I wasn’t able to post anything from the first week because it truly was intensive! We often had 10-11 hours of work and lectures. We learned all sorts of things, laying bags, placing the barbed wire, tamping, checking the compass, recalibrating the compass, etc.
Today, the first day of our extended workshop, we are putting in an earthen floor stabilized with cement. Mark Harmon, who helped build the dome years ago, and currently the technical director of Cal-Earth, wants to have the floor have a 2% grade so water will flow towards the door and into the small courtyard away from the dome. So far this morning, we have been working on leveling the floor to the 2% grade.
After an hour and a half lunch, we are ready to go at it again!
Aloha Garden of Peace 
It is so cool to hear about the details of your training out at Cal Earth! Will you use the 2% grade for your home in Hawaii? I can’t wait to see it (and hopefully help out with it) in a few months!
Love,
Ame