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News for June 2005
HHP NEWS
(1) Forthcoming Events at HHP: Tours & Workshops:
(2) Holistic Health Training Workshop
(4) Networking Travel Bursaries
(5) Media Boost
OTHER NEWS
(A) Free publicity for eco-dwellings
(B) Co-housing property for sale
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HHP NEWS
(1) Forthcoming events at HHP: Tours & Workshops
GUIDED TOURS
All HHP Guided Tours include:
• Tour of the project site highlighting renewable energy systems (wind &
solar), autonomous water systems, and key elements of landscaping
• Tour of one of the project members homes, highlighting key
environmental features, and ultra low energy building design
• AV presentation in our new Sustainable Resource Centre, showing
history of the development and explanation of how homes work
• Small exhibition and light refreshments.
This can take between two and four hours. The Sustainable Resource
Centre is itself an innovative sustainable building with zero-heating
and meeting zero CO2 and autonomous standards.
Standard site tours normally last about3 hours and cost £15 per person . (These are not meant to be for building professionals or large groups). Next dates:
· Saturday 16th July 2005 (1.00-4.00pm)
· Saturday 24th September 2005 (1.00-4.00pm)
Technical tours are aimed primarily at groups/organisations who want more technical content and last for 4 hours (£30 + VAT per person). Contact us to discuss dates.
You can also arrange tours (either standard or technical types) for your own group/ organisation. Discounts available for group bookings – please contact us to discuss dates and costs.
WORKSHOPS/FULL DAY EVENTS
HHP Master Class– A practical case study of sustainability - These events will be of particular interest to developers, self-builders, landowners, planners, architects, buildings services engineers, and other building professionals. The ultimate in-depth understanding of HHP and related sustainable issues – see website for more details (www.hockerton.demon.co.uk/guidedtour/masterclass.html). Next dates:
· Thursday 14th July
· Thursday 22nd September
Sustainable Community Workshops Interested in sustainable living? Thinking of setting up a sustainable community? Understand how on our one day workshop; Learn the pitfalls from a group that’s actually done it; dissolve some of the fears and apprehensions about communities; write a realistic action plan to further your ideas. The workshops are held on the Hockerton Housing Project’s site, including interactive sessions, a tour of one of the zero heating autonomous houses and site and a slide show showing the construction methods (£40 + VAT per person) + complimentary copy of ‘The Sustainable Community – A Practical Guide’ (see opposite) - Next Date:
· Tuesday 20th September 2005 (10.00am to 4.30pm)
· Saturday 8th October 2005 (10.00am to 4.30pm)
For more general information about visiting HHP see http://www.hockerton.demon.co.uk/guidedtour/index.html
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(2) Holistic Health Training Workshop
HHP facilitated its first holistic health training workshop in May for a group of over 20 local doctors training to go into general practice. The subjects covered were:
· Tai Chi
· Acupuncture
· Psychotherapy/ Counselling
· Community Gardens
Participants were encouraged to review their definition of “Health” by challenging their concepts of health and medicine and to think about how it might transferred to their own practice. Holistic health focuses more on prevention, self-healing, treating causes of illness and not just symptoms, treating the whole person and thinking about their context..
There was of course the obligatory tour of the eco-homes and other environmental aspects of the Hockerton Housing Project. The day was finished with a hot meal and wine-tasting.
The general feedback was very good with most of the content useful and enjoyable. The feedback from the course organiser, Dr Philip Smith (Mansfield & District GPVTS) was also very positive:
We had an excellent time.....I think everyone found the meeting informative, interesting and stimulating. The only downside was that it would have been nice to have medical herbalism and homeopathy included….thank you for such a wonderful day.
And from one of the GP trainees: Great day, informative and food for thought.
This workshop could be modified to suit a range of different interest groups such as Doctors, other medical professions, and complimentary/alternative practitioner groups. If you would like HHP to run a similar workshop for your group pleas contact Nick White to discuss further on 01636 816902 or email hhp@hockerton.demon.co.uk
25 youngsters from Newark & Nottingham area took part in a workshop run by the Nearly Instant Theatre Session (NITS) at HHP. It was the first time that NITS has been held at HHP. After initial warm up sessions the youngsters devised their own plays on recycling finishing with a performance to parents and HHP members.
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Indeed it was such a success that N.I.T.S & HHP are now planning a full week workshop –
N.I.T.S GOES GREEN WITH POD
- BUiLD ME A FUTURE –
Create an original musical in a week!
DATES: Mon 29th August - Friday 2nd September (10.00am to 3.30pm)
AGE: 9 to 16 years
Cost: £25
For more details or booking for contact: N.I.T.S Office Tel 01636 687015, mobile 07970 951827, email n.i.t.s@ntlworld.com
N.I.T.S is made up of Drama, Dance and Singing workshops which lead to a performance. They are suitable for beginners and for experienced performers. The play is partly structured and partly improvised. Most of all the sessions are fun, an ideal way for young people interested in theatre to spend part of their school holidays.
