in IT security decided he missed forking (gardening) with his hands.
After realising the inhumane business model in corporate business he left his job and spent the next few years wandering and experimenting with raw food, yoga and sungazing. His time researching and hand-building rocket heaters led him to design the Gamera rocket heaters.
Tickets
Note: 80% refund up to two weeks before the event starts. If you are not comfortable with being recorded, please do not attend. Tobacco/drug/vape free campus.
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Rocket Mass Heater Innovators Event
October 2nd-10th, 2021
Paul will provide three simple meals a day at no charge, but food is not included with your ticket. If you have special dietary needs/desires, you might want to bring your own food and use our rocket cook stoves, ovens, solar ovens and other cooking contraptions.
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