Tuesday 29 October 2013

Eco-building and Kevin McCloud

Earth-sheltered house in Brittany, loads of recycled materials and stuff from on site:
The Smallholding, crafted with more time than money, from onsite, local and scavenged materials, could have been smaller but magnificent, innovative and barely a straight line in sight. Never mind the destination, feel the journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuru0O7j50

Kevin McCloud - One Man and His Shed.
think ManLab, with Scrapyard Challenge, Victorian Farm, The Good Life... and just a bit of Grand Designs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axlnUQX4KWk very first, 23rd Sept 2012 (explosives to split timber, biodiesel from fatbergs for light, making shingles, bark beer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz3Oywjc_W0 30 Sept 2012 (metal safe to woodburner using a thermic lance, making glass from sand, floor from milk, subsoil, chalk, hair and straw, animal (rabbit skin) glue)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua0eM38p4Aw 7 Oct 2012 (the biodigester, reclining chair from tractor parts and scrap from magnetic canal fishing, leather making and tanning with a difference, cornflour bed? willow bed, poo party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w1AoeUVXoo 14 Oct 2012 (jet engine hot tub, alpaca fleecing and bathrobe nmaking, drop down veranda)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGtG8O5fMOI 29th Sept 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOvaMBDwQIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnI_voETBsc penultimate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFOzmAueamM last

play the lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axlnUQX4KWk&list=ELemRy7CO7cKc

More info on the Channel 4 Scrapbook - http://scrapbook.channel4.com/programmes/kevin-mcclouds-man-made-home

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