Saturday 15 August 2009

Aardskip Lesing / Earthship Lecture

Retha and I will be in South Africa in September and will be giving a lecture in South Africa on Earthships.

Ek en Retha is in September in Suid-Afrika en gaan by die Orania Wetenskap- en Kunstefees 'n kort kursus aanbied oor Aardskepe.

Sunday 9 August 2009

Fife Earthship

Ons was ook by die Fife aardskip in Fife gewees. Buite was dit baie warm (die dag) maar binne was die temperatuur heerlik.

Hier volg 'n paar fotos.

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Hoof gebou. Dit is een aardskip U. Kantoor, toilet, kombuis en glashuis in een.


Herwinbare boumateriaal:
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Grond, buitebande, blikkies. Die grond is 'n temperatuur battery.
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Bottels gee 'n pragtige afwerking.


Hernubare energie:
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Son en wind
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Water
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Vuur-, Wind- en Water-energie meters


Hemelwater word herbruik:

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Hemelwater opvangs

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Waterfilters vir drink en was (1)

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Gryswatersel vir vrugte en groente (2)

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Pomp vir spoel toilet (3)

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Swartwater suiweringstesel vir meer vrugte en groente (4)

Earthship building course

We came back from the earthship course very enthused to start with our own project.

We flew with Ryan air to Edinburgh and travel with Hertz car to Stonehouse where we stayed for the week in scouts accommodation. Every evening another group was responsible for dinner.
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In the morning we had lectures on building earthships and building in general.
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The afternoons we had piratical experience on the site at Greenhead Moss. It was great to do some actual work.
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Good course for any one who wants to know more about earthships.
Thanks to Earthbuilds and Greenhead Moss


Not to forget we had a lot of fun.
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Moon walking on the roof.