Last night at 411 Pelissier, the first instalment of Skills for Good(s) began with one of our favourite skill-filled friends, Rod Strickland. This series of skill share sessions will be hosted by Lucy and I every other Tuesday out of Civic Space. Our hopes are that it opens up the floor for discussion on an array of skills and knowledge about everything from Earthship Architecture to the best way to make pie.
Skills for Good(s) is based on the idea of barter based education. Presenters share a skill/knowledge that they have and attendees bring barter items in exchange. Above, Lucy helps prepare the space before Rod begins skill sharing.
For each session, barter items are requested by the presenter. Tonight, Rod chose food!
Stocking up before the talk starts.
Rod decided to share his skill while sitting among us instead of standing at the front. This made for awesome discussion and a more casual/relaxed setting.
Examples of an earthship from the outside south side, where the green house is located. This new way of building sustainable homes is something Rod has been interested for a long time. He has been researching sustainability for over a decade!
Another example of an earthship. The organic aesthetic of these homes are quite beautiful.
Discussing.
The very first step in building an earthship is pounding tires…lots of them. Rod said that a 2 bedroom earth ship has around 1,000 pounded tires!
Discussing building code protocol.
Rod takes to the front to demonstrate how the thermal masse systems work inside earthships.
The water, heating/cooling, and green house systems make this type of living space completely self sustainable.
After the presentation, more discussions break out in smaller groups.
Earthship talk.
It was such a fun night with lots of new friendly faces. Stay tuned for an announcement about the next presenter and in the meantime, come out to Rosina’s Zine Night tonight at 7:00 pm. See you there!
