During the construction of Earthship Brighton over 120 people trained on our training course programme.

The two-day course, "Earthships: The Basics", covered:

• Health and safety issues
• A tools induction
• Tyre pounding and manipulation
• Tyre leveling and wall construction
• Infilling tyres and wall rendering
• Constructing tin can and bottle walls
• Waterproofing and insulating a rammed tyre building
• Principles of thermal mass and passive solar design
• The basics of renewable energy systems and technology
• The basics of rainwater harvesting & water treatment systems and technology

The four-day course, "Introduction to Earthships", covered all these issues in more depth and course participants will receive twice as much hands-on experience in building techniques. In addition the four-day courses covered:

• Basic planning and choosing of a site
• Sustainable living, self build projects, and empowerment
• Waste reuse/recycling issues

In 2008 we will be running these courses and others as well. More details will be announced nearer the time.

If you are interested in our training courses then please contact us.