The FEBE (Festive Earthen Building Events) program is a unique program with fund raising capacity that can be used by groups and individuals to build leadership and make a positive change in their community or school.
Please contact us via email at ratsack@yeamerica.org if you would like to find out more. We are always seeking new opportunities with others who would like to use our program to strengthen community and build leadership and teamwork skills.
This program involves bringing together all aspects of the local community to participate in festivities centered around the construction of a permanent hand sculpted artistic and functional structure, using fun, safe, unfired earthen (clay) building techniques that are also very durable.
The program is a tool for individuals and teams who wish to:
-strengthen a sense of community spirit.
-develop leadership and teambuilding skills.
-make a positive difference in their schools or communities.
-raise funds.
The program can be seen as a combination of community organizing, art and science.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: Getting all elements of the community together, teamwork, volunteerism, making a positive difference, working together, raising funds.
ART: Creating an artistic functional hand sculpted earthen structure, singing, dancing, writing, choreography, photography, audio and video recording, costumes, cooking.
SCIENCE: planning, project management, roles with responsibilities, promotion, production, advertising, event planning, event organizing, documentation, logistics, teamwork, education, unfired earthen construction technology, permaculture, shelter construction, architecture, design, fund raising.
The FEBE manual has been developed for individuals and teams to lead their community through the process. It has been developed over the last 4 years with many hundreds of people in communities in USA, Mexico and Australia.
Please contact us if you are interested in bringing this to your school and or community.
ratsack@yeamerica.org