Christie Walk, Adelaide, designed by Ecopolis Pty Ltd
Everybody is talking about alternatives these days.
What do the terms “alternative” or “ecological” mean with respect to housing?
Living in a strawbale house with a dirt floor?
Mud bricks?
Solar panels?
Permaculture gardens?
Or something completely different?
I am co-author of the acclaimed classic, Housing as if People Mattered.
In the 1990s, I lived at the Solar Village in Humpty Door, 50 kilometres from Darwin.
My House at Humpty Doo, 1992
As a veteran of living in intentional communities and eco-villages, I can explore what alternative and ecological housing really means today with examples from Australia and overseas.
I can report on the latest research and the social, ecological and economic factors that influence people’s decisions to choose “alternative housing.”
My illustrated and thought-provoking lectures about ecological housing raise many questions and provide scope for spirited discussion.
I live in a small eco-village in rural New South Wales.
I can speak from direct experience as an owner builder and relate the conflicts, contradictions and triumphs in trying to build an “ecological” house with limited resources in an eco-community.
I can also explain how living in an eco-village does not naturally confer “green” values on residents.
Many of my neighbours oppose density increases such as dual occupancy (accessory dwellings), although those policies are widely accepted elsewhere.
Speaking about Ecological Housing
Ecological housing: what does it really mean?
Christie Walk, Adelaide, designed by Ecopolis Pty Ltd
I am co-author of the acclaimed classic, Housing as if People Mattered.
I can report on the latest research and the social, ecological and economic factors that influence people’s decisions to choose “alternative housing.”
My illustrated and thought-provoking lectures about ecological housing raise many questions and provide scope for spirited discussion.
I live in a small eco-village in rural New South Wales.
I can speak from direct experience as an owner builder and relate the conflicts, contradictions and triumphs in trying to build an “ecological” house with limited resources in an eco-community.
I can also explain how living in an eco-village does not naturally confer “green” values on residents.
Many of my neighbours oppose density increases such as dual occupancy (accessory dwellings), although those policies are widely accepted elsewhere.
Please contact me directly with any inquiries in the first instance: wendy@sarkissian.com.au