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SAFE - Sustainable Autonomy For Everyone

Earthship Workshop i Stockholm med arkitekten Michael Reynolds

Michael Reynolds har 40 års erfarenhet av forskning, utveckling och byggnation av självförsörjande & energieffektiva bostäder

3 DAGARS WORKSHOP OM EKOLOGISK ARKITEKTUR, BYGGMETODER & TILLÄMPNING

Academy graduate Duuvy Jester, with a crew of dedicated humans have successfully brought Australia's first Earthship to waterproof and lock up stage! So now Duuvy is travelling down the east coast of Australia to share the experience through a bunch of engaging, entertaining and informative talks.

Learn all about Earthships and their application to the diverse Australian environment. Hear all about the journey of the first Earthship downunder. The workshop, the alterations in design, the usage of hempcrete, the cyclonic weather, the challenges, the realities involved in undertaking this kind of project are just some of the areas of discussion that will be covered.

If you're not familiar with the Earthship concept, it's a pretty arresting idea: Structures built using recycled materials, heating and cooling themselves through solar/thermal dynamics, collecting power from wind and sun, harvesting water from rain and snow, producing food inside and out. Living in an Earthship means living largely without the monthly cost of sustaining a home, living without a day-to-day drain on natural resources.

And beyond being an arresting idea, it's an arresting reality: Architect Michael Reynolds developed the Earthship design, and at the Earthship Biotecture World Headquarters in Taos, N.M., folks can see a premiere example of functioning, sustainable off-grid living in an Earthship.

Dear all, Here is the Goderich Waldorf School, Sierra Leone, built with love.

With deepest gratitude to Mike Reynolds' gift to the world and everyone whose hands and/or hearts helped to make this dream a reality. Attached are photos of Sunday 17th February 2013.

Pema Clark
The Dhana Trust (UK)
for The Goderich Waldorf School, Sierra Leone http://www.goderichwaldorf.org/
(visit their website, tell them what you think)

Good evening friends,

We sure have been busy since we spoke last. Five solid days were lost amongst a school of childish weather. The kind of weather that would make stormy Melbourne city blush like a dungeons and dragons enthusiast on his first date. Entire towns were flooded, houses destroyed and they even had to shoot livestock out from the treetops they were trapped in. That is how seriously violent the rain fell.

How did the Earthship hold up, did I hear you ask? Well…