(4) Networking Travel Bursaries
Community Action for Energy (café) are offering travel bursaries to enable CAfE community members to visit each other and are designed to help you make the most of the wealth of expertise, experience and enthusiasm within the CAfE network. By visiting other groups you can get first-hand experience of the steps you may need to go through to set up a similar initiative of your own. HHP is a member of café and so you could travel to us for free!
You can search the projects database and case studies on the website http://www.est.org.uk/cafe/ for ideas for potential project ideas that you could develop yourself. Both the database and the case studies provide contact details and, if the organisers of these projects are willing to provide you with advice, you can apply to CAfE for a bursary to visit them.
CAfE is a network of people who share a common interest in community energy projects and ideas. Membership of the network is free and by joining you can keep up to date with news on community-based energy initiatives, as well as hearing about funding opportunities, training sessions and other news from the network. You can view most of this site without a member login, but to access all areas you need to become a member. If you are not currently a member you can join on-line - see http://www.est.org.uk/cafe/.
HHP has had a flurry of interest from various written and broadcast media over recent months including:
· BBC One O'clock News & BBC News 24 (23rd June 2005) - Live broadcast linked to Governments launch of a consultation on micro-generation
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· The Independent (1st June 2005) - Diary Of An Eco-Builder - 'If you and your mates want to build a fully fledged eco-idyll, this is the way to do it' (Will Anderson)
This article was written after Will had joined a trip to HHP and another local eco-development, courtesy of Sponge, a network of eco-building professionals and enthusiasts from south London www.spongenet.org)
A short excerpt:
“Hockerton is a contemporary autonomous community. They generate their own energy, collect their own rainwater, process their own sewage (in a reed bed in the lake) and grow a lot of their own food. It didn't cost much to build and it's clearly a delight to live there. If you and your mates want to build a fully-fledged rural eco-idyll, start here.”
For the full story see http://money.independent.co.uk/property/homes/story.jsp?story=643004
· Carlton TV (16th Feb 2005) used HHP as part of a news item to coincide with initiation of the Kyoto Protocol
· Regeneration & Renewal magazine (27th May 2005) – “Innovations – A self-sufficient eco-housing scheme” – Article addressing questions set by Stan Crawford (Sherwood Energy Village) and Georgia Elliott-Smith (Director of sustainable building consultancy, Element 4).
· BBC2-‘No Waste Like Home’ (autumn 2005) – HHP was filmed earlier this year as part of this new ‘factual entertainment’ show. In each episode an eco-expert reveals some of the most wasteful families losing thousands each year, and contributing to the environment's downfall. In a radical two-week experiment the families face a complete lifestyle overhaul to save money and become more eco-friendly. At the end of each episode examples of good eco practice are exhibited and this is where HHP comes into play.. The programmes have also been licensed by Australia's Nine Network. Virgin Books Ltd. has been appointed to publish and distribute around the world, a paperback to accompany the first series of ‘No Waste Like Home’.
· Energy & Environment magazine (DEFRA) (July/August edition) – Article about HHP
· Self Build & Design Magazine (Due out in next edition) – Article about HHP and new ‘Master Class’ events
· Artist Blacksmith magazine – Article about HHP’s new recycled sculpture – see HHP news item on webpage http://www.hockerton.demon.co.uk/news/may05.html
· Betty TV contacted us recently to see if HHP were interested in a programme they are doing for a Channel 4 Learning series looking at money and life – They want to meet young people who have grown up in an environment where material goods are not given such importance, and the ideas of sharing and living in a more sensitive way have been the norm.
OTHER NEWS
(A) ‘Free’ publicity for Eco-dwellings
‘The Independent’ is keen to run more features on eco-dwellings in its property section (published every Wednesday). If you live in, or know of, an interesting property that has strong green credentials and enough visual and/or story potential for a two-page feature please get in touch with Will Anderson: willanderson@tiscali.co.uk
Will Anderson recently wrote an article about his visit to HHP (see news item 5 above).
(B) Co-housing property for sale
A four bedroomed house is for sale at the ‘Community Project’, a cohousing project of 21 households in the country outside Lewes, East Sussex. Please download the link http://8laughtonlodge.blogspot.com for information.
The Empty Homes Agency is inviting nominations for the 2005 Good Practice Awards in empty property work. The awards play a vital role as part of the Agency’s commitment to identifying, exemplifying, rewarding and disseminating effective practice in empty property work. The 2005 award scheme will again recognise organisations and individuals that have made an outstanding and innovative contribution to returning wasted and empty buildings to residential use. The awards will provide those selected with national recognition for their role in improving standards of empty property work.
More detailed information on each of the awards can be found at http://www.emptyhomes.com/publicrelations/gpa.htm