“Channel Rock is an off-the-grid site with accommodations for 40, delicious organic food from our permaculture garden, hiking and beach activities.
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Alejandro Aravena: Bring the community into the design process
“When asked to build housing for 100 families in Chile ten years ago, architect Alejandro Aravena looked to an unusual inspiration: the wisdom of favelas and slums. Rather than building a large building with small units, he built flexible half-homes that each family could expand on. It was a complex problem, but with a simple solution — one that he arrived at by working with the families themselves. With a chalkboard and beautiful images of his designs, Aravena walks us through three projects where clever rethinking led to beautiful design with great benefit.”
Findhorn Community Scotland
“The Findhorn Foundation is a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic education, based in Scotland.” Watch the whole series at http://www.livinginthefuture.org
Tinkers Bubble Low Impact Community
“Tinker’s Bubble is a great example of a simple living eco community in Somerset, England. The community lives in small homes made with canvas or wood from the woodland.”
Tiny Houses And Permaculture For A Resilient And Sustainable Future
“Peak Oil, economic collapse, global warming. There is little question that if humanity remains on the path we are on now, then there is little hope for a sustained existence on the planet. We need to change our thinking and adopt a more harmonious stance to our relationship with the biosphere. The principles of permaculture … Read more
Compressed Earth Block Wall Build – Dwell Earth
“Training for an old style of compressed earth block. Dwell Earth traveled to South Africa to train locals techniques in the production of compressed earth blocks using the Dynabloc LM 714 machine.