ECO LIVING SCHOOL
Imbolc Sheltermaker 2010
Imbolc – Cross Quarter DayImbolc (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 & 7th of February. In 2010 it falls on the 3rd of February. The other Cross Quarter Days are Beltane (early May), Lughnasadh (early August) and Samhain (early November). Together with the Equinoxes and Solstices the Cross Quarter Days mark the eight significant solar points of the year. Sheltermaker is published to coincide with the Cross Quarter Days. |
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| ECONOSPACE NATIONWIDE |
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| FEBRUARY 10th
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| AT 7pm on RTE1 |
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| The Nationwide programme documents students attending a weekend course in mortgage-free living at the Living Architecture Centre. |
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| Starting out from the Community Resource Centre in Drumsna the programme follows the students to Ardlougher where they get hands-on with the building process – mixing clay-slip, making timber components and learning how to create a debt-free future. |
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| The star of the show is the charming timber frame with its clay-straw infill. This is the first of three conjoined buildings to be constructed on the three-quarter acre site. This offers a great degree of flexibility in dealing with the uncertainty that is becoming an all too familiar characteristic of modern life. |
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| The building featured on Nationwide is based on the EconoSpace and on Living Architecture principles as set out in the Living Architecture Course |
| ECONOSPACEMAKING |
| Learn how to design and build a small, green, low-impact sustainable shelter – that can be made in the average backyard without planning permission or a building permit! |
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| LIVE ECONOSPACEMAKING COURSE DATES |
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| Can’t make a LIVE Course? |
| Then you need the EconoSpaceMaking DVD |
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| DOWNLOAD ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD SAMPLER |
| EconoSpaceMaking DVD Special Offer |
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| ARCHITECTURE LIVE UPDATE |
| LAC THEME FOR 2010 |
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| FOOD & SHELTER |
| ARTICLE ON LIVING ARCHITECTURE |
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| “People think architecture is a thing; it is not a thing, it is a process that allows you to appraise your life.” |
| With these opening words journalist Seamus McGoldrick begins his exploration of Living Architecture. |
| It’s all here. The Truth About Mortgages. Reclaiming Your Time & Space. Suffering Existential Angst. Architecture As Experience. The EconoSpace Concept. Playing House. Time Is Money. |
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“The potential of the architecture not yet understood.” From a long interview with Peter Cowman, sheltermaker. DOWNLOAD HERE |
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| ARCHITECTURE 5¢ |
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Michael Hanson for The New York Times
BARGAIN BASEMENT John Morefield is one of thousands of unemployed designers who are reinventing themselves. Last year, he put up a booth at a farmers’ market in Seattle, advertising his skills for a nickel, and ended up earning more than $50,000 in commissions. |
| THE NO MONEY MAN |
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| Jon Henley spends the day in Bath with Mark Boyle, who last year decided to stop spending money … on anything … at all … ever. And guess what? He’s doing rather well for himself. |
| FORTHCOMING COURSES & EVENTS |
| Saturday February 6th |
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| EconoSpace |
| ‘Building Sustainable, Affordable Shelters’ |
| Presentation by Peter Cowman |
| 3.30 – 4.20pm |
| Neighbourhood House, 47 Forest St., Woodend, VIC |
| PART OF THE MACEDON RANGES SUSTAINABILITY GROUP |
| SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL |
| Festival Entry: Members free, Single $5, Family $8 |
| Sat/Sun February 13/14th |
| EconoSpaceMaking |
| Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia |
| LEARN HOW TO DESIGN & BUILD A SMALL, GREEN, LOW-IMPACT, SUSTAINABLE SHELTER THAT YOU CAN MAKE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD WITHOUT A PERMIT |
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| COURSE FEE: $150 Couples $250 |
| Can’t make a weekend course? |
| 1-day intensive EconoSpaceMaking Courses on Saturday March 13th and Wednesday April 7th |
| BOOKING & FURTHER DETAILS |
| Sunday February 21st |
| Invisible Architecture Presentation |
| 11.30am |
| Exploring the hidden dimensions of sustainable house design |
| By invitation of Owner Builder Magazine |
Seymour Alternative Farming Expo 2010 (Vic) – Building Seminar Programme |
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| April 10-14th |
| Earth Plastering Intensive |
| Castlemaine, VIC |
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| With James Henderson of Henderson Clayworks |
| A five day intensive course covering the basic skills and techniques of earthen plastering. |
| Saturday/Sunday April 24 – 25th |
| Discover Vastu Shastra |
| The Indian art of harmony of place |
| Castlemaine, VIC |
| DOWNLOAD POSTER |
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| With Anthony Ashworth |
| Anthony Ashworth is considered to be the Southern Hemispheres foremost Vastu Shastra expert, he is an international speaker teacher and a building designer and Vastu Shastra and Feng Shui consultant. Director of Chrysalis Dwelling Natural Building Design and director of the School of Sacred Place, see www.schoolofsacredplace.com |
| Irish EconoSpaceMaking Courses |
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| Sunday 27th June The Organic Centre, Co. Leitrim |
| Saturday August 7th Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
| Monday August 23rd Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
| Saturday September 4th Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
| Sunday September 12th Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
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| FOR BOOKING & ENQUIRIES CONTACT THE LAC |
| August 28 – 29th |
| Divining Earth Spirit Weekend |
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| with Australian geomancer and author Alanna Moore |
| Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
| This will be the only opportunity in Ireland in 2010-11 for people to discover the world of subtle Earth energies by dowsing and get to meet the spirits of place at a field trip with Australia’s most well known geomancer |
| Alanna Moore is a master dowser, a founder of the New South Wales Dowsing Society (Sydney, Australia) in 1984 and author of seven books. She has discovered many highly energetic sites around Co. Leitrim, which the group will explore on the Sunday field trip (by car pooling). People new to dowsing are welcome to attend and even experienced dowsers will be fascinated by Alanna’s simple but effective techniques to ‘lift the veils’ to the subtle dimensions of landscape, the energies and consciousness imbued in nature. The Saturday programme will be an introduction to these techniques, which Alanna has been teaching around Australasia, Asia and Europe over the last 25 years. Alanna’s books have been highly acclaimed and they can be seen at pythonpress.com. Her latest book ‘Sensitive Permaculture – cultivating the way of the sacred Earth’ is about the gardening and agricultural applications of dowsing, and energetic awareness of nature and it is available from Amazon UK. |
| FOR ENQUIRIES & BOOKINGS 076 602 6046 |
| FURTHER COURSE INFORMATION AVAILABLE HERE |
| Next Sheltermaker: Equinox |
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