About EarthBuilds
Gillian and Kevan Trott became involved in sustainable design and construction several years ago. They saw Mike Reynolds (the visionary behind a fully sustainable building design called an earthship} speak in Brighton and decided to help promote his concept in Europe. The buildings incorporate a large amount of waste materials in their construction. They are also buildings which are self-sufficient for power and water and a large amount of food is also produced on site.
Kevan worked as Mike Reynold’s European Associate to develop
the earthship concept in Europe for over 5 years. They have been
involved in developing earthships in Holland and Scotland. The
company, Earthbuilds has evolved from the original earthship concept
using new technologies and materials and ways of working. There is a
strong emphasis on Permaculture which is at the heart of the
organisation. The Normandy earthship was the first project which was
completed in June 2OO8. The earthship in Zwolle was completed in an
amazing 13 weeks last Autumn and progress on the current earthship in
Glasgow can be checked out on the Earthbuilds Facebook page.
Earthbuild workshops are being run later this year in Portugal and
Poland. A number of projects are also in the pipeline for 2O1O
including a 5 earthbuild development in the Orkneys, as well as
planning applications being processed in Nottinghamshire, Cornwall,
Gloucester and Holland.
Earthbuilds is a public limited company with a strong emphasis on education, information sharing and networking.
Design
and planning applications are undertaken by Kevan, they are developing
a Euro Crew for construction and Gillian runs workshops, courses,
co-ordinates volunteers and develops promotional material.
Kevan
and Gillian are based in Brighton but built their own earthship with
initial assistance from Mike Reynolds, in Normandy France. They are
involved in developing this type of construction in Northern Ireland,
England, Scotland and Wales, France, Holland, Portugal and Poland so
far. They are in the process of developing opportunities in other
European countries in the near future.
See www.earthbuilds.com
for information about construction. Earthship ‘Perrine’ is available
for rent so that earthship living can be experienced first hand see www.earthship-france.com and up to date information about developments can be found on the Earthbuilds Facebook page.
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