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Treehouse Learning Center- Improve People & Planet

Treehouse Learning Center- Improve People & Planet

Healthy People - Healthy Planet! Hands-on skills & techniques for sustainability

Healthy People - Healthy Planet! Hands-on skills & techniques for sustainability

Healthy People - Healthy Planet! Hands-on skills & techniques for sustainability

Healthy People - Healthy Planet! Hands-on skills & techniques for sustainability

Scott Bunn
Scott Bunn
Scott Bunn
Scott Bunn
3 Campaigns |
Seneca, United States
$5,996 USD 65 backers
2% of $211,350 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Highlights
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Building a new kind of School

Our mission at the Treehouse Project is to empower humanity with sustainable holistic solutions.  Solutions that can be applied anywhere in the world to provide FOOD, CLEAN WATER, SHELTER, ENERGY, COMMUNITY, and ECONOMIC STABILITY. Our vision is to see people live ethically with the environment and each other.  

These Skills Include: Welding, Wood Working, Planting food, Designing Eco Communities, Health & Fitness, and more!


From Founder, Scott Bunn: "Why I Got Into Sustainability"
"I am motivated by  whole system solutions to many of the challenges we face today including food/water scarcity, pollution, climate, and economics.  Human ingenuity can  reduce, eliminate, or comfortably  adapt to these challenges.Chelsea and I have devoted our lives to creating learning centers and programs until the ability to care for oneself  & their community is common knowledge. "
Building + Growing Food + Team Building + Health  = Resilience
Understanding these solutions can be challenging, so we are creating the Treehouse Learning Center. This hands-on training facility is a half-acre permaculture demonstration of food, water shelter, energy, and community development. Treehouse Tools & Training is a educational program within the learning center focused on hands-on, skills and techniques for sustainability.  It is holistic applied learning model, giving students of all ages the opportunity to build community service projects while learning the skills to do so.
Some of the skills covered In TTT include:  construction, metal fabrication, health & fitness, food security, and reforestation.  
The best experience is immersive, where students stay at the Treehouse Learnign Center in an Activated Peer Group
 True empowerment comes through experience-based education, and with education comes economic stability."

Purpose for Funding

1. Materials to finish the Treehouse Learning Center - the half acre permaculture demonstration so visitors and students will understand how to implement permanent improvements to culture in their own communities. 


  • Community Center: an outdoor pavilion with a kitchen, bathroom and garden roof.

  • Greenhouse: including an aquaponics demonstration, hands-on plant propagation, table-top demonstration of the Learning Center that shows how the rain and sun are harnessed to produce energy.

  • Yurt: installed next to the greenhouse as a living space for teachers and visitors

  • Natural Storefront to display products and services as well as several natural building methods

  • Energy Production: We want this entire site to produce more power than it uses!

  • Natural Swimming Pool, serving several functions:
  1.     geothermal cooling for surrounding structures in the summer time
  2.     food production via fish and water plants
  3.     reflection pond for passive solar heating in the winter time
  4.     rain water collection from the main house    
  5.     key point irrigation pond to irrigate the rest of the property
  6.     wet conveyance transportation system teaching element
  7.     oh, and a swimming pool for the ever so important relaxation


What have we done so Far?               

About 30%!

- Obtained land from the neighboring trailer park

- Became Certified in Permaculture Design, and designed the Learning Center

- Developed a fruit Orchard, garden and two ponds

- Build a chicken area with 3 paddocks for rotational grazing

- Installed a reforestation project with Shubhendu Sharma

- Built an Earth Dome, used for a Sanctuary and Demonstration

- Developed Treehouse Tools & Training

- Created the Treehouse Tool Library

We have a good portion of materials and heavy machinery, and most importantly, a devoted team. But we’re asking you to help us raise $57K for the remaining materials needed to complete the Learning Center. 

Wait, that's not all we're doing this year!

We want to run at least 50 people through the monthly Treehouse Tools & Training program, which includes 20 meals + their room and utility expense - $102,350 

The cool part is that you can not only help fund the construction of the Learning Center BUT you and other participants can actually help us build it! Part of the TTT program is actually getting hands-on training through building the Center!

3. We need to cover startup, reward and campaign costs to ensure our success! ($52,000)

TOTAL FUNDING: $211,350

Upcoming Class Schedule:

If you are interested in attending our program or sponsoring someone, see below for a brief list of classes scheduled over the next 6 months! You can find full descriptions and a class schedule through the end of 2016 on our website.

April 4 - 25 - Tiny House in New Orleans, LA

April 5 - Grain Silo Erection

April 7 - Intro to Carpentry workshop - Learn the basic hand and power tools to build any wood framed structure. We will be building a tiny house from a silo during this workshop.  

April 11 - Intro to Permaculture Workshop -  Learn the basic principles and pathways to design your property to create Practical Solutions for a Sustainable Future.  

May 2 - 27 - TLC at the Treehouse Learning Center (TLC) - Join us this month for a variety of useful skills as we complete the Earthen dome, remodel the Greenhouse Roof, Finish the Cobb oven, and complete the Chicken coop and forage area. 

