Violet Town plaque

State of Design Festival at Violet Town Saturday 24th July 11am – 4pm*

Join us and see what is happening design wise in a small country town.

For less than the cost of the local produce in your lunch, come along and learn more about the changes underway through a walking tour of retrofitted community buildings, solar houses, creek revegetation, community forest and Murrong permaculture development.

Stops along the walking tour include:

The energy efficiency retrofit of a 1970s Community Complex and the Early Childhood Centre in Violet Town demonstrates a great range of appropriate strategies to improve the way this building works.

HREP is a community powered restoration and design project for the Honeysuckle Creek and environs.

The Violet Town Community Forest, planted in 2006, is designed as an example of analogue forestry, to mimic the structure and functions of natural forest, while giving amenity, habitat, and future wood product yields.

Murrnong is designed as a permaculture community subdivision, with an established tree crop agriculture to provide for residents and local community.

Timing suits V-Line timetable from Melbourne.

Cost $10 adult – $5 child (under 16) Lunch included.

Pre-register by phoning 5798 1735 or email rplandvogt@gmail.com

LOCATION: Community Complex, Cowslip Street, Violet Town
CONTACT NAME: Rob Landvogt PHONE: 5798 1735
EMAIL: rplandvogt@gmail.com
WEB: www.violettown.org.au
http://vtecoliving.blogspot.com

Time flies and we are again delighted to bring you this month’s edition of “Ecovillage Musings!” We have been very lucky to have received some very interesting articles from guest contributors, including news about the IPC 9 from Mugove Walter Nyika, an update of the Ecovillage being developed in Cambodia from Phal Chansathya (a student from this year’s EDE) and an article by Martin Stengel about “Club 99″. There are also some interesting links on a variety of topics for you to browse too!

And don’t forget the two exciting educational opportunities we are offering in 2010! Don’t miss your chance to learn from one of the most lauded Ecovillage/Permaculture designer/teachers around! Why not join us in the beautiful Crystal Waters Classroom for the 2010 Ecovillage Design Education Intensive: Food Production and Design Immersion (6 week residential during our beautiful Autumn) or our Springtime Design and Sustainability Experiential (includes a full PDC)? There are places available on both programs, and we are offering a great early bird discount on both courses! Please visit our website at http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/courses/crssum.php?crsid=29 and http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/courses/crssum.php?crsid=21 for more details of this great offer and information about the programs! Please feel free to contact Max directly on max@ecologicalsolutions.com.au for more information too!

Our next newsletter is already in the pipeline and it is shaping up to be a bumper issue!! However, because of the Christmas and New Year holiday season, we will be sending this to everyone in mid January! If you have any interesting contributions, please send them to us.

We’d love to spread the word about Ecovillages and related topics, so please feel free to distribute this newsletter to friends and colleagues. Better still, why not have them register at our website www.ecovillageresearchgroup.com.au and they can have their edition sent by express email!

Thanks again for your ongoing support, and we look forward to staying in touch!

with kindest regards

Robin Harpley

Ecovillage Research Group Inc.

59 Crystal Waters, 65 Kilcoy Lane, Conondale Qld 4552, Australia
Tel: +61 (0)7 5494 4741, Fax: +61 (0)7 5494 4578
Email: ecovillageresearchgroup@gmail.com

Internet: www.ecovillageresearchgroup.com.auERG Vol 6 October 09