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Ecobuild 2011 is fast approaching on Tuesday 1 March to Thursday 3 March. This is great for DIY people and builders to get the latest Green Building and Sustainable techniques, have a great day out, and learn some new things from the lectures and seminars.
Attraction in the lecture series are:

Human rights campaigner – Bianca Jagger
Professor [...]

Registration is now open for the big Ecobuild exhibition at London’s ExCeL. This is in Canary Wharf and is a very interesting place to visit.
Dates are Tuesday 01 March to Thursday 03 March 2011.
There are 1300 exhibitors, all sorts and sizes, since everyone does green certified materials and processes these days. This is a fun [...]

Seminars and show, this Saturday 27th November, at National Self Build & Renovation Centre, Swindon, off M4.
Eco Technologies Workshop – Retrofit Your Home – 10am – 5pm
95% – 99% of housing is old not new – so green and sustainable technology has to be added to OLD homes and office snot just glamorous new housing.

solar [...]

That time of year again, the Big Green Home Show in Swindon off the M4. Many exhibits, seminars, Expert Alley (Ask The Experts) where you can get answers to your home renovation questions.
Dates: Fri 29 to Sun 31 October 2010
Where:
The National Self Build & Renovation Centre, Swindon
Open from 9.30-17.00.
Car: M4 at junction 16, signposted Swindon [...]

We have added some pages in Spanish, in a new section of the site. These are professionally translated, not auto, so we will be adding more as we go along.
Have a look at the Spanish pages now >
Consejos Auto Construcción, hágalo usted mismo, construcción de casas auto construcción, consejos para la casas, jardines y jardinería, información [...]

Self Build & Design Show is on again – Saturday / Sunday September 11th and 12th.
Many great seminars and demonstrations. The location is fantastic – a huge hall with many permanent exhibitions on walls, foundations, water systems, roofing, etc. Always fun and no cost tickets too.
This is just off M4, junction 16 on Bristol side [...]

Eco Workshops are to help self builders, DIY people and renovators understand the green issues affecting them and their projects.
Dave Hilton an eco expert is giving a talk, along with many others. This is at Buildstore exhibition centre at Swindon off M4 junction 16 >.
For a ticket see here >
See also our Building [...]

Visiting a Home Depot in the US recently, President Obama said “Energy Efficiency is sexy”.

Clever use of buzz words to get his message to the American people (and us, thanks to the internet).
Insulation is slightly erotic as it is a type of blanketing… if you find that sexy of course.
This phrase will wind [...]

There is a series of talks at the British Council, Penang, Malaysia.
The Lecture Series is organized by Global Leadership Consultants in collaboration with Asian Global Business, GeorgeTown College and HELP University College. They use the British Council, Penang rooms as they share the building.
This talk on 18 March 2010 was about easy green tips [...]

Penang is a UNESCO world heritage city but has an over supply of high rise condos while many old buildings are left to rot, or even worse, turned into swift houses (or swifthouses) (where swifts are factory farmed for bird nest soup ingredients – the nest – in old buildings that no one can afford [...]