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Learn how you can
create a sustainable home and lifestyle from the Wilson family, recognized
experts at green living. As the Toronto Star reported "When it comes
to living green you can't do much better than the Wilson family."
At the Wilson home on the Niagara Escarpment, near beautiful Hockley Valley,
about one hour north of Toronto, you'll learn all you need to know to
build your own sustainable home, from dream to reality. Held on location
at the Wilson Natural Home, you get a full tour of this amazing, inspiring
home, that incorporates straw bale natural insulation, passive solar design,
solar & wind power, natural construction materials, no fossil fuel
based furnace, and a green roof.
| Date: |
Saturday,
April 17th, 2004 |
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| Time:
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10
am - 4 pm |
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| Speaker: |
John
Wilson and Leigh Geraghty, owners and builders of natural home |
| Fee: |
$150 per person
or $250 per couple (shared materials)
(payment must be received by April 10, 2004)
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| Contact: |
john.wilson@naturallifenetwork.com
or call (519) 942-3266 |
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| To
Register: |
Make cheque
or money orders payable to World Peace Communications.
Mail to:
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World Peace
Communications
248108 5th Side Road
RR #5
Orangeville, ON L9W 2Z2
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Program
Outline : |
Click
here for details. |
See
Pictures Below!
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| Agenda: |
- Introductions
- Overview
- Our Journey
- Key Concepts
- Wilson Natural
Home documentary video (25 minutes)
- Questions
and Answers
- Lunch
- Planning,
financing and building
- Guided Tour
by John Wilson with Q & A
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| Includes: |
- Organic
coffee, muffins, and a light lunch
- Wilson Natural
Home documentary on DVD (value $20)
- Natural Living
book by John Wilson (value $20)
- Presentation
material
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| Highlights: |
- natural stone
pebbles in hallway
- straw bale
natural insulation in walls on north side
- parallam
post and beam construction
- inspiring
open concept design
- bamboo flooring
- no conventional
fossil fuel furnace
- working wind
turbine
- solar photo
voltaic panels integration
- electrical
grid inter-tie, meter runs backwards
- hydronic
in-floor heating system, in-line electric water heater
- EPA rated
wood stove
- Sahara architecture
natural cooling system
- green roof
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