About

“Being an artist meant I could imagine things and make them, designing with permaculture led me to nature where everything is connected, teaching taught me to unlearn what no longer serves. I guess going beyond the box, beyond what we know, beyond the expected, that is what makes me thrive.”

About the founder

Many hats same head.

Beyond Building was founded by Jason Gutzmer an educator, artist, designer, and builder with a passion for regenerative systems and invention. Jason is from Missoula Montana, USA and has lived and worked many years in both Central and South America, and most recently as a green building educator in Indonesia at the internationally renowned Green School Bali. He has gathered countless experiences observing and working alongside people from all over the world creating projects to go beyond sustainability. Jason grew up drawing, designing and building forts and renovating old houses before he was a teen. His dad was a musician, luthier, carpenter, furniture and cabinet maker and taught him to use the tools of the trades and a can do attitude for problem solving. After Jason began working abroad and studying permaculture and green building he saw a need to challenge the status quo in how we deal with our needs in the USA.

Some of the things He likes to do.

Past Experiences

2019-2020 LEARN Inc

Projects Manager / Facilitatior-Educator

• Supported students learning opportunities during nature connection and during general classroom time. Facilitated outdoor education skills, ropes courses, survival skills, natural history, group and cooperation skills and games.

• In collaboration with students, designed and implemented problem-based learning opportunities that drive ecological literacy and creative solution building.

• Facilitated Digital art and design sessions, fine arts, and hands on learning and games.

• Scheduled opportunities for community immersion and projects.

2016-2019 Green School Bali, Indonesia https://www.greenschool.org/

Visual/Practical Arts Educator- Sustainable Project Based Learning Specialist, R.E.A.L. Green Project Manager.

• Developed new interdisciplinary courses in: Media arts, Fine arts, Media studies, Permaculture, Ecology, Climate Change Studies, Practical arts, Green Building, Systems Thinking, Bamboo Construction, Electric Bikes, Art and Activism and many more.

• Worked to further Green School Bali’s Mission “ A community of learners making our world sustainable” by facilitating diverse educational experiences with a community of students and adults from over forty countries.

• Project Manager and Course Instructor for large scale green building projects in rammed earth super adobe, bamboo construction, bamboo reinforced (cob) earthen wall construction, solar roof design projects, rooftop and landscape water capture systems, recharge wells, up cycled playground projects and more.