Andrea Jones Community Led Housing in Brighton & Hove Andrea will be talking about the new and exciting opportunities opening up for local groups to create their own affordable housing solutions in Brighton & Hove. She combines experience in community self-build, project management, business planning… Her recent PhD was about what makes it possible to…
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Athena Steen – Green Architecture Day Speaker
Athena Steen Canelo Project Educator, designer, builder for over 27 years of strawbale, adobe, and other natural buildings with artistic vision and sustainable design. Co-author of several books including, “The Straw Bale House”,”The Beauty of Strawbale Homes,” “Built by Hand,” and “Small Strawbale.” Co-director and founder of a small non-profit, The Canelo Project, dedicated to…
More information ...Eileen Sutherland – Green Architecture Day Speaker
Eileen Sutherland Director Straw Works and School of Natural Building Eileen is a partner in Straw Works and in the School of Natural Building. Her interest in construction started with her Dad. He ran a building company and celebrated the day of Eileen’s birth by putting the mixer on the plot where he was to build…
More information ...New project: Wildlife at Racehill Community Orchard
New project: Wildlife at Racehill Community Orchard -:- Racehill Community Orchard adjoins Whitehawk in East Brighton. Brighton Permaculture Trust manage the orchard working with Brighton & Hove Food Partnership. We also work closely with Brighton & Hove City Council whom manage the Whitehawk Hill Local Nature Reserve in which the orchard is located. The new project is all…
More information ...Meet the Team – Christine Wiltshire
This month we are joined by Christine Wiltshire. Thanks so much for sharing Christine. As ever we are incredibly proud of our humble, hirsute and hard-working team Christine Wiltshire, Introduction to Permaculture teacher and team co-ordinator. Which permaculture principle do you have to remind yourself of the most? ‘Integrate Rather than Segregate’ Particularly in relationships…
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