May  2 - Intro to Carpentry & Roof Construction 

May 9 - Intro to Natural Building - We are going to look at cobb construction, lime plaster, and earthen floors as we finish creating the Earthen dome.  

May 21 - Intro to Permaculture - Learn the basic principles and pathways to design your property to create Practical Solutions for a Sustainable Future.  

May 23 - Permaculture Chicken Coop Intro 

June 6 - July 1 - Community Center Construction

June 6 - Intro to Brick Laying and Building a Solid Foundation 

June 11 - Intro to Permaculture 

June 13 - Intro to Post & Beam Construction

June 23 - 24 - Green Roof Construction - Design and build a green roof and grow food in the same square footage as your living space!  Enjoy a day in the garden...on your roof!

June 27 - Rocket Mass stove construction and heater.

July 5 - 29 - Yurt Construction and Geo Thermal cooling - Learn to build a Yurt (a lightweight structure for shelter that can be moved easily. Learn how you can keep it cool in SC using Geothermal cooling from a pond nearby.  

July 5 - Introduction to Yurts and Yurt Construction

July 11 - Introduction to Sewing Machines - Sewing the canvas for your yurt

July 18 - Geo Thermal cooling using a water source nearby

July 25 - Arbor construction - Building an Arbor over the yurt for a solar array!

August 1 - 26 - Natural Swimming Pool - Building a Natural Swimming pool at the Treehouse Learning Center that will function as a rainwater storage for flood irrigation, reflection pond for winter heating, geothermal unit for summer cooling, food production, and a pool for swimming in!

August 1 - Intro to heavy Equipment - Using a mini excavator and skid steer to build ponds and do other beneficial earthworks

August 8 - concrete and brick laying workshop - building the floor and walls of the natural swimming pool

August 22 - Installing the pond liner and plumbing for the geo thermal unit

September 5 - 16 - Building a Treehouse

September 5 - Intro to Tree house Construction - Connections and concerns

September 6 - Welding

September 7 - Wood Framing

September 19 - 30 - Natural Storefront

September 19 - Intro to Natural Building - Cored wood, Cobb, Earthen Floors, Bottle Bricks, Palate walls, and Bamboo roofs

October 3 - 28 - Greenhouse Construction and Tree Planting

October 3 - Intro to Greenhouse Construction - Integrating Chickens and Fish

October 4 - Building a Solid Foundation, and integrating Aquaponics into the floor

October 10 - Greenhouse Frame and Plastic covering 

October 17 - Thermal mass rocket stove and propagation tables

October 24 - Tree and Perennial Planting


The Treehouse Project was built by people who are ready for change. With your help, that change can take root across the globe.

Recently Completed Projects

  • Energy upgrades to our home

  • Planted a fruit orchard

  • Planted a reforestation project

  • Installed two reflection ponds which function as a rain water holding spaces, food production, reflection ponds to assist in heating structures in the winter. 

  • Milled lumber using trees from our site

  • Recycled 6,000 bricks from Clemson University
  • Built an earthen dome
  • Built a tiny house on wheels as a mobile teaching unit

GLOBAL IMPACT

This is a fascinating time in human history – it is crazy to think of how industry has changed the face of the planet. With an exponential population growth, we are all feeling the pressures of climate, pollution, and scarcity. We have to address these issues, and we have to start at the root of the problem.

We, here at the Seneca Treehouse Project, have a dream of permanent global lifestyle change through building sustainable communities and learning centers that implement and teach permaculture, construction, fabrication and ethical cohabitation with the environment and others. So far, over 1,000 people have visited the TTreehouse Project, leaving inspired and with the training necessary to make life change. As we launch our new training program, Treehouse Tools and Training, our goal is to train 50 new teachers every year who can teach 50 more and so on... That’s 6 million teachers by 2020!

We’ve done our research, we’ve built the framework, we’ve tested it in our own home (it works!). Now, it’s time to spread the wisdom, and we need you to be a part of it. 

Other Ways You Can Help

If you would like to support us in other ways:

  • Like and Follow us on social media! Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram (click on the links or just search Treehouse Tools & Training and Seneca Treehouse Project!) 

  • Share with your friends, family and network! Tweet about us, post about us, or blog about us! You can use the Indiegogo share tools :)

  • Want to get involved? Reach out to us about opportunities or sign up for our newsletter, just go to our website: www.SenecaTreehouse.org

  • Have other ideas? Contact us!

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Sponsor a Student for a Day!

