Nik Bertulis
Nik Bertulis is a designer/builder who loves tiny homes.
He co-founded two design design/build collaboratives, DIG Coop and Monsoon Arsenal after working for several design/build firms including, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Arcosanti and Living Structures. He currently lives in a converted shipping container tiny house. More examples of his work can be seen at nikbertulis.com.
Regenerative Systems Designer at PLACE for Sustainable Living, Naturalist at California Center for Natural History and Partner at Rehuman
Nik will be presenting:
Greywater:
Learn how to plan and build landscapes with recycled greywater. Gain valuable hands-on experience. Topics covered incude: Permitting, bio-filtration, pump-to-drip vs gravity systems, earth-valve technology, treatment wetlands, soap selection, grease traps, plant selection and soil bio-physics.
Composting toilet:
Learn how to plan and build your own composting toilet. Gain valuable hands-on experience. Topics covered incude: Permitting, humic biology + Wet vs Dry Systems+ Urine Diversion + Hygiene Theory + Disinfection Ecology Treatment Wetlands + Struvite Reactors + Sanitation Forestry + Commercial vs owner-built
Soils:
Learn how to know to have healthy, fertile, carbon sequestering soils. Gain valuable hands-on experience. Topics covered incude: soil testing and literacy, bioremediation, enhancing and managing the soil food web, the hows and whys of biochar, no-till management and carbon-farming, mulching and composting.–
Humify. Hydrate. Retirp.