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		<title>Midsummer Sheltermaker 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Midsummer Seltermaker 2010 ‘A Century of Challenges: Peak Oil, the Financial Crisis, and how to prepare for what’s to come’ Have a listen to this talk. The speaker is Nicole Foss, an energy industry consultant, a financial analyst and a former editor of The Oil Drum Canada who now blogs under the name Stoneleigh at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bealtaine 2010 Sheltermaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bealtaine 2010 Sheltermaker Below is a photo essay describing the present state of the 10sqm EconoSpace which is in progress in central Victoria, Australia. Current expenditure is running at $3850 which is about €2750.  Money still needs to be spent but costs should remain below $5000 or, €3500. Forthcoming Irish LIVE EconoSpaceMaking Courses: Saturday August [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/bealtaine-2010-sheltermaker/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 17 The arrival of the timber and roof covering is preceded by a short ritual on the evening of the new moon.  Permission to proceed with the closing in of the frame is quietly sought.  I circumnavigate the walls, light incense, stand within the open structure and watch the last of the light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-17/</link>
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		<title>Equinox Sheltermaker &#8217;10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seymour Alternative Farming Expo 2010 Owner-Builder Magazine at the Seymour Expo Presenting a talk on Invisible Architecture Rob Roy, originator of the cordwood building method, at the Seymour Expo. Rob has written extensively on the subject of house design and construction and runs the Earthwood Building School in upstate New York DOWNLOAD ECONOSPACEMAKING POSTER LIVE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/equinox-sheltermaker-10/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 16 As walls are fleshed out my new self begins to solidify.  Dreams throw up questions which wakefulness struggles to answer:  I have prepared some beautiful food, to be served on beautiful plates but my timing is completely off.  When the food is ready the people are not.  When the people are ready [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-16/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 15 The mini-EconoSpace lures me with promises whenever I stray close to its lair.  Each time I am coaxed a little closer, touch and feel the empty shell as if it might give me a clear answer. I lay in a temporary floor.  Oil the parched cladding boards.  Contemplate the future through the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-15/</link>
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		<title>Apology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NATIONWIDE NO SHOW 9pm Wednesday February 10th 2010 A big apology to all of you who had expected to see the EconoSpace on Nationwide on Wednesday evening. The broadcaster has now informed me &#8211; after the fact &#8211; that the piece was pulled at the last minute &#8216;because it didn&#8217;t sit well with the other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/apology/</link>
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		<title>Nationwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE ECONOSPACE ON NATIONWIDE If you liked what you saw on the Nationwide programme and would like to try something like that for yourself check out the EconoSpaceMaking DVD. DOWNLOAD FREE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD SAMPLER pdf Learn how to design and build a small, green, low-impact sustainable shelter &#8211; that you can be made in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/nationwide/</link>
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		<title>Imbolc Sheltermaker 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imbolc &#8211; Cross Quarter Day Imbolc (Imbolg) has been celebrated since ancient times. It is a Cross Quarter Day, midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, it can fall between the 2nd &#38; 7th of February. In 2010 it falls on the 3rd of February. The other Cross Quarter Days are Beltane (early [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/imbolc-sheltermaker-2010/</link>
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		<title>Food &amp; Shelter 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food &#38; Shelter 2 The Solar Oven Meet Big Maggie. She may not be much to look at but Big Maggie is a wonder. Running on solar power alone Big Maggie will cook stews, potatoes, rice, scones or whatever else you normally use precious fossil fuel to cook in your conventional oven. Maggie is from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/food-shelter-2/</link>
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		<title>Food &amp; Shelter 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food &#38; Shelter 1 James offered to build a clay oven here.  I have wanted one of these for a while. The whole procedure was incredibly fast.  First, I made a sturdy timber base.  Then, the oven was built on top of this in just a couple of days. Working with the clay and fire [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/food-shelter-1/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 14 I am landed.  Re-oriented.  Half exhausted from keeping up with the pace of events. As soon as I hit the ground it was down to work on the EconoSpaceMaking DVD.  There was more to this than was apparent at the outset. In the end the project took on a life of its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-14/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 13</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 13 After a crazy month of sheltermaking, including a LIVE EconoSpaceMaking Course and a visit from RTE1 Nationwide, the Irish EconoSpace is bundled up against the northern winter for the duration of my time in Australia. The silver wings of &#8216;St. Arthur&#8217; fly me across Europe to the threshold of new adventures. Lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-13/</link>
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		<title>Mid-Summer-Winter Sheltermaker 09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mid-Summer-Winter Sheltermaker COPOUT15 Should this not read: COPOUT15 ? For anyone hoping for collective sanity from world leaders, Copenhagen has been a disappointment. It is clearly now up to people to set their own trajectories into the future. Stepping outside the system has never been more inviting. Establishing a degree of control over one&#8217;s needs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/mid-summer-winter-sheltermaker/</link>
