Brighton Earthship
Building with rammed earth is really hard work - but also strangely satisfying! A technique using old car tyres was developed by Mike Reynolds in the US who built Earthships using a variety of waste materials such as bottles, beer cans and worn out tyres. The film Garbage Warrior is a really good account of his work. We are also familiar with Earthships in the UK with a particularly good example at Stanmer Park in Brighton.
Local builder, Duncan Passmore, trained with Mike Reynolds in the US before working on the Brighton Earthship and then on an Earthship in Brittany, France covered by one of the most popular Grand Designs episodes. So when Duncan agreed to run a skillshare demonstrating rammed earth building in Totnes lots of people turned up to help.
You can see a time lapse film of the build that covers two days work in less than 3 minutes here.
Many thanks to Katheryn Trenshaw, Duncan Passmore, Zav Bowden and all the volunteers.
TTT Arts Network is hosting April's Creative Salon at the Barrelhouse (Totnes-High Street), on the 29th from 7.30-10pm. £3-7 donations
An invitation to local creatives and all interested in Transition - this month featuring an interactive presentation by Caroline from Social Fabric talking about her unique business and wonderful workshops, informative talk and discussion with the Eco-building Team from Schumacher ,and Steph Bradley to inspire us with her Transition Tales. We will also facilitate a round table discussion, exploring our creative process and transition, plus a surprise short video …and YOU. All this along with inspiring discussions and company, opportunities to share in our community engaged in transition related work.
*This is the 5th of a quarterly TTTAN Creative Salon evening.
TTTAN also hosts Monthly Moots Meetings last Tuesday of the month. For more information check on the website – They are hosted at The Reconomy Centre, Leechwell Street. Contact Katheryn 01803 863552
This compost loo is called "La Bixa" and is located in Menorca Island (Spain). It was built in one of the most important ravines of Menorca, from both the natural and cultural standpoint, the Algendar ravine. One of our main aims was the use of local resources (and artisanal techniques) as construction guideline. Therefore reeds and stones from the ravine were used, as well as recycled pallet and pieces of glass to transform the toilet into a magical space.Read More →
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