Richard and Joan Cassells

Natural Rat Management. This beautiful small hawk, a Black-shouldered Kite, is a regular visitor to the Narara Ecovillage. Either perched on the mulberry tree or an old power pole, or hovering like a small angel, it has been a pleasure to watch. Two weeks ago I was lucky enough to […]

Natural Rat Management.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Natural Building Course – May 24th to 27th Viva Homes, a “Built Green” accredited Master builder, will be running a natural building course at Narara Ecovillage over four days, May 24, 25, 26, 27. With construction starting this year at the village, […]

Natural Building Course

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Exciting Networking Event: Eco Dreamers: Cape Paterson Ecovillage Visit. Meet Brendan Condon, Project Director of “The Cape” (formerly the Cape Paterson Ecovillage) in Victoria, when he talks at the Narara Ecovillage (Visitor Centre) on Saturday 12 May 2018, from 3 to 5 pm. Brendan is visiting the Narara Ecovillage to […]

Eco Dreamers Seminar

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Designing Sacred Spaces – Sat 28 April and Sun 29 April 2018 Return Visit of Robina McCurdy, Permaculture Educator Collective Know-How, the newly formed education enterprise of the Narara Ecovillage, invites you to participate in this learning experience on sacred space design in permaculture. This event is facilitated by acclaimed […]

Designing Sacred Spaces

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Know More about Powerful Owls on the Central Coast! Have you heard night-time hooting in your area? It may be a Powerful Owl, a spectacular and seriously large Australian owl, that is also now a threatened species. The Central Coast of NSW is privileged to be home to a number […]

Know More about Owls!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

The monthly Open Days now have a new format and are called Village Days. As well as the traditional site tours and people to answer your questions about the ecovillage project, you can see members in action- whether it is repairing bikes, sharpening tools, digging drainage, selling plants, teaching meditation, […]

Next Village Open Day, Saturday 24 February 208, 1 to ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Open Village Days 2018 NB: Next Open Village Day Saturday 27 January 2018. Last Saturday of each month 1-4pm. Note there will be no Village Day in December. Each month we hold a Village Day so that you can explore our property, experience a snapshot of village life, and learn […]

Open Village Day Coming Up!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2018 by Richard and Joan Cassells

‘Saltwater Fella’: John Moriarty Talk Aboriginal leader, activist and artist founder of Balarinji Designs to speak at Narara Ecovillage NARARA, NSW – One of Australia’s most respected aboriginal community leaders will share his remarkable story at a public talk hosted by Narara Eco Living Network. Removed from his home at […]

“Saltwater Fella”: John Moriarty

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Saturday 28 October. Open Day 1.30 to 5.30 pm. Network speaker: John Moriarty, “Aboriginal Art, Community and Business”. 4.30 to 5.30 PM, Community Dinner follows at 6 pm. Hear John Moriarty. You won’t want to miss the October 28 Open Day talk by well-known Aboriginal leader, designer and artist, John […]

John Moriarty: Saltwater Fella, Aboriginal Designer.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Sign up now for a 3-hour, guided “Bird Discovery” walk at the Narara Ecovillage in October. Local bird enthusiast and walk organiser Richard Cassels says: “October is a wonderful time of year for birds at Narara. Summer migrants like Dollarbirds, Sacred Kingfishers, Black-faced Monarchs, Koels and Channel-billed cuckoos have arrived […]

Guided Bird Walks

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

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

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

“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

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

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

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

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

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

At 1.30 pm on Sunday 28 May, 7 speakers will discuss their ideas for a “Narara Camino”, a sculptural and meditative trail. This follows the May 2017 Narara Ecovillage Open Day tours and presentation from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Following the presentations and discussion from 1.30 to 3 […]

Camino Narara? A Spiritual, Sculptural and Meditative Trail.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

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

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2017 by Richard and Joan Cassells

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

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2016 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Sunday 20 November, 1.30 – 4 p.m.at the Narara Ecovillage Visitor Centre. The Network invites you to its end of year function, a Mini-Ecoburbia afternoon of presentations and discussions on the theme of “New Frontiers in Sustainable Home Building”. Presenters will be: 1.30 p.m. Sam Vivers and Simone Pieta from […]

“Frontiers in Sustainable Home Building”

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2016 by Richard and Joan Cassells

Saturday 24 September 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 Lyndall Parris, on Ecovillages and Co-housing: Recent trip to Europe and North America. You will remember her- Lyndall Parris the founder of […]

Ecovillages and Co-housing: Recent trip to Europe and North America.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2016 by Richard and Joan Cassells