One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!

Canada Earthship Network:
One Day Earthship Seminar during the upcoming Canada Earthship Workshop at the end of August.

Where: Lone Butte Community Hall and on-site at the Earthship Project

When: Saturday August 14th, all day.

How Much: $150 USD per person.

To sign up with a credit card, please call the Earthship World Headquarters at 575-751-0462.
Space is limited.

Preliminary Schedule

(to be finalized soon)

9:30am-12:30pm
Slideshow and presentation by Kirsten Jacobsen, Education Director, Earthship Biotecture.
The history and development of the Earthship will be discussed.

Earthship design principles will be explained in detail:

  • Building with Natural and Recycled Materials
  • Thermal Solar Heating and Cooling
  • Solar and Wind Electricity
  • Water Harvesting
  • Contained Sewage Treatment
  • Food Production in Earthships.

All different types of Earthship designs will be presented and discussed:

  • Packaged Earthships
  • Modular Earthships
  • Hybrid Earthships
  • Global Model Earthships
  • Custom Earthships

Other material covered will include:

  • International Demonstration Projects
  • Earthship Communities
  • The Sustainable Development Testing Sites Act
  • The Owner - Builder Earthship Experience

2:00pm-4:00pm
Hands-on work at the Earthship constr uction site led by the Earthship Crew.
Learn basic Earthship construction methods. Come prepared to get dirty and have fun!

  • Tire Pounding
  • Can Laying
  • Pack out

4:00pm-5:00pm
Q & A on site with Earthship founder Michael Reynolds.

Earthship Books, DVDs and T-shirts will be available for purchase.

To sign up with a credit card, please call the Earthship World Headquarters at 575-751-0462.
Space is limited.

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Michael Reynolds
Michael Reynolds is a world leader in sustainable housing. For over forty years he has been designing and building homes that heat and cool themselves, are built from natural and recycled materials, produce their own electricity, collect their own water, treat their own sewage and grow their own food. He is the author of seven books, the initiator of 3 off-grid communities, subject of the documentary Garbage Warrior and travels with his team around the world demonstrating Earthship/sustainable principles. Recent international projects include: a teahouse in the Netherlands, a sustainable home in Nicaragua, an eco resort in Jamaica, hurricane relief in Mexico, tsunami relief in India, a residence in France and demonstrations in England, Scotland, Norway, Spain, Japan, Bolivia, Bonaire and Honduras. Winter 2008-9 Michael was a guest lecturer teaching Sustainable Architecture at the Bergen School of Architecture, Norway. He is currently working with groups in Port au Prince Haiti to rebuild with sustainable methods while teaching the local population.

Kirsten Jacobsen
Kirsten Jacobsen has been building, promoting, photographing and living in off-grid solar powered Earthships for 16 years. As Education Director for Earthship Biotecture she teaches alternative building techniques such as mud plaster and reused bottle brick wall construction, lectures on Earthship solar power and water catchment systems for school groups and private seminars, acts as media representative for the company, designs educational displays focusing on Earthship design principles, helps organize international Earthship builds and oversees the out of country training program while helping to build Earthships in Belgium, Scotland, England, Spain, France, Hawaii, Mexico and Jamaica. She manages the popular Earthship Intern Program and selects interns from around the world to work on autonomous homes at Earthship Biotecture headquarters in Taos, New Mexico. Her photographs of the unique and sculptural homes of the future have appeared in publications around the world, most recently in The Wall St. Journal and Green Architecture Now, published by Taschen. In 1998 she began building her own Earthship home, a journey that took eight years to complete.

Discuss (12 posts)
Andrea
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Jul 18 2010 06:47:12
Does anyone know what city the canada seminar is being held?
#4838
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Jul 20 2010 05:03:18
Yea, it's called lone butte BC, near 100 mile house. I'm goin!
#4871
bentnail
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Jul 21 2010 03:23:06
Can we pay in cash or pop cans? Just dropped off a trunk load with Chris and family in Darfield this weekend.

Lone Butte is near the Green Lake and Canim Lake area, and the entrance to the Bridge Lake area. There are a ton of lakes and many places to see while there. We'll be driving up from the Kamloops area, (that's relatively close to Darfield BTW).

I didn't know Chris' family was sensitive to the Site C development. Maybe I might be able to make an announcement that may please a few people at this gathering.

Anyone need a lift from Kamloops, let me know.
#4878
atari500
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Jul 21 2010 22:37:51
What model of earthship is being built?
#4890
Kim
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 03 2010 14:21:08
Anyone from Manitoba travelling to Lone Butte?? Would love to share costs and car pool, Thanks
#4942
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 04 2010 13:59:54
We will be building a two bedroom global model earthship.
#4951
Solipsistic
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 10 2010 05:03:55
I am signing up tomorrow... where is Lone Butte anyways? I'm in Vernon. Guess I'll have to look it up.

I'm quite interested in talking to Michael and Kirsten about these Earthship homes and how they would suit the Okanagan Valley.

Is there childcare on site? lol
#4976
newtonnutshell
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 12 2010 05:47:51
Hello all, Sandra here from the Darfield Earthship. Lone Butte is an hours drive from our site, up Hwy 24 from Little Fort. Beautiful area and the build is also on a lovely (remote-ish) piece of land in the Cariboo.

BTW the Site C dam project has provided lots of fodder for discussion with our children; I'm now very curious what Bentnail might announce at the seminar in this regard!

Linda and Grant have invited us up during the build to check things out...perhaps we will see some of you there!
#4983
Ra him
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 13 2010 04:45:51
This evening on August 12, I attended the Board of Change presents Earthships Biotecture at Recollective in Vancouver, BC.

It was such a great event! I am going to be calling the office tomorrow to see if it is possible to sign up for the seminar and if there is anything else that I could do to help.

I am excited about the trip by think carpooling up there from Vancouver (it is a six hour drive) would be very wise. Perhaps I will check back on this message board tomorrow afternoon to see if others may be going.

All the best,
Ra him
#4986
jivala
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 31 2010 14:02:44
JIVALA ROCKS!
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JIVALA
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 31 2010 14:05:07
JIVALA ROCKS MY SOCKSSSS! I LOVE YOU JIVALA! (L)(L)(L)(L)(L)
#5104
JIVALA
One Day Earthship Seminar in British Columbia, Canada!
Aug 31 2010 14:10:10
JIVALA ROCKS MY SOCKS! I LOVE YOU JIVALA! (L)(L)(L)(L)(L)
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