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September at the Narara Ecovillage: “Healing with Horses” And now for something completely different! On Saturday September 23, from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m., Scilla Sayer (Narara Ecovillage) and Jedda Britten (Founder, Watagan Windhorse), will talk on “Healing with Horses”. Photo above: Jedda Britten. Scilla writes: “I have witnessed the benefits […]

Healing with Horses

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“New Heating and Energy Management Options for Your Home”. Sunday 27 August 2017, 1.30 to 3 p.m. at the Narara Ecovillage Visitor Centre.   Glenn Day, National Sales Manager NSW/ACT, Stiebel Eltron (Aust) Pty Ltd. will speak on “Smart Hot Water Management”. Stiebel Eltron is a company based in Holzminden, Germany that manufactures central heating products such […]

New Heating and Energy Management Options for your Home

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  Olga Blacha will give the monthly Network talk at the Narara Ecovillage on Saturday 22 July 2017 at 4.30 p.m.  Her topic is “Creating a Garden that Lifts the Human Spirit”. Olga Blacha,  MA Landscape Architecture, Horticulturalist is Owner of Sustainable Natives Plant Nursery, Somersby, NSW. Olga writes: “ We […]

Creating a Spirit-lifting Garden

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Saturday June 17 2017. Village Open Day. Site tours from 1.30 pm., Presentation and Q and A on the NEV project from 3-to 4 pm..NB The Village Welcome Day, previously planned for this day, has been postponed to September to allow time for all systems to be up and running! 4.30 […]

Learn about the Smart Grid

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Ageing Healthily: monthly Open Day Talk. March 25. 4.30 to 5.30 pm., at the Narara Ecovillage, 25 Research Road, Narara, NSW 2250, following the site tours and project Q and A (1.30-4 pm.). Dr. Catherine Rickwood and Dr. Karen Bridgman, of Three Sisters Research, will talk on “Ageing Healthily and […]

Ageing Healthily

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Sunday 26 February 2017, 1.30 pm. at the Narara Ecovillage Visitor Centre. More on the hot topic- Passive Solar Design & cool and strong Rammed Earth houses   1.30 pm. “Passive solar design and other sustainable building features that are good for the planet and the wallet”. Paul Zaia, AspectZ Architecture & […]

Natural Buildings and Passive Design

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January 2017 Network (NELN) Event. January, Sunday 22, 1.30 pm. at the Narara Ecovillage Visitor Centre. “Surveyors, Ecovillages and New Trends in Residential Living”. Why is the Surveyor General interested in ecovillages? Come and find out! Steve Bishop, Registered Surveyor with Chase Burke and Harvey Surveyors, will report on his […]

Surveyors and Ecovillages

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Saturday 22 October 2016 The monthly Open Day (tours, tea and talk) runs from 1.30 to 4 pm.  At 4.30 p.m. the monthly Network talk will be given by John Seed, on Deep Ecology and Rainforest Conservation. John Seed www.johnseed.net is founder of the Rainforest Information Centre www.rainforestinfo.org.au . Since 1979 he has participated […]

Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Rainforests

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Rating by a previous participant: “ Graham is an excellent presenter and this is a VERY interesting course”. The workshop, “Principles of Energy-efficient Homes, and introduction to Narara  Ecovillage Building Standards”, will be held on Saturday May 21 2016, 9 am -1:30 pm, atthe Visitor Centre, Narara Ecovillage, 25 Research Road, […]

Designing your Sustainable Home – workshop

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