Workshop and Public Talk
Thursday 24th February 2011
Michael Reynolds, a world leader in sustainable housing is coming to Daylesford to do a practical workshop and do a public talk.
For over forty years Michael Reynolds has been designing and building homes that heat and cool themselves, are built from natural and recycled materials, produce their own electricity, collect their own water, treat their own sewage and grow their own food.
He is the author of seven books, the initiator of 3 off-grid communities. The largest community, Greater World Earthship Community, currently has 60 totally off-grid homes with a plan for 130 total. He is subject of the documentary Garbage Warrior and travels with his team around the world demonstrating Earthship/sustainable principles. More recently he has been involved in earthquake and disaster relief.
In 2006, he spearheaded the New Mexico Sustainable Development Testing Site Act which was signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson. Recent international projects include: a teahouse in the Netherlands, a sustainable home in Nicaragua, an eco resort in Jamaica, hurricane relief in Mexico, tsunami relief in India, a residence in France and demonstrations in England, Scotland, Norway, Spain, Japan, Bolivia, Bonaire and Honduras.
Inside an Earthship
In July 2010, Michael Reynolds took a small team to build a earthquake relief structure in Port au Prince. He will be returning this January to install independent power and water systems. In 2010 Taos County approved the world’s first Sustainable Development Testing Site where he is currently experimenting with advanced methods of carbon-zero housing for disaster relief and economically autonomous communities.
You can read more about the garbage warrior at www.garbagewarrior.com, and a great Gallery of Earthship images.
Practical Workshop – 12 noon to 3.00pm
Thursday 24th February
For planners, builders, architects, owner builders, regulators to have an experience of Earthship practises and gain insight into the practical relationship to planning and building regulations.
Cost: $75 or $65 for BREAZE, SHARE & HRN members
SHARE/BREAZE member discounts will apply.
Public Talk – 7pm to 9pm
Thursday 24th February
Michael Reynolds is one of the most informative and engaging speakers on the construction of Earth ships and sustainability principles.
Tickets: $15 or $10 for BREAZE, SHARE & HRN members
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