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A day with a difference! Information and Activity Day: Sun 26th Aug Join the Natural Builders (all day from 10am) Meet the Founder – Short Presentation and Tour (1-3pm) Explore Small Footprint Options for Stage 2 (from 3pm) Come to visit our beautiful site for a couple of hours and learn about […]

Explore ideas, get grubby & meet the Village Founder, Sun ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2018 by Liz Bassett

Network News 18 July 2018 Contents Breaking Ground – Convenor’s Message VILLAGE DAY – Sat 28 July NELN Talk – A Cambodian experience: 11.30-12.30pm Village Day afternoon: 1pm-4pm Theresa and Tony Farrell – groundbreaking house Disch Family Kitchen Dinner Our Representative at UN, Andrew Olivier 2018 Australian Clean Energy Summit: 31 July–1 […]

Network News 18 July 2018

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2018 by Liz Bassett

28th July. NELN talk on Village Open Day, 11:30 to 12.30 pm. “Down the Mekong: From Cambodia to Vietnam: Birds, Ruins and People”. Cambodia Phnomh Sampeau Richard Cassels, Narara Ecovillage Member, visited Cambodia in 1969, just as the American airforce started carpet bombing the country, triggering nearly 30 terrible years of […]

“Down the Mekong: From Cambodia to Vietnam: Birds, Ruins and ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2018 by Liz Bassett

Saturday June 30: Village Open Day, 1 to 4 pm. Saturday June 30: ATA (Alternative Technology Association) talk: 11.30am-12.30pm “Energy efficient Windows,and the drive for more Sustainable Homes” Our June speaker is Graham Hunt, from the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) http://www.ata.org.au/. More about windows. Windows can be the weak point in […]

Sustainable Windows talk June 30th 2018

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2018 by Liz Bassett

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

Sunday 26 November. Open Day 10.30 to 12.30 pm. Network speaker: New and Linda Sweeney “Sustainable Living in Suburbia and Solar Cookers”. 1.30 to 2.30 PM Nevin (Nev) and Linda Sweeney, authors of popular blog underthechokotree.com will be talking about “Living Sustainably in Suburbia” (and solar cookers), on Sunday 26 November, from […]

Nev and Linda Sweeney: “Sustainable Living in Suburbia and Solar ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2017 by Dan Mohr

‘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