$167 USD
The cost for a day at the Treehouse Project Learning Center is $167. With this you can attend yourself for a day OR sponsor another student to attend. Sponsorships help those that maybe cannot afford to attend on their own get a chance to learn some extremely valuable skills and training that can improve their lifestyle, their future and their employment opportunities.
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71 Steps to Sustainable list

$1 USD
71 Steps to Sustainable is a 71 day program developed by Scott Bunn that will help you become sustainable in terms of your home, your health, your bank account, and the environment. Turn 1$ into $100, and help us build a school for sustainability. This $1 will get you a list and description PDF of the program. For a limited time, check out our $7 reward to get a access to the video series!
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71 Steps to Sustainable Series

$7 USD
Our founder and sustainability expert, Scott Bunn, has developed a list of "71 Steps to Sustainable." Later in 2016, this will be a daily video series that will feature not only Scott's handsome mug but him going through each step in depth with explanation, action items and encouragement. We hope you'll sign up to receive these daily videos! This is a $71 value for just $7 and only for a limited time through this campaign!
4 claimed

Garden Starter Kit

$10 USD
Interested in starting your own garden? We will provide you with starter seeds AND instructions on how to plant them and care for your future plant children.
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TTT Workbook

$15 USD
You may not be able to come out to Seneca, SC, take one of our classes or stay for a weekend BUT you can still get a piece of the action. We will send you a PDF version of our workbook so that you, too, can gain some of the training and techniques for living sustainably.
2 claimed

Name Your Leaf on our Mural

$20 USD
We are putting a pretty amazing sculptural tree mural on the side of our store. You can contribute to this mural with your very own leaf stamped with your name (or your business name). You will have to come visit to see or we can send you pictures through this thing called the world wide web.
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Coffee

$20 USD
We want everyone to live more sustainably. And we need coffee to sustain US! This particular bag is the Seneca Treehouse Blend organic fire roasted from Silva Coffee Co. in Central, SC. It'll "perk" you right up!
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TTT T-shirt

$25 USD
That's a lot of T's! We think this one is pretty self-explanatory and you can probably guess that it's recycled material and will look pretty cool.
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Tool Library Membership

$37 USD
As part of the Learning Center, we have made all of our tools available through a tool library. We have over 700 made available to you. Many of these are tools that you cannot find anywhere else. An additional perk with this perk: you can use the tools at our shop, and .... we can teach you how to use them if you don't already know! Each Membership comes with 30 minutes of free instruction.
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Plaques

$65 USD
If you haven't guessed, we are very interested in nature. In protecting it, helping it to grow, caring for it. With that, comes the desire to know about all the flora and fauna that we come across at the Treehouse. We know that knowledge can help our visitors come to know and love the flora like we do. We place plaques with the different trees, plants and design elements to talk about their name and what makes them special - you can sponsor one of these plaques and have your name placed on it.
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Business Featured on Website

$75 USD
We believe in supporting our partners in every way we possibly we can, after all, we all want to change the world. Have your business name and website link along with a brief description of your business featured on our website: http://www.senecatreehouse.org/#!useful-organizations/wdk3v
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TTT One Day Workshop!

$97 USD
Treehouse Tools & Training will have several different workshops throughout the year offering a variety of Skills. Get the workshops through the Indiegogo for $30 discount! These workshops will start at 10 am and go through 4 pm. Included is lunch, and plenty of time for you to play with your new skills. Check out our Calendar and claim your spot!
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Featured in Training Workbook

$100 USD
Have your business name, logo or small ad be featured inside of our TTT training workbook! This workbook will not only be shared around the world with other campaign contributors but will be used by every student that comes to the Treehouse Learning Center! Think about the exposure opportunities for your business!
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Walkway Bricks

$200 USD
You can find a picture of one of our sponsored bricks in our photo gallery. Have your name or business name stamped on a brick on our property.
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Sponsor a Student for 1 Week

$597 USD
Whereas you can learn a lot in a day, imagine what you can learn in a week at the Treehouse! We hope that you can come and visit but it's also amazing when people sponsor others so that they can attend. Save $50 and get your tickets now through the Indiegogo! The cost for visiting the Treehouse is normally $647 for one week. This includes 2 meals for every weekday, a room shared with 1-2 other people, and a TTT starter kit (Workbook, safety items, and some surprises!).
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Sponsor a Student for 1 Month

$1,947 USD
Normally $2047! A whole month at the Treehouse. A-maz-ing. We cannot wait to either meet you or the student you will sponsor with this incredible contribution! A month here will allow a student to truly learn skills to improve their life, their livelihood, their future and the world to come! Thank you for caring enough to provide someone, even if yourself, this opportunity. This includes 1 month's stay, 2 meals for every weekday, a room shared with 1-2 other people, and a TTT starter kit.
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Sponsor the Yurt

$5,000 USD
What is the Yurt you ask? A traditional yurt is a portable, round tent that was traditionally used in Central Asia. We are not traveling that far... Our yurt will be installed next to the greenhouse as a living space for teachers or visitors and it can have your name on it! It is an example of lightweight, low impact construction.
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Sponsor the Community Center

$10,000 USD
Have you ever wanted to have your name, your face and your bio on a building that will be seen by hundreds and thousands of people but haven't had the ability to endow millions of dollars to a university or hospital in order to make your dream come true? Well, here is your chance! We will name our new Community Center after you! Your name, your face, maybe even a little statue in your honor! And honored is what we will be if you contribute to our campaign!
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Tiny House on Wheels

$27,900 USD
Mobilize your low impact life style and get this tiny house on wheels! This is a one of a kind design equipped with two beds, a kitchen, and a bathroom with an outdoor shower. Jeremi and I are living in it right now while we're in New Orleans, doing a fundraiser for the Learning Center. What an awesome Experience! We are happy to deliver it too!
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Sponsor Natural Store

$1,500 USD
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