Kinship Kinglake: Tour Victoria's First Earthship

Come on a tour of Victoria’s first Earthship, 'Kinship', in picturesque Kinglake, with owner/builder Daryl Taylor.

Kinship is a post-Black Saturday, eco-resilient design response to extreme bushfire threat and rapid climate disruption which has been featured across a wide range of media (including ABC Radio National, RRR FM, The Australian, The Age and The Sustainable Living Festival).

Daryl leads 3.5 hour Kinship Tours that showcase the restorative and regenerative design and re-development of the Kinship property, the features of its biotecture and permaculture-inspired design systems, and the vision for our wider social and ecological community development projects.

Tours include:   

• detailed inspection of our global model Earthship and outline of biotecture design,

• detailed inspection of the biotecture retrofit of our solar-passive mud-brick house,

• extensive open discussion of the processes and concepts that inform the project,

• Q & A sessions on planning, building and environmental health approvals, and  

• opportunities to learn, experience and try out natural building techniques.

TOUR PROGRAM

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Welcome
Background
Context, Purpose & Inspiration
Overview of Landscape & Property

2:00PM - 3:15PM

Walking tour of newly built Earthship and Biotecture retrofit of old mudbrick house.

3:15PM - 4:00PM

Introduction to natural building techniques with opportunity to mix, stomp and fashion cob.

4:00PM – 4:30PM

Afternoon Tea
Open Q & A on Design, Construction, Planning Approvals & Integrated Benefits

JOIN US FOR THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

If you're interested in learning about ecological building techniques, or exploring alternatives for building an affordable home based on permaculture and biotecture (Earthship) design principles, then join us for the next 'Kinship' tour in Kinglake.

TOUR DATES

• Saturday 21 February

• Saturday 28 February

• Saturday 7 March

• Saturday 14 March

• Saturday 21 March (Autumn Equinox event Friday 20 March — TBA)

• Saturday 28 March