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Earn money towards school while working at Aprovecho!

Pay off student debt or put money away for future schooling. Educational awards are available through the Americorps "Links" program for volunteering at Aprovecho
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Come to our monthly Open House for a tour of the campus
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We are looking for donations of books for our library. Click here to see a list of books we are looking for.

Interested in community radio? KSOW is a LPFM station serving the greater Cottage Grove community.
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PROGRAMS 2008

Our programs bring the classroom into the field. Courses are taught with a focus on experiencing your education "hands-on".

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Fall Internship

Building local food networks, and the 100 Mile Diet

Sept. 1 - October 13

Learn to create a local food economy through the gathering and cultivation of food, forest, and fuel crops produced within 100 miles of the Aprovecho campus. arrow More Info...

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Summer Internship

Sustainable Living Skills and Permaculture Design Certification

June 16 - August 8, 2008
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Focusing on the core subjects of creating and teaching sustainability: Organic gardening, Sustainable forestry, Appropriate technology, and Permaculture design.
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Spring Internship

Sustainable Ecological Systems

April 28 - June 1, 2008
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Learn how to audit food, energy, water, and waste systems for their potential sustainability. You will get hands-on experience in determining ecological footprints, and designing systems for sustainable use. arrow More Info...

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Learn more:

Appropriate Technology

Sustainable Forestry

Organic Agriculture


 

 

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Directions to the Cottage Grove Campus

Aprovecho   80574 Hazelton Rd.   Cottage Grove, OR 97424

The best time to come is for our open house, the first Sunday of every month at 2:00 pm.

Take Exit 174 off of I-5 (approximately 20 miles south of Eugene). Go west off I-5 towards Cottage Grove. Follow traffic, bearing left onto Hwy 99.

Turn right at the second stoplight (Main Street), and go through the heart of Cottage Grove and west out of town.

Main St automatically turns into CG-Lorane Hwy. Watch your mile markers...

Turn right on Hazelton Rd immediately before mile marker 5.

Go to end of pavement (1/2 mile), then follow signs to Aprovecho down another 1/2 mile of gravel drive.

Once you pass the "Aprovecho" sign, veer right at the fork and drive up to the top of the hill to park