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		<title>09 Samhain Sheltermaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[09 Samhain Sheltermaker Now that I am back in the antipodes the Australian dreamtime is working its magic on me. After a deft leap from Ireland via Singapore, Perth and Sydney, delivering workshops along the way, I have come to earth in central Victoria where it is spring. Gradually I  am shedding layers, like an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/09-samhain-sheltermaker/</link>
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		<title>09 Equinox Sheltermaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EconoSpace Goes Nationwide An RTE1 Nationwide crew spent a day on-site last weekend recording the in&#8217;s and out&#8217;s of the EconoSpaceMaking process.  The focus of the crew&#8217;s attention was the reality of creating mortgage-free shelter. With a dozen students in attendance &#8211; from as far afield as Scotland &#8211; the film crew had plenty to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/09-equinox-sheltermaker-2/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 12 A visit to the Climate Change Camp to deliver an EconoSpace workshop confirms my worst fears.  These are epitomised in a dream I later have of people pretending they have been drowned.  A refusal to be fully alive appears to be at the heart of resistance to change. The journey back and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-12-2/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE &#8211; ClayStraw Mixing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bird&#8217;s eye view of the clay-straw mixing process &#8230; Thanks to Matt for this overview.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-12/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 11 I make the first door frame and install this.  This portal offers access to the enigmatic interior of the frame.  From there I view the broad exterior over which a gathering moon presides.  I dream then of being immersed in clay slip, pressed upon and forced into a dark chamber where indeterminate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-11/</link>
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		<title>09 Lughnasadh Sheltermaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LUGHNASADH SHELTERMAKER In the Irish year autumn begins on August 1st.  This is the harvest month, the time for gathering-in, for thanksgiving, for celebration. This is also the time when we must acknowledge the imminent ascendancy of the dark side of the year, must relinquish our attachment to the long days which nourish our creativity. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/lughnasadh-sheltermaker-3/</link>
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		<title>Invisible Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE CONCEPT This energising mix of theory, fact, anecdote and real life drama is an invitation from Irish architect, teacher and writer Peter Cowman, to not only imagine your dream house but to experience it in all of its many dimensions. Leading you on a journey to very edge of space, Peter encourages you to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/invisible-architecture/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE  10 A beautiful load of daub, resembling a giant elephant stool, now resides in the yard.  This prods the clay-straw operation into motion.  I make a small test panel then watch over this like an anxious parent. Up on the roof I wrestle the last panel into place, secure it then stand back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-10/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE  9 I am back at the quarry from which I gathered the initial clay sample in the company of the owner who understands exactly what I want. “Aye, it’s daub you want.  Sure I grew up in a mud house myself.  Used to pull the horsehairs out of the wall and get in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-9/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 8 With the help of a neighbour and his horsebox the roofing is collected from the supplier.  This proves to be something of a comedy as the horse box is too short and the roofing too long.  However with a little ingenuity we manage to secure the load and creep back to Leitrim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-8/</link>
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		<title>Midsummer Sheltermaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Midsummer/winter Sheltermaker Make it Happen! Ready to the the plunge into sustainable living? Or perhaps you just want to dip your toe in the water, find out what&#8217;s involved and take it from there? Wherever you are coming from in regards the unfolding future there is a Course or Workshop that will not only take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/midsummer-sheltermaker-3/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 7 Fear flutters down as I work on the roof.  I imagine gale force winds sucking on the flimsy skin.  Suddenly, the purlins I am using seem too slender and too far apart.  I lever myself forward using the weight of logic, speaking aloud.  I gain enough reassurance from this to labour on, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-7/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 6 The internet signal, beamed from nearby Sheemore, arrives on the back of good weather.  Suddenly we are reconnected with the outside world with enough speed to Skype across the globe.  Outside, the fields are crammed with buttercups.  Dreamy light bathes everything in timelesness. The site receives a makeover ahead of the planned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-5/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 5 Preparations for the festival exert a strong gravitational pull on us.  Flyers and posters are packaged and consigned to the post.  We cadge lifts and internet access in the increasing awareness that some people are becoming tired of our neediness.  This makes for a delicate dance. It is with sincere gratitude therefore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/836/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 4 I am prompted to enact a ritual to mark the recommencement of work on the frame.  I dig out, somewhat by chance, a message from my Australian friend James Henderson who introduced me to the clay-straw technique which I intend to use to complete the walls.  It says: ‘With any building I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-4/</link>
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		<title>Architecture LIVE 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture LIVE 3 It is to Wicklow that Alanna and myself are transported.  Booked to deliver courses at an alternative education centre there we find ourselves marooned in the borrowed van on a bleak hilltop rocked by wind and scoured by rain. As the students disembark from their treacherous ascent up the makeshift track their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com/architecture-live-3/</link>
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