Pioneering a more sustainable, eco-architecture in New Zealand since 1990

2010 is proving to be an exciting year already! The first of the popular Design Your Own Eco Home Workshops will be held in Wellington starting Friday evening March 19th, all day Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st. Keep up to date with the workshop dates in your area with the schedule in the left panel.

Our Hawkes Bay office is well established. Steve Jaycock won the local Council's environment award under the service category.

Our Correspondence Course in Ecological Building and Design has just taken in its first enrolments for the year through Aaroki Polytech. Enrolment dates close 1 Feb, 17th May and 30 Aug 2010.

ECO BUILDING WORSKHOP : Johann Bernhardt's next ECO BUILDING workshop will be run later in the year. This workshop is suitable for any one involved with the building industry including architects, designers, builders, developers

Our Eco Building/Architecture Publications are available and the list has been added to. Many of the original BBE Booklets are still available, but we are now also offering Eco Building Notes, which contain our latest information on healthier and more sustainable building in electronic format. The new KIWI bible of green architecture "DEEPER SHADE OF GREEN" has been published earlier this year. Johann Bernhardt (BBE AUCKLAND) has done an excellent job compiling the book. It is available through the BBE for $65.00

SOL Design of Geraldine will be running more strawbale construction and design workshops during the year in Central Otago.  Phone Sarah or Sven 03 693 7369 or sol_design@yahoo.com

Congratulations to ECOBOB, as they have launched the online eco products and services directory check out www.greenlist.co.nz ecobob's on line directory. Our "Eco Products and Services Directory" was last updated in Feb 2010. It is available via email and hardcopy. The directory is a great source of suppliers of healthier and more eco-friendly products and services.