How people have come together to build their own homes, grow their own food, and create lively and sustainable EcoVillages and communities. During this series you will meet unique communities in Australia, Spain, Ireland, Wales,England and Scotland.More info on http://www.livinginthefuture.org
Low impact building meets building regulation- what are the issues? Having thought they did not need to comply with building regulations whilst they live in their barns temporarily, the Lammas residents have run into some problems...
At Lammas Ecovillage in Wales, residents are experimenting with natural building techniques like straw bale, cob and roundhouses. At Park Guell in Barcelona, Gaudi was exploring similar ideas over a hundred years ago.
Just in time for Christmas, Paul and Hoppi move into their first building. After 9 months in caravans, it's bliss. The timber frame building with sheep's wool insulation will eventually be a workshop space, but for now, it's a warm home.
Katie and Leander's Lammas Roundhouse has a problem with the reciprocal frame roof. Luckily, Roundhouse King Tony Wrench is there to advise, along with many other helping hands.
Eric Maddern is host at this "Welsh Shangri La" near Llanberis in Snowdonia.
Five years to the day since the idea for Lammas ecovillage was conceived, Kit and Saara bless their marriage on Lammas land.
At Lammas, the residents are getting on with their lives. Green building is bringing proving frustrating, as new techniques are not tried and tested, but experimental. This project is where the experimenting happens.
The communal woodland is an intrinsic part of the Lammas project. How is it managed and how is the wood being used?
Lammas ecovillage in Pembrokeshire host their first Volunteer Week and Open Day in Spring 2010.
Ffynone Woodland in West Wales is sustainably managed by Growing Heart Workers' Co-operative and provides some of the wood for building at Lammas.